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@TechySewell They are kids first!

@MrAndersonELA I did when I started. I didn't even realize - you don't know what you don't know. I wish someone would have called me in sooner.

Most teachers hold surprisingly conservative and harmful beliefs about children, school, and life.

@WillieETCarver Thank you for speaking out for our queer kids. I will never understand how anyone can claim their religious beliefs above the lives of young people.

@kennedy_tierney Smaller class sizes and increased classroom, clerical, and therapeutic support.

I absolutely love the series of PD the JCPS DEP is putting on. So far it's been U of L professors who are knowledgeable and passionate teaching us about their fields of study. I leave each one wanting to learn more.

"If we don't belong to a place, perhaps we belong to each other." I love when you find truth in fiction.

Dear teacher loves, please don't wear strong scents to PD I can taste you. The next 1.5 hours are getting longer by the moment.

@guustweet Audio books! When my eyes are too tired to work but my brain still needs a distraction, the libby app gives me free audio books.

What are your tips for hobbies for people with ability level ‘barely existing, always horizontal.’ ? Asking for me. I need a new hobby. Being alone with my thoughts all the time is becoming exhausting and boring. #LongCovid

Why does KDE have 2 experts sitting in an office to monitor our school when they could be teaching?!

Dear KDE and JCPS leadership, We have teachers at max burnout in SEPTEMBER and kids not getting the education they deserve bc of staff shortage. You need to get some of your leaders in classrooms at AIS schools in a hurry.

If a formal observation is the first time you are in a teachers classroom, then put the evaluation form away. Sit, listen, and then leave a note of thanks, praise or encouragement. Relationships first!

ZERO planning periods this week. 😭😭😭Unsustainable.

The amount of time wasting and frustration that happens because of the lack of staff is mind boggling... And it is only September.

@KatiePunsly My room is disgustingly swampy, even with a dehumidifier running. The hall outside my room, where no one needs to be except during class change, is refreshingly cool and dry. Make it make sense.

I've purchased a fan, air purifier, and air freshener for my classroom but that doesn't change that it has been 78° in my room at 7 am without students. Systems need to be updated for heated and cool, clean air. The #KYGA24 should be focused on passing policy like this.

may I have the ability to discern between discomfort I need to endure & discomfort that is a signal to go in a different direction

This is important! 🙌 📷 @ms_fourth

@LouSchoolBeat I did. As a student, and even as an adult, I felt pressured to hold hands and pray to Jesus, everywhere from band contests to faculty meetings. Getting picked on by the youth group kids turned out to be a pretty formative core memory for me.

@LouisvilleDad @MurphyCartoons @LouSchoolBeat @Dunn4KY I don't think jcps has broken the system. I think jcps has been trying to maintain an unsustainable service as long as possible.

@McCording2Emily @MurphyCartoons @LouSchoolBeat @Dunn4KY These are all fair questions, but I expect that the magnet routes would have fewer discipline issues (maybe not-my surmise is based on a track record of privilege). But they need to be explored. JCPS has broken its transportation system, perhaps irreversibly.

@LouisvilleDad @MurphyCartoons @LouSchoolBeat @Dunn4KY I don't know if the general public sees how good at his job Dr. Pollio is, outside of this (admittedly major) problem.

@McCording2Emily @MurphyCartoons @LouSchoolBeat @Dunn4KY The more this goes on, the more I feel we need sweeping changes in leadership.

@LouisvilleDad @MurphyCartoons @LouSchoolBeat @Dunn4KY Next Q, how much more does it cost to contract out than to pay our own drivers a living wage, can local companies handle the volume, will they have a jcps staff monitor on board to manage bus issues with jcps accountability, and what happens when they quit bc it's hard?

@McCording2Emily @MurphyCartoons @LouSchoolBeat @Dunn4KY Solution: Contract out to Miller Transportation all the magnet school runs, and add a fee to the bills parents pay to those schools. (Even resides schools charge fees for things.). Strict discipline rules.