Courtney RosenthalJul 29, 2023

You may have heard that Houston schools plan to convert libraries to disciplinary centers and fire the librarians.

What you may not have heard is that the State of Texas took over the Houston school district and installed its own superintendent.

That's the guy who is closing libraries. This is not something local residents want, and the superintendent is not locally accountable,

#txpol #texas #houston #library #libraries

Show threadKay   Jul 30, 2023
@oh_that_courtney Same rationale for firing an older Christian teacher for going to a restaurant that had a drag show. Yep, #Houston #Texas #schools
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/27/texas-teacher-fired-drag-show
Teacher fired by Texas Christian school for attending drag show

Kristi Maris, who worked at school for 19 years, lost job after going to show in her own time and posting it on social media

The Guardian
Show threadcurtJul 30, 2023
#texas #houston #library #libraries FWIW, it seems the libraries are not closing. They’re being repurposed during classroom hours for this “Team Center” initiative. The libraries will still be open and the books available to the students before and after school. IIRC, I was practically never in the library at my primary schools except for after school, so, on one hand, it makes some kind of sense to more fully utilize the space. However, …
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@curt but a library is nothing more than a storage for books if you don’t staff it properly. Books don’t magically appear on shelves. They don’t magically get fixed. Collections need dedicated staff to keep them refreshed. And libraries are more than just books. So many more things happen in a library than just taking a book out.
Jul 30, 2023 at 5:55amWeb
Show threadcurtJul 31, 2023
@LibraryandTea Agreed. It seems like a bad move.