[MineralMan]

"I don't have a problem with any of the plays chosen but her administrators did so she could have picked an acceptable (to the administrators not to FReepers or NYT) play or she could choose move on. apparently she choose the latter.
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Again, please read the story. She DID pick an acceptable play. She saw her kids through the production. Now, she's resigning. AFTER she did a play everyone approved of.

That makes a difference, I think. Perhaps you feel differently. But she did as the administrator asked. She wasn't about to let the kids down.

[durasell]

You're a smart guy. It's been a pleasure...now, I gotta get to work...

But, one last thing --

I don't believe that these people understand the full consequences of stuff like this. I could be wrong here, but let me throw this out --

this kind of stuff adds to the flight of the professional classes from small towns. the parents don't leave, but their children do. they head off for college and never return. basically a "brain drain."

it also gives businesses thinking of setting up shop in such areas pause. a simple google of the town or conty and something like this pops up could influence a decision by some CEO.

it also serves to polarize our nation even more. something, I believe, we can't afford.

anyway, that's my two cents.

have a great day.

[socialismisinsidious]

Exactly: she was able to find a play that was acceptable to her and to the administration (and yet you still feel the need to call them prisses).So, what is the problem?
She choose to resign b/c she didn't like their rules--perfectly normal and intelligent thing to do.

Do you think that teachers should just be allowed to do as they please and that administration should have no say?

You may not like the way that this administration handled this or you may not like the plays that they deem appropriate for this community but the people living there (minus one drama teacher) are putting up with it so they must be happy with the way their tax dollars are being spent.

My advice to you: don't move there.