Shannon Gillikin
@sgillikin.bsky.social
Kindergarten teacher, union prez, coffee consumer
Truly love that small town life means I can go on a run to the library to turn in my students’ library card applications so they will get cards on our field trip next week 📚 ❤️
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Truly love that small town life means I can go on a run to the library to turn in my students’ library card applications so they will get cards on our field trip next week 📚 ❤️
I had the privilege of teaching @zysaidso.bsky.social in 3rd grade social studies. What a full circle moment to cast my vote and watch her win ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I had the privilege of teaching @zysaidso.bsky.social in 3rd grade social studies. What a full circle moment to cast my vote and watch her win ❤️
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good morning charlottesville!! what a lovely day to not vote for a school board candidate who promised to keep police out of schools and then voted in favor of it anyway, without robust data or engagement with the public!!
![keep police out of cville schools! 2025 school board candidate guide.
zyahna bryant [✓]: opposed school resource officers
lisa torres [✓]: voted against SROs
dashad cooper: supports SROs
emily dooley: voted for SROs as chair
VOTE NOV. 4 2025](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5c65uqakb4kmnss5zgdsfego/bafkreigtzoco436sa3a4yyypdzwlolw4wr76rnagjouj7qxptpbsit37na@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
good morning charlottesville!! what a lovely day to not vote for a school board candidate who promised to keep police out of schools and then voted in favor of it anyway, without robust data or engagement with the public!!
There is nothing funnier than watching my coworkers teach reading and math in full costumes. I love elementary school!
October 31, 2025 at 7:36 PM
There is nothing funnier than watching my coworkers teach reading and math in full costumes. I love elementary school!
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Today is a good day to make a donation to a food bank.
October 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Today is a good day to make a donation to a food bank.
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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This Chicago union boss endlessly provokes the right. She's about to expand her power. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
This Chicago Teachers Union boss endlessly provokes the right. She's about to expand her power.
Stacy Davis Gates unanimously won election Saturday to be the next president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers.
www.nbcnews.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This Chicago union boss endlessly provokes the right. She's about to expand her power. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
My kids were discussing the heist at the Louvre tonight so now of course we are watching Oceans 11. This movie is so good.
October 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
My kids were discussing the heist at the Louvre tonight so now of course we are watching Oceans 11. This movie is so good.
Just drive my kids through Southwood and then past Covenant and we did some googling of tuition. A real charlottesville experience.
October 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Just drive my kids through Southwood and then past Covenant and we did some googling of tuition. A real charlottesville experience.
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My school went into lockdown at the end of the day. For almost 10 minutes, I stood against a wall with tears streaming down my face, holding the hand of our custodian, hoping my sister down the hall knows the lockdown protocol, and waiting for an all clear.
Why the fuck do we have to live this way?
Why the fuck do we have to live this way?
October 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
My school went into lockdown at the end of the day. For almost 10 minutes, I stood against a wall with tears streaming down my face, holding the hand of our custodian, hoping my sister down the hall knows the lockdown protocol, and waiting for an all clear.
Why the fuck do we have to live this way?
Why the fuck do we have to live this way?
School board candidate forum… let’s goooo
October 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
School board candidate forum… let’s goooo
Remember your why…
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
rm -rf ~/
rm -rf ~/
"The chancellor approved it"
October 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Remember your why…
For today’s icebreaker we…
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
rm -rf ~/
rm -rf ~/
"The chancellor approved it"
October 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
For today’s icebreaker we…
Can a custodian come…
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
rm -rf ~/
rm -rf ~/
"The chancellor approved it"
October 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Can a custodian come…
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📚🗳️👇🏼👇🏽
hi charlottesville! if you're voting in the city school board election this november, there are four candidates running for three seats. here's where they stand on the return of police to our schools:
![keep police out of cville schools! 2025 school board candidate guide.
zyahna bryant [✓]: opposed school resource officers
lisa torres [✓]: voted against SROs
dashad cooper: supports SROs
emily dooley: voted for SROs as chair
VOTE NOV. 4 2025](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5c65uqakb4kmnss5zgdsfego/bafkreidmmqns3ggd3utg2v3je3fhavu6aigbepttrkajzftsahpxc24lim@jpeg)
October 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
📚🗳️👇🏼👇🏽
It’s a good day to bargain a contract!
October 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It’s a good day to bargain a contract!
5th st Food Lion is where the people are… saw two union presidents, a school board members, and some parents!
October 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
5th st Food Lion is where the people are… saw two union presidents, a school board members, and some parents!
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ACTION FOR ALBEMARLE CO residents: Do you think our teachers deserve a guaranteed lunch break? Or that when they retire, teachers s/b compensated for their *earned* unused sick days?
Email the school board-say you support our school staff:
schoolboard@k12albemarle.org
Info: tinyurl.com/AEABARGProp
Email the school board-say you support our school staff:
schoolboard@k12albemarle.org
Info: tinyurl.com/AEABARGProp
AEA Contract Proposal one-pagers.pdf
tinyurl.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
ACTION FOR ALBEMARLE CO residents: Do you think our teachers deserve a guaranteed lunch break? Or that when they retire, teachers s/b compensated for their *earned* unused sick days?
Email the school board-say you support our school staff:
schoolboard@k12albemarle.org
Info: tinyurl.com/AEABARGProp
Email the school board-say you support our school staff:
schoolboard@k12albemarle.org
Info: tinyurl.com/AEABARGProp
Did someone make you wings at your job today?
I love kindergarteners.
I love kindergarteners.
September 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Did someone make you wings at your job today?
I love kindergarteners.
I love kindergarteners.
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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If you think our tax $ should be spent to pay school cafeteria staff a living wage (and not to put police in schools), you're our people! Join us tomorrow!
September 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
If you think our tax $ should be spent to pay school cafeteria staff a living wage (and not to put police in schools), you're our people! Join us tomorrow!
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Union work is hard and frustrating a lot of days, but we had two big wins today including the reduction of police officers from 4 to 2 and the reversal of a classist work day policy. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
September 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Union work is hard and frustrating a lot of days, but we had two big wins today including the reduction of police officers from 4 to 2 and the reversal of a classist work day policy. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Support our local CAT workers on Monday by showing up at City Council and telling them to fund our transit system! Full info here: tinyurl.com/4u9xane3
#SolidaritySeptember #WorkersOverBillionaires
#SolidaritySeptember #WorkersOverBillionaires
September 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Support our local CAT workers on Monday by showing up at City Council and telling them to fund our transit system! Full info here: tinyurl.com/4u9xane3
#SolidaritySeptember #WorkersOverBillionaires
#SolidaritySeptember #WorkersOverBillionaires