Quaking in Their Leg Irons

Slouching Toward Accountability: 4-3

In what passes for courage in the LA Unified School District, the board has voted (4-3) to adopt a draconian resolution “making it a district priority” to “suggest” “changes in legislation” to “expedite” termination of teachers accused of “serious crimes.”

That’s a lot of qualifiers for one resolution.

•Lot’s of district priorities never make it to legislation.

•With the union influence over state politics, it is likely the district’s suggestion will be ignored.

•”Expedite” is a weasel word. Does that mean terminating criminals before they finish their sentence and return to the classroom?

•”Serious crimes” leaves a lot of room for debate.

And even with all those qualifiers and nuances, (drum roll please)

The Union opposed the resolution. (They weren’t consulted enough.)

Criminally accused teachers in LA must be quaking in their leg irons over this.