Addendae 1

Texas Revamps Houston Schools, Closing Libraries, Angering Parents

Part of state takeover plan, libraries in underperforming schools becoming spaces for disruptive students to watch lessons on computers

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/us/texas-houston-schools-libraries-takeover.html

* decision to fire librarians & effectively close libraries in city’s poorest schools

* imposed on 187,000 mostly Black & Hispanic students by administration of Gov. Greg Abbott

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