She was more concerned with the political ramifications than with human lives.
A former school teacher and undoubtedly teacher's union leader. Now she's done to Louisiana what teachers have been doing to the schools.
My husband is a dedicated teacher and has the same opinion of the unions as you do.
He's noticed that when a "do-nothing-useful" union representative begins dressing more formally, it's an indication that he is about to take an adminstrative position in the school district. (or take a state-level job within the union)