Yael, this is a wonderful article and a great reminder. I needed this today(although not for as such a significant disagreement as a school strike). Thank you!
Oh I feel your pain! Portland (OR) just went through this in November — a full month of no school due to a strike, and the issues seem very similar. Unions saying the money is there, the district saying it’s not. Finally the governor sent in an auditor (after weeks of no school) to establish a factual basis and then the parties were able to compromise.
It’s such a failure of adults that we make kids pay the price for our inability to move through conflict and ambiguity effectively.
How is it getting to this point where we have to hold children over the fire to get to any agreement?
I didn't know about Portland's situation--that's wild that it took a month and only ended after an auditor was called in to force compromise. I think our town may need that... And I agree, it's such a failure of leadership that the kids are paying the price for. And, so does everyone, really. No one wins.
Yael, this is a wonderful article and a great reminder. I needed this today(although not for as such a significant disagreement as a school strike). Thank you!
Oh my goodness, you're very welcome. Thanks for this lovely comment (and for restacking!).
Oh I feel your pain! Portland (OR) just went through this in November — a full month of no school due to a strike, and the issues seem very similar. Unions saying the money is there, the district saying it’s not. Finally the governor sent in an auditor (after weeks of no school) to establish a factual basis and then the parties were able to compromise.
It’s such a failure of adults that we make kids pay the price for our inability to move through conflict and ambiguity effectively.
How is it getting to this point where we have to hold children over the fire to get to any agreement?
I didn't know about Portland's situation--that's wild that it took a month and only ended after an auditor was called in to force compromise. I think our town may need that... And I agree, it's such a failure of leadership that the kids are paying the price for. And, so does everyone, really. No one wins.