ANONYMOUS - MESSAGE TO DAN PATRICK AND FWISD
Channel: anoncourier
Date: 2016-05-10

TWITTER RAID: #ListenToTheKIDSandTEACHERS

TARGET: https://twitter.com/danpatrick
TARGET: https://twitter.com/fortworth_isd

Greetings Fort Worth. 
We are Anonymous.

Recently, the Lieutenant Governor of Texas--Dan Patrick--has called for the Fort Worth Independent School District's superintendent's resignation over a "transgender issue [http://bit.ly/1TPL6HX]" which should've been addressed and finalized diplomatically years ago. We will not pose our opinion, nor will we pick sides. We too will not offer (a) solution(s) either. But we will offer a message to those employed in FWISD, specifically to those in high seats.

We want you, Dan Patrick and Dr. Kent Paredes Scribner (current FWISD superintendent), to reflect on the fact that FWISD teachers have to care for more than 100 students on a daily basis. The majority of which have historically struggled academically, behaviorally, or socially. And are for the most part--disenfranchised by the color of their skin--or their country of origin. They have witnessed their parents struggle to find balance in this country. And have fought against every social ill that exists in order to show up every day to be given the very best education they should deserve. But for years, the teachers of FWISD have struggled due to the lack of funding, inadequate support, and skewed standardized testing. And yet, the state has remained silent on these struggles.

But now, with this issue, you--Dan Patrick and Dr. Kent Paredes Scribner--want to find your voice?

We are the common citizen.

We never forgive.
We never forget.