School Is Essential

Parents organization advocating for open schools in Bellevue WA.
100% volunteers.

Returning. Rebuilding. Full time.

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

@drdrew Tried to warn them https://t.co/Mu5g25groZ

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

Learning 👏 loss 👏is 👏real 👏and 👏closing 👏school 👏was👏 a 👏crime 👏and 👏inherently 👏racist. "Poorer students and students of color were also disproportionately impacted"
https://t.co/kCvstviVM1

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

Sad. Predictable. Avoidable. Students in WA state have fallen FAR behind due to the school closures.

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This is just gut wrenching. If your kids have been ok throughout the past 2 years, that is great. Please have sympathy and compassion for the kids who are not ok. https://t.co/23otJaJxEB

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

Catching up on some news, the tide is turning and as satisfying as it would be to say "told you so," all we can do is grieve the many losses our children have suffered and resolve to hold accountable those responsible for this tragedy.

[Face The Nation @FaceTheNation]

“They will be paying for our generation’s decisions the rest of their lives”: @JanCBS explains why she thinks 2021's biggest underreported story was the devastating impact of COVID policies on children

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

Anyone who thinks that this is simply a case of vaccine availability or 20/20 vision should start with this article from Oct 2020 on data driven analysis from Sun Belt states which reopened in 2020. We knew. https://t.co/GPextQ2dsq

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

"Schools aren’t the problem. They never have been." Not surprising news to anyone who followed the science (the actual science, not the politics). So sad that years of education were needlessly stolen from millions of children https://t.co/LuULpF5jNZ

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

@jenneraub They were just glad you weren't part of a smash n grab

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

@txsalth2o King County.... ground zero for Covid, and all the other nonsense that followed. Most people here left their brains in Feb 2020

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

"During over a year of online learning, an unforgivable crime was committed against public school children and families." What was done to students was chilling, heartless, cruel, and most of all, completely unmoored from science. Read it all https://t.co/zaokvgTvN0

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

School closures spreading faster than Covid! If these teachers are stressed out from doing their job, imagine how all the parents feel trying to react to unplanned closures! https://t.co/zCDRemzhdj

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

@rweingarten Our deep blue district of @TheBSD405 had the least amount of in person school hours of any district in WA. Math scores predictably took a nose dive. Tell me again how this is the fault of Republicans?

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

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[Bellevue School District @TheBSD405]

All Bellevue Schools will be closed Friday, November 12, in addition to Thursday, November 11. School will reopen Monday, November 15. Visit the BSD Website for more information: https://t.co/IQ7qVLf3t9

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

An open letter to the community from @TheBSD405 School Board candidate Gregg Smith https://t.co/7hvTecRvZG

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

No confirmation over the weekend on Ms. Aras' employment history with @TheBSD405, but we did find the WA employment law re retention of records for public ed - mandatory to retain for 60 yrs. If Ms. Aras' ever taught in the last 60yrs, it should be verifiable, no excuses

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

But wait! As Ms. Aras seems to have lost track of her @BSD employment record, here it is to refresh her memory. We stand ready to correct our statements if she can furnish proof she EVER worked as a substitute teacher in BSD

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

Hey @seattletimes, you endorsed Jane Aras for @TheBSD405 school board, how thoroughly did you vet her? Any comments?

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

@seattletimes @TheBSD405 And Ms. Aras has responded

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@EWoodhouse7 Washington State

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You know that old story about open-schools-and-the-virus-will-spike-and-millions-will-die? Factcheck = False. https://t.co/AWuS910NkS

[School Is Essential @SchoolIsEssent2]

😂😂😂 The ghost of school years (ghoul years?) past

[Arlington Parents for Education @ArlParentsforEd]

👻 🎃 spooky signage spotted in Arlington. We feel this in our 🦴.