Boston Public School System Struggles With Civility At Meetings

The Boston Globe reports:

When the Boston School Committee voted on a new budget in March, protesters brought in a fake casket and tombstone to represent the cuts.

At another meeting, dozens of people trying to push their way into School Department headquarters clashed with police, who blocked the front doors because the committee chamber was packed.

And last December, Superintendent Carol R. Johnson was twice forced to halt her speech defending planned school closings because of loud - and at times rude - heckling from the audience of more than 500 students, parents, and teachers.

“Liar!’’ some repeatedly screamed during Johnson’s speech.

Now, the School Committee, frustrated by what it considers to be an alarming breakdown in decorum at meetings, is drafting a code of conduct for audience members.

You'll notice in the production and distribution of pretzels and other goods: you don't have this problem. In a free market, consumers get what they want. Public education really is a failed idea.