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Gothmog

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Sat Feb 20, 2021, 12:14 AM Feb 2021

Cruz family's Cancun trip rattles their private school [View all]

We know how Heidi's texts were leaked. St. John's School brags about rejecting both W and Jeb. I was a college recruiting event with my oldest and the head of admissions at Yale played to the parents by explaining that W and Jeb were admitted to Yale as Legacies. Here, these parents will not want Carnival cruz's kids to go classes with their kids until after a quarantine




Three weeks before Sen. Ted Cruz embarked on his ill-fated Cancun trip to escape the aftermath of Texas’s devastating winter storm, the elite K-12 Houston private school attended by his two daughters emailed a Covid warning to parents about international travel.

The bottom line: St. John’s School students who travel internationally must quarantine for 7 to 10 days upon their return. And they won’t be able to even learn online while in isolation.

The rules, pegged to CDC guidelines, were sent Jan. 30 in reaction to a controversy that gripped the school after its winter break, when the 11th and 12th grade classes had to promptly quarantine because students attended holiday parties that led to multiple Covid-positive infections.

A divide had formed between the parents and students who followed the safety guidelines and those who flouted them — a microcosm of the broader societal conflict that plays out daily across the nation.
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he's earned it for his kids.. Rt TY Cha Feb 2021 #1
Twitter reply : Rhiannon12866 Feb 2021 #2
Welp, there goes his World's Best Dad award (that he gave himself). Marie Marie Feb 2021 #3
LOL. Yup. nt SunSeeker Feb 2021 #4
His daughters are going to hate him even more now. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #5
Did she give the White Power sign? ret5hd Feb 2021 #6
She's either flicking a booger at him... or trying to pop him with her finger. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #8
I politely have another take on the daughter behavior. North Shore Chicago Feb 2021 #15
That's probably it, she was sick of being a prop for his campaign. nt. Mariana Feb 2021 #23
Imo, over the line accusing a child of hating her father. Does anyone know Hortensis Feb 2021 #7
Also being carried at what looks to be at least 10 years alphafemale Feb 2021 #11
Over the line, i.e., unacceptable, inappropriate. Hortensis Feb 2021 #20
I think she was seven when that happened. nt. Mariana Feb 2021 #21
Still WAY too old to be carried alphafemale Feb 2021 #25
I find nothing amusing about that, if true. cwydro Feb 2021 #10
A little off topic...but alphafemale Feb 2021 #9
Yes, but no one uses it because Rand Paul is always there Generic Brad Feb 2021 #17
Good point alphafemale Feb 2021 #19
When I heard about is trip, I wondered why he'd take his family travelling. MissMillie Feb 2021 #12
Some seem to think wealth, position, or religious proclamations bestow immunity. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #13
That makes it even more mystifying that he used "I can't say no to my kids" as his first excuse. tanyev Feb 2021 #14
I can't understand why they aren't permitted to learn online dsc Feb 2021 #16
Many private schools have ridiculous rules that make no sense. nt. Mariana Feb 2021 #22
sadly my public school had an equally dumb rule dsc Feb 2021 #24
Aw come on. Ted is just trying to be a good dad. yellowcanine Feb 2021 #18
Jarvanka's kids were booted out of their elite school months ago for safety violations.... Hekate Feb 2021 #26
This amuses me LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2021 #27
Best not fuck around with St. John's School. Paladin Feb 2021 #28
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