A Teacher Speaks Out/Spring Park

 

We've received an interesting comment from a local teacher (not in the Lauderdale County system):

My school is experiencing a rash of incidents that we refer to as 'open defiance': 'You cant tell me what to do.' 'You aren't the principal.' 'I don't have to listen to you.' 

Common thread? They're ALL Freshmen. Couple that with a constant shortage of Disciplinary Referral forms, discipline forms 'getting lost', or disciplinary issues taking WEEKS to be addressed, it all adds up to ONE THING: plausible deniability. 

Schools are being pressured to 'reduce disciplinary issues'. Such looks 'bad' on the State 'report card'.

THAT'S what's going on. EVERYWHERE.

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Spring Park will be getting its semi-annual cleanup this Saturday. If you think the city of Tuscumbia is on the ball with this, think again. This is the second year that an organization called Beautify Tuscumbia has taken things into their own work gloves and arranged to rid the recreational area of much of its litter and filth. Thanks to this organization for caring  more than the city.

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