Mike Turzai is Willing to Sacrifice Pennsylvania’s Students and Families to the Economy
Mike Turzai says he’s furious with Pedro Rivera.
Why is the highest ranking Republican in Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives so angry with the state Secretary of Education?
Rivera said the Commonwealth’s public schools, which have been closed since mid March due to the Coronavirus pandemic, would not reopen until it was safe to do so.
If that means schools don’t reopen on time in the Fall, so be it.
Specifically, on Wednesday, Rivera said:
“At the end of the day, we’re going to make sure that the health and welfare of our students is first and foremost, front and center. And we’re not going to allow and ask students to return to school in an unsafe environment. We’re preparing for the best, but we’re planning for the worst.”
Turzai was so infuriated by this statement that he wrote a letter to Rivera – which CONTINUE READING: Mike Turzai is Willing to Sacrifice Pennsylvania’s Students and Families to the Economy | gadflyonthewallblog