The Washington Education Association (WEA) is not happy with state lawmakers who oppose Initiative 1351, the so-called class size initiative. In retaliation, the union launched an attack targeting the fiscally minded legislators who dared call out I-1351 for what it was: a money-grab disguised as a smaller-class size measure.
The WEA’s attack, unsurprisingly, is highly untruthful and misleading. GOP Rep. Chad Magendanz—one of the targets—pointed out the ridiculous nature of it all in a short, but spot-on Facebook response. After the WEA attempted to demonize him for the student-teacher ratio in his “neighborhood” (Maple Hill, Issaquah), Magendanz pointed out that he achieved the lowest K-3 class sizes while on the Issaquah school board with the lowest per-pupil funding. He asks, “Where are the other districts prioritizing their spending?”
Check out Magendanz’s response below:
