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lurkingonya t1_j16j214 wrote

“She said the city is working to get the ball rolling on a culture and climate study as one way to address the issue.” Yes i’m sure that’s what everyone wants to hear. Good god

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AnthoZero t1_j16x808 wrote

school administrators are so desperately out of touch with how schools work that they do dumb shit like this survey. a girl did blackface when i was in high school and went viral and they showed us an “motivational video” during an assembly in response. i’m not surprised teachers are quitting, dumb shit like this wouldn’t make me want to work anywhere.

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lurkingonya t1_j1axdac wrote

I think they lack the nuance needed to implement their vision of the organization in a pragmatic, effective way. I think there is a divide between the teachers and administration. Fearing the parents’ rage in PTA meetings, administrators push impractical, weak reprimands for violence, and teachers, fearing for their physical safety from the students allow things to occur so as to not fall victim to the unhinged students

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Cameron_james t1_j16q6nq wrote

> a culture and climate study

Administrations love a good "study" as a way to push off what needs to be done as long as possible. Got to get all the stakeholders points of view, right?

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pillbinge t1_j17rygv wrote

Do admin love studies? I'm not sure you can really claim that. You need to do a study before you can say that.

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Cameron_james t1_j18hw17 wrote

Then we can do a deep data dive and realize our method had flaws, so a second, more comprehensive study is needed next year.

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SmashRadish t1_j16r94z wrote

Not sure you want their job right now dude, but they need all the help they can get. You may want to send them an open letter.

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lurkingonya t1_j19hlxm wrote

This has been an ongoing problem. School administrators are in a tough spot yes of course but this is literally what they are there for. To administrate the school system in a way that allows for safe learning conditions. Safety is an absolute fundamental and should be one of the first focuses. If we can’t keep them safe, how can we expect children to actually retain any information? But no, they’d prefer to let things slide and just tough it out until the problem kids and their victims graduate and then the cycle begins anew

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