Chris Baker went off on quite a rant against HISD in the Chavez baseball coach incident. Chris berated HISD spokesman Terry Abbott because the district hasn’t fired Rudy Rios.
I agree Rudy Rios shouldn’t be teaching, but the person Chris should be yelling at is Gayle Fallon, the big boss at Houston Federation of Teachers. The teachers unions have made it extremely difficult for a school district to fire a teacher. It has to be a really egregious offense to merit firing and even then there are appeals processes that give the teacher multiple opportunities to get back on the taxpayer-funded payroll.
And who does Gayle Fallon run to when one of her teachers needs an attorney? KTRH sub host Chris Tritico.
Gayle Fallon must be laughing herself silly.
Chris Baker says shame on HISD. Really? Who set up the system we have, how long has it been in place and how can it be changed? If the public gets angry enough about a system that makes it almost impossible to fire bad teachers, then maybe something will change.
Shame on the taxpaying citizens who have allowed this to continue for all these years. And shame on Gayle Fallon and HFT for claiming to be interested in the education of children, but really only caring about preserving the status quo and teachers union power.
