Texas Revamps Houston Schools, Closing Libraries and Angering Parents

sharkaccident, 10 months ago

Houston resident, lots of strong opinions on this.

First, this happened because schools have been underperforming for some time. The line in sand was crossed and the state decided to step in. Secondly, from my understanding with radio interviews and other online sources, they repurpose the library to redirect students who cause distractions in class. If you disrupt in the classroom, you join an isolated zoom session from the old library.

I’m not suggesting this approach will work, just letting everyone know the thought process.

cindylouwhovian, 10 months ago

'Keep ‘em dumb and they’ll continue to vote for us!’ - GOP, probably.

Its_Always_420, 10 months ago

Bobby if those kids could read, they’d be very upset.

scmstr, 10 months ago

Well, that’s embarrassing…

wrath-sedan, 10 months ago

paywall-less archived link

Hwats_so_funny_meow, 10 months ago

Thank you for that.

jerome, 10 months ago

thanks

Mediocre_Bard, 10 months ago

You can’t put all the shit kids in one location and hope they’ll get better.

Pons_Aelius, 10 months ago

Under-performing? Surely the solution is to remove resources from the school, that will certainly improve test scores...