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Pine-Richland community members working to hold school directors accountable and to elect thoughtful leaders who will prioritize our students & school district

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Read the proposed changes to Pine-Richland's book policy at https://t.co/SKi1F23AXJ

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Community members wrote messages for teaching staff at Ram Jam).

Remember: One of the best ways to support students is to support their teachers!

#TeachersMatter #PublicSchoolStrong #teachers #supportteachers

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Pine-Richland School District is one of the more financially stable districts in Allegheny County, thanks to smart investments by previous school boards. PR can afford to pay our teaching staff what they are worth; we CANNOT afford not to.

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Heads up -- the school board doesn't go on summer break. They expect community members to stop paying attention, but our students are far too important for us to let that happen. Stay tuned in! The board is expected to vote on several critical issues on Monday June 10.

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The school board is expected to hold a vote on the counseling curriculum at the Monday, June 10 meeting. The time to speak up is now. Visit https://t.co/ktN0QNqgdf for info on how to watch, attend, and speak at meetings.

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School directors who voted against the ELA resource:
Lisa Hillman, Christina Brussalis, Leslie Miller, Mike Weithorn, Phil Morrissette.
Tell the board to support our kids' learning with updated resources and to listen to our teachers! Email: [email protected]

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Have a happy and safe Memorial Day!

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Read our recap of the 5-hour May 20, 2024 school board meeting at https://t.co/c6NRzbYpaJ

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Now we must protect and lift up this ranking! Let's work together to prevent the school board from dragging PR down through book bans, chaos and lawsuits. In order to remain a high-performing district, PR must RETAIN talent, not drive it away.
#publicschools #publiceducation

[Mike Hixenbaugh is mikehixenbaugh.com on BlueSky @Mike_Hixenbaugh]

My book "They Came for the Schools" is out today.
It tries to make sense of America's school board wars by showing how & why that fight exploded in one Texas suburb.

To really understand the anti-DEI backlash, I needed to uncover a much longer history.

Here's what I found🧵

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Shout out to all the Moms, Mamas, Mamans, Abuelas, Nanas, Grandmas, MawMaws, Aunts, Aunties, and other caregivers for all you do for the children in our community. Enjoy this special day! #ittakesavillage #HappyMothersDay2024 #HappyMothersDay

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Read our recap of the counseling-related discussions from the April 22 meeting of the Pine-Richland school board at https://t.co/Y4h9Rg7MaO

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Read our recap of the book policy discussion from the April 22 meeting of the Pine-Richland school board at https://t.co/UhlI5e1q1c

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Pine-Richland's teachers see what students are dealing with every day, and they have a clear understanding of how essential our school counselors are to improving students' wellbeing, mental health, and academic performance.

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Imagine how Pine-Richland's licensed school counselors felt while watching the school board applaud fellow board members' expertise — after the board disregarded counselors' expertise and experience.
#hypocrisy
https://t.co/VncALZJLoX

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We do what we do for the kids of Pine-Richland. Period.

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https://t.co/xpWwP56BAz
A licensed therapist explains school counselors' qualifications relative to her own; discusses suicide prevention; and laments the board's continued misunderstanding of and disregard for social-emotional learning.
#socialemotionallearning #schoolcounseling

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Watch as duly elected PR school director Ashley Fortier is repeatedly and inaccurately singled out for “interrupting.” Ashley, the top vote-getter in Region 1, has been seated apart from and treated differently than her peers. Source: 3/11/24 PRSB mtg

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We need more of this. Which reminds us -- did you know that PR school director Christina Brussalis is a proponent of vouchers and privatization? She spoke on a "school choice" panel during a statewide conservative political conference last year.

[Jennifer Berkshire @BisforBerkshire]

School vouchers just died in Idaho - in part because the sales pitch is colliding w/ the reality of what's happening in other states. These programs are budget busters that pick up the tab for affluent parents who already send their kids to private schools https://t.co/1Xcpxj4mPb