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

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 1 year ago (4 children)

and the dumbing down of american children continues.

adult humans voted for this. adult humans chose this path. it boggles the mind the depth of either their lack of empathy and or awareness of our duties in this society.

[–] Tubamajuba 48 points 1 year ago

HISD was taken over by the Texas Education Agency, and the TEA commissioner appointed the superintendent and board. Trust me, the people who live in HISD don’t want this shit.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

These are religious people. They can hardly be called adults.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Hey now, I voted for a totally different HISD school board, they were forcefully taken away by the work of assholes other people voted for dammit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are Americans really this self-centered?

[–] InverseParallax 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We aren't talking about Americans here, we're talking about Texans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You can't keep housing affordable if you don't maintain the dystopian hellscape!

[–] Uphillbothways -2 points 1 year ago