They're trying to recall Idaho's superintendent of public instruction

[jmowreader]

http://www.recalltomluna.org/

Tom Luna, our superbly-trained Superintendent of Public Instruction (he has a BA in Measurement Science--excuse me if I'm näive, but that sounds like he's got a degree in reading a tape measure--which is something we used to teach people how to do in grade school in this state!) has whipped up a package of educational deforms called "Putting Students First." One of them gets rid of tenure and collective bargaining. One ties teacher pay to performance and allows parents' opinions of teachers to be worked into teachers' evaluations. (Those two were signed by the Idiot Bastard Son Butch Otter, Idaho's version of William J. LePetomane. Otter's living proof it's not what you know but who you know; he was married for 28 years to the daughter of J.R. Simplot, who invented the frozen French fry. Laugh not; the frozen French fry made Simplot a billionaire.)

The third deform is really pissing people off: he wants to can 770 teachers, increase class sizes, issue laptops to all high school students and require the kids to take online classes to graduate. (Not so coincidentally, some of Luna's biggest campaign contributors are in the online-education business.) Oh, he also wants to increase minimum starting pay for teachers to $30,000 per year.

So, now we're recalling our wondrous secretary of education. About fucking time.

[cayanne]

1. I'm involved in the recall

I am the coordinator for the Bonner County petitions to recall Tom Luna. We may have to go to a referendum.

I was interviewed in our local Sandpoint paper and have been busy getting the message out while recruiting helpers. Unfortunately Idaho is a very red state and the recall will be hard to achieve.


Idaho is a right to work state and the only collective bargaining rights here belong to the teachers.

[Biker13]

2. Luna's Campaign Contributors...

bother me the most. But everyone in Idaho is on the take! I know in my neck of the woods parents are horrified by these bills, but Luna just keeps on ramming things through. No one pays attention to the public in Idaho.

Otter's a joke. His latest ploy is slashing medicaid, especially mental health funds. This after we had a shooting by a man who had his meds cut and his med nurse eliminated!

And don't get me started on ISU! The state Board of Education just fired the entire Faculty Senate! Why? Because they held a "no-confidence" vote on the President of the University, and 77% voted "NO"!

If you want a decent education, stay away from Idaho! I moved here from NJ, and I'm horrified how little this state values education!

Biker's Old Lady