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October 29, 2015 10:15 AM UTC

Witt says Jeffco teachers "bring students" (pawn-like) into Jeffco recall fight

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  • by: Jason Salzman

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Jefferson County School Board President Ken Witt.
Jefferson County School Board President Ken Witt.

On KNUS 710-AM’s Weekend Wakeup with Chuck Bonniwell and July Hayden Saturday, embattled Jeffco School Board Chair Ken Witt continued his attack on Jeffco teachers and students, saying that students are essentially pawns, “brought into this kind of thing” to advance the agenda of teachers and unions.

Questioned by Hayden, Witt said:

Witt: It’s absolutely the case that passions run high in education. And it’s unfortunate when our educators get involved in the passion, and bring students into it, instead of keeping it outside and the dialogue outside the school grounds… The unfortunate fact is that as these kinds of dialogues happen about education, particularly the union, brings those who are actually delivering the education into the fray, if you will. Unfortunately, there is some spillover into the classrooms. And of course it’s never appropriate for our students to be brought into this kind of a thing.

Bonniwell: Well, the children are pawns…

Witt: Yeah. It is unfortunate.

The accusation that students and others in Jeffco are pawns of the teachers’ unions, or somehow brought into the debate agains their will, is demonstrably false, as everyone knows after seeing the spontaneous protests against Witt, Williams, and Newkirk’s policies.

Why Witt keeps saying it, particuarly as he’s fighting to save his seat on the Jeffco Board is beyond me, because it damages him. It insults the intelligence of the students and community.

Listen to the entire interview below, where he discusses this and other issues in more detail, even citing a instance when he says his kid was bullied:

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6 thoughts on “Witt says Jeffco teachers “bring students” (pawn-like) into Jeffco recall fight

      1. Should have been "proof shmoof" Freudian slip? Back in the day when I spent some time in Israel the word for bathroom was (sounds like) Bait Sh'moosh, which literally translates into shit house or the more elegant House of Shit.

  1. “Why Witt keeps saying it, particuarly as he’s fighting to save his seat on the Jeffco Board is beyond me, because it damages him. It insults the intelligence of the students and community.”

    He said it because he is counting on his base to rescue him. And while this comment may seem ridiculous on its face, it fires up the base.

  2. I'm wondering how the teachers/union thugs bully the students and parents.

    Hey Tommy, you want that AP course A, your parents better vote to recall. And don't think I won't know how they voted.

    Followed by a sinister eyes on you gesture.

    Is that how it works?

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