The other day CJ’s teacher described to me the district policy for lightbulb replacement.
It is seriously unbelievable.
My mouth fell open in dismay. And then I told the other moms and THEIR MOUTHS fell open in dismay. And then we all told our husbands, whose mouths fell open in dismay.
So I’m pretty sure that YOUR mouth will fall open in dismay when you see this. (just thought I’d warn you, in case you’re eating a meatball sandwich).
Witness… OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK:
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October 23, 2008 at 1:30 pm
That is truly sad.
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October 23, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Wow. Mark Twain once said, “God made the Idiot for practice, and then he made the School board.” I think that quote applies nicely here.
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October 23, 2008 at 2:22 pm
*mouth falls open in dismay*
holy crap!
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October 23, 2008 at 2:47 pm
WOW. I’m totally amazed. And I thought LA Unified was bad.
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October 23, 2008 at 2:53 pm
whoa. You know that times are hard financially when lightbulb inventory is affected…
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October 23, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Sadly, this looks to be about right. God help you if the heat goes out.
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October 23, 2008 at 3:32 pm
**mouth falls open in dismay** **puts hand under jaw to keep mouth shut** thats ridiculous!! sounds about right, though. unfortunately hugs and prayers…
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October 23, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Oh this brings back so many memories from my teaching days!
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October 23, 2008 at 4:07 pm
My mouth didn’t fall open but I spat out tea, does that count?
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October 23, 2008 at 4:11 pm
That is insane.
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October 23, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Good grief.
What else can I say???
You guys should have a lightbulb drive or something.
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October 23, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Reeeee-DICK-ulous! And THESE are the people who decide how to educate our children. Wow, way to make us feel better. Crazy.
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October 23, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Seriously? That is just too sad. I think you should take it upon yourself to CHANGE THE SYSTEM! You go girl!
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October 24, 2008 at 7:10 am
Uh, hope OSHA doesn’t show up when 7 of them are out. heh.
You aren’t in my school district, I hope. lol
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October 24, 2008 at 9:05 am
That is ridiculous. I think you need to make this a crusade- get all the parents to descend on the school board and INSIST that the process be ammended. Children in the dark all over Seattle will thank you!
October 24, 2008 at 10:06 am
Seriously lame. Are they really afraid that the janitors are going to start hording light bulbs or something?
Uh oh, we’ve got another closet filament addict here!
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October 24, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I love this. It’s just classic public school system.
I taught for five years at a public high school, and for all five years there was one light in my room that never worked. Even better, there was a hand-written sign hanging from the ceiling that said “Ballast Not God.” I think the ballast wasn’t good, but maybe there was a theological statement there after all. Either way, the custodians never replaced the ballast after five years and multiple requests. Maybe there weren’t 7 other bulbs out in the school.
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October 24, 2008 at 10:20 pm
No. Freaking. Way.
October 25, 2008 at 11:59 am
My meatball! You should have warned us about that. Seriously in-freaking-sane.
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October 26, 2008 at 8:10 pm
That’s the silliest thing I have ever heard! I don’t even want to know about the policy on reordering toilet paper!
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October 26, 2008 at 10:01 pm
oh, this explains so much.
October 29, 2008 at 12:51 pm
That is exhausting. And also ridiculous.
*sigh*
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October 29, 2008 at 10:50 pm
That is unbelievable. Utterly unbelievable. I mean I have to believe it because you said it’s true but still ~unbelievable.
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November 3, 2008 at 6:25 am
That’s just crazy! Funny, though!
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