SuzanneK
@smkat.bsky.social
Educator, researcher, theatre aficionado and director, and curious observer of the world we live in and life in general.
More on teaching in an occupied DC: www.popville.com/2025/09/cool...
“While the Feds were there, and as misinformation was spreading, no less than 3 small stampedes occurred” - PoPville
"Dear PoPville, I'm writing to clarify the details of a very unsafe situation brought about by the federal governments escalation of force in the district. On Friday the 29th, Coolidge High school hos...
www.popville.com
September 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
More on teaching in an occupied DC: www.popville.com/2025/09/cool...
DC school email on Fri:
Congratulations on the completion of the first week of school!
I wanted to share a quick update before the weekend. A parent called to let us know that the NG is currently present on H Street between 4th and 8th. Just [keeping everyone] aware as you head home today.
Congratulations on the completion of the first week of school!
I wanted to share a quick update before the weekend. A parent called to let us know that the NG is currently present on H Street between 4th and 8th. Just [keeping everyone] aware as you head home today.
August 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
DC school email on Fri:
Congratulations on the completion of the first week of school!
I wanted to share a quick update before the weekend. A parent called to let us know that the NG is currently present on H Street between 4th and 8th. Just [keeping everyone] aware as you head home today.
Congratulations on the completion of the first week of school!
I wanted to share a quick update before the weekend. A parent called to let us know that the NG is currently present on H Street between 4th and 8th. Just [keeping everyone] aware as you head home today.
Think Trump withholding $7 million in DOE funding for schools is bad for you locally? The House is still holding $1.1 billion of DC's budget hostage (DC tax $, not fed $). DC is now losing budget monies allocated for education plus 20% of the DOE money they were allocated.
July 3, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Think Trump withholding $7 million in DOE funding for schools is bad for you locally? The House is still holding $1.1 billion of DC's budget hostage (DC tax $, not fed $). DC is now losing budget monies allocated for education plus 20% of the DOE money they were allocated.
How do you measure, measure a year? In boxes (16), in costume bags (6), in Z-Racks (1), and extra items (4)... #EduSky #TheatreSky
June 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
How do you measure, measure a year? In boxes (16), in costume bags (6), in Z-Racks (1), and extra items (4)... #EduSky #TheatreSky
Is anyone else attending? #EduSky #TheatreSky
May 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Is anyone else attending? #EduSky #TheatreSky
All that blustering about how a new Chairman/Board was needed to make the Kennedy Center great again- that the Kennedy Center was failing and needed to stage shows that people actually wanted to see? The 2025-2026 theatre season was FINALLY announced today and, guess what? Drumroll, please.....
May 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
All that blustering about how a new Chairman/Board was needed to make the Kennedy Center great again- that the Kennedy Center was failing and needed to stage shows that people actually wanted to see? The 2025-2026 theatre season was FINALLY announced today and, guess what? Drumroll, please.....
I'm playing ostrich right now- briefly sticking my head in the sand on politics/policy. My kinders are writing monologues "tricking" their audience into believing kitchen utensils are alive. Have some fun and take a minute, like they are, to think what these items might say about their day. #EduSky
May 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I'm playing ostrich right now- briefly sticking my head in the sand on politics/policy. My kinders are writing monologues "tricking" their audience into believing kitchen utensils are alive. Have some fun and take a minute, like they are, to think what these items might say about their day. #EduSky
Ugh. And I have seen what he has done to the Presidential Boxes in the main stage theatres. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Trump Show Comes to the Kennedy Center
Can the fifty-four-year-old arts hub weather the next four years?
www.newyorker.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Ugh. And I have seen what he has done to the Presidential Boxes in the main stage theatres. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The House is STILL holding DC's budget hostage. The CR treats DC as a federal agency and, mid-spending year, reverted the District to 2024 budget levels. DC faces $1B in cuts across services. This is DC taxpayer $ (NO fed $).
Please call your reps or the Speaker- he's the one holding up the vote.
Please call your reps or the Speaker- he's the one holding up the vote.
April 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The House is STILL holding DC's budget hostage. The CR treats DC as a federal agency and, mid-spending year, reverted the District to 2024 budget levels. DC faces $1B in cuts across services. This is DC taxpayer $ (NO fed $).
Please call your reps or the Speaker- he's the one holding up the vote.
Please call your reps or the Speaker- he's the one holding up the vote.
This is a friend's school. The activity is commonplace enough now that principals are giving teachers scripts that detail how to interact with ICE when they come on campus. #EduSky
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DC schools: DHS agents tried to ‘detain’ healthcare contractor at elementary school - WTOP News
D.C. public schools officials say Department of Homeland Security personnel tried to detain a healthcare contractor at an elementary school.
wtop.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This is a friend's school. The activity is commonplace enough now that principals are giving teachers scripts that detail how to interact with ICE when they come on campus. #EduSky
wtop.com/dc/2025/03/d...
wtop.com/dc/2025/03/d...
While we looked away, the House sidelined a vote to give DC its budget $. Imagine the powder keg DC will be with out-of-work federal employees being joined by those let go from DC schools, fire, and police when a 16% across the board cut goes into effect. Call your Reps! wamu.org/story/25/03/...
