HISD to eliminate librarians and convert libraries into disciplinary centers at NES schools
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"I think it's pretty ridiculous. When I grew up and went to the library, I needed direction on what I may have wanted to read or books I should've paid attention to based on my interest," an HISD parent said.
  • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This decision came from having to reallocate resources to meet specific outcomes

    Those “specific outcomes” being the destruction of literacy, intellectual curiosity, and historical awareness to the point where no one pushes back against the elimination of any and all social services apparently

  • Rojo27 [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Getting rid of librarians is pretty cringe on its own, but also turning the library into a disciplinary center? If anyone needed more proof of a school to prison pipeline there’s none more clear than this here.