CA Teachers’ Union Head Seen Taking Daughter to In-person Preschool Amid School Closures

First grade students prepare for class at St. Joseph Catholic School in La Puente, Calif., on Nov. 16, 2020. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

The head of a local California teachers’ union has come under fire in recent days after a video showed him taking his 2-year-old daughter to a private preschool for in-person instruction—as public schools remain closed in many cities across the state.

A group of Berkeley-area parents known as Guerrilla Momz posted the video on YouTube on Feb. 27 and wrote: “Matt Meyer Berkeley Federation of Teachers president blocks opening public schools in-person, yet has had his own child in in-person school since June 2020. Stop the hypocrisy. Our children are suffering. Open schools full-time Now.”