D.C.'s budget still stuck in limbo, awaiting action from Congress
The U.S. House returned from recess Monday, but has yet to take up a bill to fix the billion dollar hole in D.C.'s budget. Some Republicans say they're awaiting public support from President Trump.
wamu.org
March 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
While we looked away, the House sidelined a vote to give DC its budget $. Imagine the powder keg DC will be with out-of-work federal employees being joined by those let go from DC schools, fire, and police when a 16% across the board cut goes into effect. Call your Reps! wamu.org/story/25/03/...
More censorship at the Kennedy Center:
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC says Pride concert at the Kennedy Center has been canceled
The Pride concert with the National Symphony Orchestra called "A Peacock Among Pigeons" has been canceled.
www.wusa9.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
More censorship at the Kennedy Center:
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
I saw this. I do not know if it is valid. Can anyone confirm or refute?
February 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I saw this. I do not know if it is valid. Can anyone confirm or refute?
The latest in government hate: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Trump officials ask CDC, FDA to use gender notice on restored websites
The Trump administration had directed health agencies to place a notice condemning “gender ideology” on health webpages that had been earlier taken down.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The latest in government hate: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The new Board of Trustees at the Kennedy Center/new President, under the leadership of FOTUS, has cancelled the TYA tour of Finn. #EduSky #TheatreSky
Note that all KC programming is funded by the Kennedy Center. No federal money supports these efforts. This is what censorship looks like.
Note that all KC programming is funded by the Kennedy Center. No federal money supports these efforts. This is what censorship looks like.
February 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The new Board of Trustees at the Kennedy Center/new President, under the leadership of FOTUS, has cancelled the TYA tour of Finn. #EduSky #TheatreSky
Note that all KC programming is funded by the Kennedy Center. No federal money supports these efforts. This is what censorship looks like.
Note that all KC programming is funded by the Kennedy Center. No federal money supports these efforts. This is what censorship looks like.
Wasn't the promise that we would be respected internationally again part of FOTUS's platform? From the Polity Project
February 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Wasn't the promise that we would be respected internationally again part of FOTUS's platform? From the Polity Project
If my school waits for DCPS to call a 2-hour delay (or snow day,) and DCPS waits on the federal government... and OPM is the one who makes the decision for the federal government, does that mean we will never get a snow day or 2-hour delay ever again? #EduSky
February 6, 2025 at 2:16 AM
If my school waits for DCPS to call a 2-hour delay (or snow day,) and DCPS waits on the federal government... and OPM is the one who makes the decision for the federal government, does that mean we will never get a snow day or 2-hour delay ever again? #EduSky
Reposted by SuzanneK
The major media is utterly failing to simply state that Trump is a vicious racist, who blames everything on presumed racial or ethnic minorities. How hard can it be to just say “In shockingly racist remarks Trump refuses to accept responsibility and blames deadly plane crash on minorities”
January 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The major media is utterly failing to simply state that Trump is a vicious racist, who blames everything on presumed racial or ethnic minorities. How hard can it be to just say “In shockingly racist remarks Trump refuses to accept responsibility and blames deadly plane crash on minorities”
Reposted by SuzanneK
ICYMI: On Day 1, Trump disbanded a critical school safety advisory board created in the wake of the horrific mass shooting in Parkland.
Trump has made it clear once again that the gun lobby will always come before your kids’ safety. A failure to reinstate this board puts schools at greater risk.
Trump has made it clear once again that the gun lobby will always come before your kids’ safety. A failure to reinstate this board puts schools at greater risk.
Trump Admin. Axes Newly Created School Safety Board
The Trump administration disbanded a board that advises agencies on school safety strategies. Members include parents of school shooting victims.
www.edweek.org
January 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
ICYMI: On Day 1, Trump disbanded a critical school safety advisory board created in the wake of the horrific mass shooting in Parkland.
Trump has made it clear once again that the gun lobby will always come before your kids’ safety. A failure to reinstate this board puts schools at greater risk.
Trump has made it clear once again that the gun lobby will always come before your kids’ safety. A failure to reinstate this board puts schools at greater risk.
If things seem overwhelming now, remember:
January 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
If things seem overwhelming now, remember:
Reposted by SuzanneK
With a press release titled “U.S. Department of Education Ends Biden’s Book Ban Hoax,” the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (DOE OCR) has dismissed all complaints of book banning that it had been investigating.
U.S. Dept. of Education Dismisses Book Ban Complaints, Rescinds Agreement in Civil Rights Violations in Forsyth County Book Removals
PEN America and EveryLibrary respond to the action taken by the Trump administration, which called the book bans
www.slj.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
With a press release titled “U.S. Department of Education Ends Biden’s Book Ban Hoax,” the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (DOE OCR) has dismissed all complaints of book banning that it had been investigating.
4/5Gs don't care about Trump DEI EOs; they do care about auditions for small parts in the middle school musical (A BIG honor if selected). Of 20+ kiddos today, when asked to sing from our school songbook, 1/3 chose "Lift Every Voice and Sing." They were not all from one racial group. #EduSky
January 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
4/5Gs don't care about Trump DEI EOs; they do care about auditions for small parts in the middle school musical (A BIG honor if selected). Of 20+ kiddos today, when asked to sing from our school songbook, 1/3 chose "Lift Every Voice and Sing." They were not all from one racial group. #EduSky