Jason Kamras
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Jason Kamras
@JasonKamras
@RPS_Schools Superintendent, 2005 National Teacher of the Year - Views are my own and not those of RPS or the School Board.
- The Commonwealth was literally created on the backs of enslaved Africans. At @RPS_Schools we will continue to study that and be honest about its profound implications for our students and families today.
- I’ve been Superintendent of @RPS_Schools for 53 days. In that time, 6 of our students have been shot, 2 of whom have died. If that’s not the definition of a crisis, I don’t know what is. Enough is enough.
- Real talk: planning for reopening school this fall is like playing a game of 3-D chess while standing on one leg in the middle of a hurricane. Please shower students, families, teachers, principals, support staff, and school boards with extra love right now.
- RODNEY WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The 2019 NATIONAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR is Mr. Rodney Robinson from Richmond Public Schools! I’ll sum him up in 1 word: LOVE - for his students, his colleagues, his community. We ❤️ you, @RodRobinsonRVA! Congratulations!!!! #NTOY2019
- No clever zingers here to enrage the opposition. Just a simple, gut-wrenching request made with humility: please ban assault rifles. I probably shouldn’t say this, but I don’t know how to protect my 22,000 students from them. They scare the hell out of me. I’m begging you.
- To those in media & outside of Richmond intent on painting our students with broad brush of negativity, shame on you. Our students are the brightest, hardest working & most compassionate young people I have ever met. I am enormously honored & grateful to serve them every day.
- I’m heartbroken to share that Fox ES is on fire. I’m on site with Principal Jacobs. RFD is doing their very best to contain it. I’ll share more information once I have it. Please keep the Fox community in your prayers tonight.
- So dress codes banning baggy pants and spaghetti straps are OK, but a 5 inch piece of cloth – which will save people's lives – goes too far?
- Dear #RPSStrong Family, if you, or a transgender or non-binary student you know, would like their chosen name to show up in Google Classroom this fall, please email me at [email protected]. We'll take care of it for you completely confidentially. Thank you! #ReopenWithLove
- I just can’t fathom the threat of withholding $ from VA divisions like @RPS_Schools that are protecting the lives of students and staff with a 4-inch piece of cloth - as mandated by bipartisan legislation passed last year.
- This is unacceptable. Public schools should be welcoming and inclusive, not exclusionary. The very least we can give our students is dignity and respect. This action takes it away.
- It’s unconscionable that White House & Dpt of Ed have politicized school reopening. I’ve heard from 100s of families/teachers over last few days, who have widely varying viewpoints - all of which are legitimate. What we need right now is empathy & grace, not heartless directives.
