By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org

YATESVILLE, Pa. – Every once in a while union bosses let their guard down and say what they really think.

That appears to be what happened recently at Pittston Area Schools in Pennsylvania, where the vice president of the teachers union, Rocco D’Angelo, sent a letter to union members regarding a reprimand given to a teacher for telling a student “It’s day 13 and I can’t stand you already,” the Times Leader reports.

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D’Angelo, amazingly, didn’t condemn the teacher’s remarks, but rather told his members “since we all get painted with the same brush by the public let’s try giving them nothing negative to paint with.”

And then D’Angelo let it slip:

“I fear that students and parents will now, more than ever, try to implicate us in their misplaced blame for their own inadequacies as parents,” he wrote, according to the Times Leader.

That certainly says a lot about the union’s view of the district’s parents. Instead of simply accepting that a member used bad judgment and said something inappropriate, D’Angelo quickly shifts the blame to parents.

Classy!

Not surprisingly, D’Angelo’s letter became public and parents were outraged. The school district was flooded with calls, prompting Superintendent Michael Garzella to issue a response to the union boss’ musings.

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The school board wanted to make it crystal clear that the union letter “does not reflect the administration or school board’s views or directives.”

“Any and all alleged incidents of bullying; student-to-student, teacher-to-student, or student-to-teacher will be investigated and responded to appropriately,” school officials said, according to the Times Leader.