"Once you stop learning you start dying." Einstein All views expressed are my own.
San Antonio, TX
Joined February 2011
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Daryn Polanco retweeted
Voters are definitely watching
This guy right here @GovAbbott has lost on vouchers every time…he won’t put it on a ballot for Texans to decide but he’ll hold schools & teachers hostage while the money is there because he’s beholden to rich donors pulling the strings! Now you’re losing voters! All your fault!
One thing missing in regards to the shortfall of funds for public schools is the lack of funding for raises for the amazing custodians, bus drivers, food service workers, and paraprofessionals. #txed #txlege @GregAbbott_TX – at San Antonio, TX
As a public school administrator I believe in raises for my teachers, but these people need support too! Teachers and support staff are hard to come by. I would give up my raise forever if we could get funds to support these hardworking individuals! #fundtxpublicschools – at San Antonio, TX
Daryn Polanco retweeted
If they cave…I can’t wait to campaign to vote every single one of them out of office. Y’all better listen to the people not the money. If you vote Yes we will know you’ve been bought and we will VOTE YOU OUT! Ya got that @GovAbbott NO VOUCHER NO 🥕
#NEW @GregAbbott_TX said this week his staff is working with House Republicans very closely on a bill to provide taxpayer subsidies so students can go to private school. No bill has been filed in the House yet. Senate passed bill last week. bit.ly/49bn4Uv @CBSNewsTexas
Daryn Polanco retweeted
#txlege LBB reported school funding, adjusted for population/inflation, actually decreased in recent yrs. State’s share of ISD cost approx $3800/pupil. $8000 voucher = 2X amt/pupil. Creates Robin Hood 2.0, only this time in reverse–takes money from the poor to give to the rich.
Daryn Polanco retweeted
Not even bothering to hide that he’s holding public school funding and pay for educators hostage in exchange for his private school tuition coupon.
.@GovAbbott: "Once ESAs are passed, I will put on the legislative call the full funding for public education, including teacher pay raises." #txlege
Daryn Polanco retweeted
No sir!
Please quit mixing narratives.
This isn't about parent choice; this is about a private school's choice to choose which children they wish to serve based on: race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, academic ability, special needs, behavioral issues, etc.
Texas has a constitutional obligation to fund a free and public education for ALL students. We are not even close to adequately doing so.
The vast majority of Republicans and Democrats are in support of funding public schools.
#txlege
Texas has an obligation to deliver school choice for every family in Texas.
It's time to carry education freedom across the finish line.
I am committed to however long it takes. #txlege
More from last night with @TPPF: bit.ly/fnLnTx
Daryn Polanco retweeted
No thanks. No deal. No vouchers.
SB2 translated:
1) Most teachers get $3000 while underpaid $7000 below natl average;
2) Some teachers get $ if they focus on testing;
3) $75 BA increase while TX per/student spend is $4000 below natl average;
4) school safety $ to cover 1/2 of state safety mandates.
#txlege
Daryn Polanco retweeted
You don’t have the votes in the House and you know it.
No vouchers in Texas!
Fully fund Texas public schools.
Give teachers a raise.
Fix TRS.
Provide a COLA.
Man up and be somebody.
Do your actual job rather than pandering for your big $ donors.
School Choice is one step closer in Texas.
The Texas Senate is poised to pass the school choice bill.
statesman.com/story/news/pol… via @statesman
Daryn Polanco retweeted
Out of state lobbyists want to tell us what to do with education. "Representatives from the American Federation for Children, a national school privatization PAC started by former Education Secretary Betsy Devos, opened up the public hearing Tuesday....." texasobserver.org/vouchers-s…
Daryn Polanco retweeted
Teachers deserve more respect than to be used to advance anyone's political agenda. #txlege #txed
texastribune.org/2023/10/12/…
Daryn Polanco retweeted
Vouchers were 1st proposed in TX in 1956 to stop school integration after the Brown decision. Today, voucher advocates REMAIN COMMITTED TO PUBLICLY-FUNDED DISCRIMINATION. Listen to the shameful response of the voucher bill author to a proposal to add text to prohibit discrimination. @TexasAFT @MomsAGAbbott @pastors4txkids @txstateteachers @RYHTexas @DianeRavitch @joshcowenMSU
Daryn Polanco retweeted
Let’s get this straight…the poor kid in a failing school will still not get helped with vouchers. Private schools will provide no transportation or a free meal for those kids. Private schools won’t take those kids they’ll go after the athletes and top 10%. How does this help?
Daryn Polanco retweeted
Stop branding vouchers as a “God given right”. Only you and corrupt politicians want this. Most parents in our district do NOT want vouchers. I already CHOOSE to send 2 of my 3 kids to private school. That’s MY choice- I don’t want tax paper $ taken away from public schools🙅🏻♀️
Daryn Polanco retweeted
Daryn Polanco retweeted
So vouchers have:
No financial accountability, no parent rights protections, no parent choice, no protections for students with disabilities, no testing requirements or curriculum oversight? Tell me again how this is improving failing schools and empowering parents? It doesn’t..
Daryn Polanco retweeted
We are having a special session to promote vouchers that will affect 1.1% of the student population, less if you include private school kids. We are ignoring the 99% of students. This should be enough to tell you this is a bad policy. This isn’t choice, this is a scam.
Daryn Polanco retweeted
We keep seeing people talking about "bloated administrative overhead" in public schools.
But why do those schools need so many administrators? Compliance.
Compliance with the regulations that have been imposed on them for decades by politicians like @GregAbbott_TX
