So…a Clark County teacher at Harry Reid Elementary School down in Searchlight regularly shows up drunk to teach her kindergarten, first- and second-grade students. The kids notice and tell their parents, and some parents in town witness her leaving a bar to go to work from time to time. Parents complain. And complain again. And again. For over two years.
And in response? The school district finally transfers her to another school in Boulder City. The residents of which are still reeling from the arrest of a teacher/soccer coach on 84 counts of child porn related acts with his students.
These incidents are hair-raising and are black eyes for public school bureaucrats and the teachers union. And they help make the case for public school reform and private school choice.
We need a coalition of strong, viable, committed education reform organizations in Nevada. And they need staffers who can bend enough ears and raise enough funds to actually get something done in Carson City.
Any stepper-uppers? I’ll be glad to post any/all such activities here!
Dennis Allan
Norman Yeager
29 April 2009
So what would get a teacher fired faster – teaching drunk or not paying their union dues (in a non-right-to-work state)?
The answer to that shows where the unions’ priorities really are.