4,393 people have signed this thing. “Low cost housing” for teachers ... like it’s a pejorative.pic.twitter.com/7si2oZ26fC
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4,393 people have signed this thing. “Low cost housing” for teachers ... like it’s a pejorative.pic.twitter.com/7si2oZ26fC
Oops, forgot to link the petition in that previous tweet.https://www.change.org/p/san-jose-unified-school-district-board-trustees-save-leland-and-bret-harte-schools …
Btw, San Jose decided to close down several schools earlier this year because enrollment has been dropping rapidly as families with young children can’t afford housing in the area.https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/02/south-san-jose-school-district-decides-to-close-three-schools/ …
The house of the petition’s author has appreciated by more than the median annual salary of a San Jose Unified public school teacher every year for the last eight years. https://m.box.com/shared_item/https%3A%2F%2Fsjusd.box.com%2Fs%2F3emr2poxt4n80fkm5eez9xzzrq36ua74 …
Protecting property values over the health of your education system - shocker
O hai Proposition 5 on the ballot this November!https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_5,_Property_Tax_Transfer_Initiative_(2018) …
Maybe they'd prefer to host the teachers in their basement? More teachers + a new income stream 
Or their spare rooms?
"It's just frankly not in fitting with the rest of the community."
I think if police and firefighters aren't available to serve their community because they can't afford to live nearby, attitudes would change quickly. Anyway, it's a sad indication of how little education is valued
this is a past-tense observation, police & fire departments across the Bay Area are struggling with recruitment.
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