Parents who have had it with teachers dragging their feet getting back to work will surely be infuriated over this call. Board members of a school district in Oakley, California, which is in the San Francisco Bay Area, were caught mocking parents during a video call and could only respond with “uh oh” when they realized all of their remarks were being broadcast live. I’ve said it for a while now and I think a lot of other people have done so as well. Teachers are lazy. They worried about COVID even it’s safe to reopen. The science is clear. Reopen the damn schools. Kids don’t get it and they don’t spread it. And now, even with teachers being vaccinated, they still don’t want to work. Nearly 180 Democrats support forming $12 million, 13-member slavery reparations commission The White House said the president supports the legislation to set up a commission to "study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery."
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