any teacher teacher that is not back in the classroom by noon today should be fired.
That’s how Reagan would do it.
That’s how Tump would do it.
Let’s see if the Oklahoma governor has the same backbone.
One hears that states with responsibly managed public education have districts organized at the county level. One school district per county.
Oklahoma has 77 counties, and the last time I checked, 481 school districts IIRC. Maybe it was 488, I'm not sure. Certainly over 400, each with their own little school board and superintendent, and there are those who defend the status quo with a straight face.
I'm not sure exactly what authority the Governor has over each of these school districts, OKC and Tulsa public schools being the big ones, ranging all the way down to, uh, let's say very small districts that are nothing more than some local fiefdom hanging onto some political power. It would be interesting to know the enrollment of the smallest district; I don't happen to know. All I can say is that there is a lot of eight-man football played in Oklahoma.
Oh, did someone say something about some kids?
Maybe the Governor could cut off some funds, say the money that Tulsa public schools was spending to take teachers in district-owned school buses, burning taxpayer-paid-for gas to the state capital to protest but frankly she has a problem with political capital at this point in her career. She's a nice lady but she ain't DJT or Reagan.
OTOH, the legislature passed (with a supermajority, as required by law) a set of tax increases and a three-year pay raise package for teachers last week.
How will a strike, etc, go over with Joe and Jane taxpayer after the fact?
I have no idea. Stay tuned.