Locker Room’s Terry Stoops passes along this interesting piece featuring an old friend of ours:
HISD Superintendent Terry Grier recommended Monday that the district sever ties with Community Education Partners and let other groups compete to run an alternative school for students with serious discipline problems.
The Houston Independent School District has contracted with CEP, a Nashville-based for-profit company, since 1997 to run two alternative schools, which have drawn a mix of ardent supporters and opponents over the years.
…..Houston Federation of Teachers President Gayle Fallon, an ardent supporter of CEP whose union has exclusive bargaining rights at the Houston campuses, criticized Grier’s idea.
“That jerk is willing to throw these kids away rather than save them so he can divert a few dollars into his asinine new programs that no one wants,” she said.
Grier certainly drew the ire of many parents here in Guilford County, but —- correct me if I’m wrong —– I never heard such ire from educations professionals or the school board.
