School will be cancelled in Oakland because the teachers don't like U.S. tax policy!

The unions don't just abuse pensions, they abuse sick days.  I have no problem with teachers being politically active, but to shut down schools to go to a rally – and it's not even related to teachers! – is unconscionable:

 

October 31, 2011

 

School will be cancelled in Oakland because the teachers don't like U.S. tax policy!

 

By Steve Gunn

EAG Communications

 

     OAKLAND, Calif. -  Apparently we've reached a new low in public education.

 

     School children, parents and taxpayers can only count on classes being taught if the teachers don't have some political cause to march for that day.

 

     It was sickening enough last winter, when the teachers in dozens of districts in Wisconsin left their students hanging while they fled to Madison for several days of public whining. The students had nothing to do with the legislature's decision to tighten the terms of collective bargaining. Neither did their parents or the taxpayers at large.

 

     But the students had to pay the price.

         

     Now we have Oakland, California, where a group of radical teachers plan to shut down three schools that we know of Wednesday (and quite possibly more) because they want the day off to join a general national strike called for by the Occupy people.

 

     If you recall, the Occupy people are largely motivated by their belief that the wealthiest one percent of Americans should pay more taxes. That means at least some students of Oakland will miss a day of school because their teachers don't like U.S. tax policy!