Maine GOPers disrespect privacy of a teacher's classroom

[Jennicut]

PORTLAND - One School Committee member, saying she's "appalled" by the behavior of some of the Republicans who used a room at King Middle School last weekend, wants to protect the city's public schools from future harm.

Sarah Thompson said she plans to raise the issue when the committee meets on May 19. She has asked Superintendent Jim Morse to contact City Manager Joe Gray so the committee will have a clear understanding of policies and legalities related to the rental and public use of school buildings.

"We allowed them to use the space and I'm appalled that they would go through a teacher's things, let alone remove something from a classroom," Thompson said Wednesday. "We want the public to use school spaces, but they need to respect that it's a school and understand that they should leave it the way they find it."

The Republican State Convention was held at the Portland Exposition Building, which is on Park Avenue, near the middle school. Party members from Knox County caucused in a classroom used by eighth-grade social studies teacher Paul Clifford.

When Clifford returned to school on Monday, he found that a favorite poster about the U.S. labor movement had been taken and replaced with a bumper sticker that read, "Working People Vote Republican."http://www.pressherald.com/news/incident-spurs-call-for-school-use-review_2010-05-13.html

Typical and disgusting behavior from Republicans. Can't even use a school classroom without going through a teacher's things.

[dflprincess]

1. We use classrooms for precinct caucuses in my district

(I think most everyone does) - and the standard contract the Senate District DFL signs with the school district states in no uncertain terms that we are not to disturb anything in the room nor are we to leave any posters or signs that we put up in the classroom & we're supposed to erase anything we might have written on the white boards (and not erase anything that was there when we arrived).

I hope there are some penalties for the Republicans not respecting the classroom(s) they were using.

[47of74]

2. It angers me what these GOP pigs did

I wonder if these people would act like this if they were invited into someone's home. I'm not about to find out because after this I sure as fuck wouldn't invite them into my home.

[Rex]

3. GOPers just give 'life, liberty and happiness' lip service at best.

They are all fucking hypocritical trash imo.