Oak Ridge teachers walk on edge

From today's N&R, regarding yesterday's impromptu holding of classes outside:

Seventeen of the 34 teachers held lessons outside to show frustration at how county school and health officials are handling their concerns over air-quality problems.

One teacher said colleagues decided Friday to go outside to send a message to system officials. Being outside, the teacher said, is safer than being inside.

That teacher, who declined to be named for fear their job could be jeopardized for speaking publicly, said many of the Oak Ridge staff felt system administrators and county health officials were not being transparent in addressing the issue. School and health department officials told teachers and parents in a meeting last week they would keep communication open.

Nuts.

What's nuttier is that we still have teachers feeling threatened over speaking out openly. I see the culture of fear hasn't changed.

E.C. :)