stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoTexas Superintendent Defends Suspending Black Student Over Locs Hairstyle in Full-Page Ad: ‘Being American Requires Conformity'themessenger.comexternal-linkmessage-square260fedilinkarrow-up1371arrow-down118file-text
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A full-page newspaper defends the punishment high school student Darryl George has faced over his hairstyle.
minus-squareSmite6645@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-27 months ago“Ultimately, this is an issue of local control and deciding who should be setting the policies, goals and expectations of our school district,” Poole wrote. This in a state that banned COVID related mandates by local governments, passed a law allowing the state to interfere in Houston elections (a Democratic stronghold), and took over Texas’ largest school district (Houston ISD) - firing librarians and turning school libraries into “disciplinary centers”. They also rushed to use eminent domain to seize land for Trump’s border wall. I guess that’s the kind of state and local officials you get when You May Have The Worst Gerrymander In The Country Edit: spelling and added more sources.
minus-squareAdalast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoYou forgot the part where the state tried to strip local municipalities of their right to govern. Luckily the attempt was struck down hard. Of course, they will try again.
“Ultimately, this is an issue of local control and deciding who should be setting the policies, goals and expectations of our school district,” Poole wrote.
This in a state that banned COVID related mandates by local governments, passed a law allowing the state to interfere in Houston elections (a Democratic stronghold), and took over Texas’ largest school district (Houston ISD) - firing librarians and turning school libraries into “disciplinary centers”. They also rushed to use eminent domain to seize land for Trump’s border wall.
I guess that’s the kind of state and local officials you get when You May Have The Worst Gerrymander In The Country
Edit: spelling and added more sources.
You forgot the part where the state tried to strip local municipalities of their right to govern. Luckily the attempt was struck down hard.
Of course, they will try again.