The little-known Oakley Union Elementary School District, in the sprawling suburbs 50 miles east of San Francisco, isn't accustomed to national attention.
The school board's hot mic moment during a video call earlier this month created widespread and justifiable anger because it captured the arrogance, stupidity, and condescension that's typical on some school boards - especially as officials drag their feet on reopenings.
The Mercury News reported that board member Kim Beede, after referring to a parent who criticized her for attending a party during the pandemic, said: "B-, If you call me out, I'm going to f- you up." President Lisa Brizendine seemed frustrated at parents who complained about school closings and said, "It's unfortunate they want to pick on us because they want their babysitters back." Another board member, Richie Masadas, talked about parents who get high while their kids were at school.
Local unions and union-dominated school districts, such as Los Angeles Unified School District, made a variety of absurd financial demands and "Reforms" that often had nothing to do with COVID-19.
"Unions were advocating for policies that might lower what was already a small risk to their members even though this effectively meant millions of children would fall even further behind in their schooling while parents struggled to work," wrote the Washington Post's Megan McArdle.
The latest "Reopening" bill "Keeps labor groups in the mix by requiring schools to reach collective bargaining agreements with unions by April 1," as the Sacramento Bee reported.
By giving unions the final say, the Legislature is giving unions veto power over any plan to reinstate in-person schooling.
https://spectator.org/unions-school-reopenings-california/?utm_source=LibertyNation
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