This letter is being presented at a special Board meeting tonight, March 16th, 2021. It includes eight pages of comments supporting the following statement:
We write to ask you to collaborate and cooperate with our teachers and their union. We want to do our best for every student. In this time of pandemic, doing our best means taking the time and care to manage difficult limitations and tradeoffs. Please respect our expertise as parents, students, and community members. Please respect the expertise of our professional educators. Please honor your agreements. Please continuously check back in with the complex and diverse needs of all our students. Please support our teachers. Every student deserves our best. Thank you.