tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post987041934059943288..comments2023-10-04T05:42:58.799-05:00Comments on Half Empty: Katy ISD: A Community of Learners, But Not LoversHalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06691384412216558403noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-84455770891277642062007-07-11T01:53:00.000-05:002007-07-11T01:53:00.000-05:00LCISD did the very same thing the first year of th...LCISD did the very same thing the first year of the new high school out on 359. The student came into class, sat down at his desk and saw where the previous inhabitor had drawn the top half of a face in ink. Being an extremely talented and artistic young man, he finished the artwork with his pencil that was handy (he hadn't even opened his backpack). The teacher saw him doing this and he was accused of not only vandalizing and permanently damaging property (with an eraseable pencil), but drawing the part done in ink. Recall that I wrote he had not even opened his backpack where his ink pens were and every student there testified that he never used a pen. The admin went ballistic and would not back down. So consequently the young man's high school life was ruined and his mother, who was a teacher there, had a miserable time until she could find a new school district. The difference in the cases? The KISD parents could afford to contact the media because they weren't employees of the district and had money. So, where are the priorities? Ruining a good child's life and driving away an excellent teacher or the reverse of those two? Which is a school district supposed to do in your eyes with your money? A little mea culpa for all the right reasons is not such a bad thing. We ask it of our students all the time. Do as I say, not as I do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com