In Damning Email, Teachers Union Rep Admits They Only Care About the Money – Opinion

Moving to school choice will directly defund public schools, making it harder for hardworking teachers and staff.

At least that’s the argument coming from unions and union supporters whenever anyone mentions school choice.

Of course, the follow-up question is…why? Is it possible to give people the option of education and then defund public schools?

If you pose that question to a union enthusiast, they won’t answer it. This question will require admission. Parents would be willing to admit their children to private schools. There are no seats or funding. The unions are so used to having a complete monopoly that they can’t even imagine having to compete for their customers – the students.

Corey DeAngelis is the National Director for Research for School Choice Now. He discovered an email sent by a Colorado teacher union leader instructing teachers to attend a forum in opposition to another charter school opening. It isn’t surprising that this happens. Union teachers wouldn’t be open to offering their students other educational choices. But it’s rare for them to acknowledge that offering students choices would result in a large exodus or a loss of income.

DeAngelis shared a copy the email on Twitter.

This is the email:

If Ascent is approved, we expect a decrease in district enrollment. For those of you who don’t know less students equals less $$, please think about signing up to speak at the forum and providing your thoughts on whether we need another charter in our small town. Thanks.

This document shows that the teacher union leader used his district email address to reach staff May 23rd

Staff were asked to consider signing up for a speaking engagement about whether “we need another charter within our small community.”

For those who do not know: Less students equals less money pic.twitter.com/ouW27prtlj

— Corey A. DeAngelis (@DeAngelisCorey) May 31, 2022

Most parents will choose to leave public schools if they had the option. This is not just an acknowledgment of that reality, but a tacit admission that, for all their “it’s for the kids” blubbering, this is only about money for them. They didn’t even write the word “money.” They just used dollar signs, perhaps because that is what they see when they see students.

And it’s “fewer students,” not “less.”

They might have needed to send it back to a teacher before they did.