Here's the answer: the average teacher at the school was making $83,000 per year, and over one-quarter were making more than $100,000. They didn't think they should have to work for any less. With such exorbitant teacher salaries, it's no wonder the school couldn't “afford” to stay open.
The Democrats defunded the scholarship program over the objections of DC’s residents, 70 percent of whom support it. But what do the Democrats care? They’ve ensured that teachers’ unions will continue giving millions of dollars to their campaigns. Sasha and Malia Obama, apparently the only black children in DC entitled to a decent education, will still attend Sidwell Friends (annual tuition: $30,842). Meanwhile, public school teachers will be paid $80,000 to leave work at noon, shortchanging their already impoverished students.
Who doesn’t care about black people now?