Is the California Teachers Association the problem?

To the Editor:

I read with interest the various reactions in different school districts across California to reopening in person classes. It is good to see that, here in Tuolumne County, we are getting back to in-person classes.

The same cannot be said for our larger cities. In Los Angeles, the teachers union (the California Teachers Association) asked their 30,000 members to carry out a full-on strike to block school reopenings — which would be their second strike in just 26 months. The union says that it's just looking out “for the communities we serve,” but studies have shown LA'S school closures have disproportionately hurt the poor, and that every major medical association, including the CDC and Socal pediatricians, has concluded schools are not a disease vortex — except perhaps for dangerously high levels of woke propaganda.

The Los Angeles Times reports that 1,500 local pediatricians urged immediate school reopening in LA, citing “a recent survey of more than 500 Los Angeles teachers who reported `low levels of student attendance and engagement' [via distance learning] and said children are suffering emotional and mental impacts `related to social isolation, anxiety, lack of structure.”

In so many ways the California Teachers Association is the problem, and they really are interested more in the power and influence they have with elected leaders.

John Robinson

Sonora