Lock and loadem

Three links this morning that fall under the category I'VE HAD ENOUGH AND ....

“ 1) Darren, a teacher in California, says: We have a librarian at my school only 2-1/2 days a week, as she must split her time between 2 high schools. When she’s not there, parent volunteers staff the library so that it’s available to students. A union grievance was filed, and today we were told that the library cannot be open anymore when she’s not there. Teachers can take their classes in there, but books cannot be checked out. The library will no longer be available for students to do make-up tests in on the days when our official librarian isn’t on site. The next time a teachers union tells you something is “for the children”, you remember this story. 2)Election officials in Illinois don’t seem very concerned about ensuring that the absentee ballots of soldiers serving overseas are distributed [... continued] ”