For Lancaster ISD teachers reading at home …

The following is selected quotations from the resolution of the Level II grievance against the school district and Superintendent Larry Lewis by Connie Fowler and Tanya Kersh:

I acknowledge that employees have a right of free speech provided by the United States Constitution. Employees have every right to discuss matters of public concern with board members and every other elected official. However, there is a fine line between matters of public concern and matters that are of a private or personal nature. Additionally there is a chain of command to which all employees must adhere.

Translation: Connie, Tanya, et al can talk to the board, after going to their school’s principal, then district administration, etc. You still can’t officially talk to the press, though, and since that’s in writing, the district will crack down on that, and perhaps even harder than it has so far.

Of course, I’m not anybody’s press for one more week, and not the local press at all. Of course, I can always pass on credible tips to Kathy Goolsby at the News, since that would mean that district employees aren’t actually talking to the press. Or I could accidentally leave Goolsby’s e-mail contact right here for anybody to accidentally stumble on with their mouse. Or accidentally leave her phone number, 817-695-0370, in plain sight.

Enjoy.