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Well...OK kinda depends on where you are, who you associate with, and what your expectations are. In cities we're pretty ok. I feel bad for people stuck in rural areas. Went to a party last night at a friend of a friend's house. Hour drive. Made a contingency plan on the way - if there's a trump flag, we'll text and say something came up. If there's one bumper sticker, we'll go in and feel it out. If either of us gets uncomfortable, we leave.
Read a little about this HISD thing. Apparently 28 schools (8 high schools and the middle and elementary schools in their feeder patterns) chose to participate in this NESA (new education system aligned) plan. Teachers get extra help in their classrooms and follow standardized lesson plans. In those 28 schools, libraries will remain open and will have books/resources, but apparently will not have librarians. That seems stupid. HISD has 274 schools, so we're taking about 10 percent of them doing this trial. i hope it's in the bitchy, entitled, super-sensitive areas where they believe gay doesn't exist and they say 'Canadian' because they can't openly say N--- anymore.
Still, the superintendent is the owner of a Charter School company. He's basically a plant to destroy the public education system in Texas.