LRSD Board Member Yells at Teachers, Tells them to "Shut Up"

Tony Rose, the LRSD board member most responsible for the change in hiring policy that would bring more gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and pedophiles into Little Rock classrooms went ballistic at a Little Rock school board meeting last week. The subject was upcoming negociations for new teacher salaries.

One eyewitness reports (from Arktimes blog):

"Yes, I was there at the board meeting fiasco last night. After comments about the disrespect being shown to teachers, Mr. Ledbetter [the CTA director] made a speech about the negotiations and the relationship between LRSD and LRCTA.

[School Boarde member Tony] Mr. Rose rudely interrupted him and then proceeded to yell at an audience of teachers, parents and community members to "Shut up!" and "That's the problem, you don't know who the boss is." In the next breath, he stated that teachers needed no protection from them or the administration. Yeah, right!

I'm sure you've seen the rest of the comments this morning in the DG. [School Board member Tom] Mr. Brock, in his intelligent remarks, compared members of CTA to "horses' behinds" and asked if being one was a qualification to obtaining membership in the organization. Someone needs to remind them that the people in that audience, including many teachers, are taxpayers and patrons of this district. They are elected officials and were elected to the board to represent all of the citizens in their zone. I think it is time to investigate recalling school board members. The total disrespect demonstrated last night for the teachers in the LRSD was appalling. It is no wonder the district is in the shape it is in and with the current leadership, will continue to go backward instead of forward."