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Taylor Lorenz Jul 27, 2023

The largest public school district in Texas is eliminating librarian positions and converting the libraries into 'discipline centers' at 28 schools this upcoming year https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/07/26/hisd-to-eliminate-librarians-turn-libraries-into-discipline-centers-at-28-campuses/

HISD to eliminate librarians, turn some libraries into discipline centers at 28 campuses

Houston Independent School District will be eliminating librarian positions at 28 schools this upcoming year and utilizing some of the libraries as ‘Team Centers” where kids with behavioral issues will be sent, the district announced.

KPRC Click2Houston

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Alex Wild Jul 27, 2023

@taylorlorenz Worth noting this is happening because the state government used a technicality to wrest the school district away from local, democratic governance and hand it to Republican apparatchiks. Houston doesn't want this. At all. But they aren't even allowed to vote on it.

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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

@alexwild @taylorlorenz

It's insane. But it's really happening.

When the Texas state #GOP forcibly took control over the Houston Independent School District, they decided to eliminate librarians and turn libraries into school jails.

Here's a post with a link to another article about it, with a video:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/110784123730243822

#Texas #Education #Libraries #Politics #USA #News

ZhiZhu (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image @[email protected] I have a hard time believing that any school system would do this, but it's real. It's utterly insane, but it's real. "HISD to eliminate librarians and convert libraries into disciplinary centers at NES schools" https://abc13.com/hisd-libraries-librarians-media-specialists-houston-isd/13548483/ #Libraries #Education #Houston #Texas #USA #News

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