The clash of egos on the Denver Public School board, the bullying and name-calling, it’s worse than any playground fight we’ve ever witnessed among children.
Their months-long squabbling has nothing to do with political differences, as all the players involved are toadies of the teacher unions.
It’s also so petty and absurd, even the progressive media seems embarrassed to summarize the behavior and explain just what the fuss is all about.
Tay Anderson is involved, of course. As is his buddy Scott Esserman, and board President Xóchitl “Sochi” Gaytán.
There seems to be a huge disagreement as to whether the board speaks only with one voice, like the socialists some of them are, instead of individual members and grownups.
There’s been rumors of a coup attempt on the board president, and accusations from her of racism and misogyny among board members.
You know, the typical schoolyard antics of children who have missed their nap or had too many cookies with lunch.
It took the Denver Post nearly a week to report on the Aug. 8 retreat in which the complete dysfunction of the board was displayed, arguments broke out, security was called, people were asked to leave and the meeting was hastily ended.
But Shaun Boyd at CBS4 Denver has the most succinct report here of the rotten behavior by adults, who are more concerned about their own power than the test scores of Denver students, which by the way are terrible.
The results were made public Wednesday:
At Denver Public Schools, students’ proficiency in both math and reading fell across every grade level except for third-graders, who saw reading scores remain flat. The decline in proficiency was most notable among seventh-graders, with the percentage of students who “met or exceeded expectations” in reading dropping about 7 percentage points compared to 2019.
Voters would do well to remember the childish behavior of these adults who were endorsed by the teacher unions, and yet they are more interested in their own power than the education of our youth.
And the next time you wonder what the Hell is wrong with kids these days, look no further than the example set by the Denver Public Schools board.