To the Editor:

The District 300 Board of Education is spewing nonsense about its teachers, and it makes me sick. How have we gotten to such a place where those who sacrificed high-paying jobs in order to give children the gift of education become the villains thanks to their community and their board?

I find it baffling that the board has done everything in its power to hinder the education of the district’s children. One of the board members stated he wanted to run this district like a business, but I feel that they have forgotten that their business is to educate children. The teachers did not forget. They are fighting for lower class sizes because they care about the individual attention that is so vital to a good education, something which this “business” is supposed to deliver. Their passion for their students is what brought them here, to education and this strike, in the first place.