Yeah, especially if those parents live in New York City under Mayor Bill de Blasio. While live-tweeting today’s “parent blogger roundtable,” de Blasio’s office had the nerve to go here:
RT if you agree with @BilldeBlasio and @Chirlane: Every student deserves the best we can give them. #LetNYCdoit pic.twitter.com/Z33yODQxm8
— NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) March 7, 2014
Really? They could’ve fooled us:
.@NYCMayorsOffice @BilldeBlasio @Chirlane I think you're supposed to put a huge asterisk at the end of this tweet.
— Dr. Kankokage (@kankokage) March 7, 2014
Like this:
@NYCMayorsOffice @BilldeBlasio @Chirlane Read the fine print cc: @StudentsFirstNY @MoskowitzEva #readthefineprint pic.twitter.com/MLheYyiagX
— Bill deBleezy (@BilldeBleezy) March 7, 2014
Bingo. For a guy who claims to care about what’s best for students, de Blasio sure has a funny way of showing it:
So, why are you kicking out high-performing charter schools? @NYCMayorsOffice @BilldeBlasio @Chirlane
— Mike (@ThePantau) March 7, 2014
Because he can. The mayor is currently waging an all-out war on charter schools. So far, he’s left 700 students — overwhelmingly minority, low-income students — in his wake. So far. But his tenure has only just begun.
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/441994105464553472
So, you kicked 700 kids out of high performing schools? Sounds like a genius plan, Comrade. @NYCMayorsOffice @BilldeBlasio @Chirlane
— BonkPolitics (@BonkPolitics) March 7, 2014
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Yes @NYCMayorsOffice @BilldeBlasio and @Chirlane free the NYC 700 whose future's you stole for political pay-off!
— D Emmett (@poeticlargess) March 7, 2014
He doesn’t give a crap about the students. This is about politics, pure and simple. Placating the teachers unions and sticking it to the enemy.
@NYCMayorsOffice @BilldeBlasio @Chirlane Except if they go to charter school headed by Mayor's foe. Then they're "On their own." Remember?
— Kathryn Baker (@GothamExpat) March 7, 2014
@NYCMayorsOffice Let my children learn, dammit.
— Stuart (@Ringo6) March 7, 2014
Good luck with that.
"We know what being a parent in New York City means." –@BilldeBlasio | LISTEN: http://t.co/rbJQ90XMgt #LetNYCdoit pic.twitter.com/2QBRfVb5WQ
— NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) March 7, 2014
Bullcrap. This is what he thinks it means:
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/441996599640989696
What a dirtbag.
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