#lcps — Public Fediverse posts

The home of the Coyotitos will have a new school name effective July 1, after the Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education voted to rebrand César Chávez Elementary School on Tuesday.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/cesar-chavezs-name-stripped-from-las-cruces-school/3047698

#NewMexico #LasCruces #LCPS #CesarChavez

Loudoun County Public Schools should have a sitcom based on it. I'm not sure there are many populations with a mix of politics more volatile.

https://www.loudounnow.com/news/education/rock-ridge-teacher-defends-rise-to-summit-after-lcps-says-democrats-display-violated-policy/article_fbddcaea-e21b-4222-9184-2114900028e1.html

#USPol #LCPS #LoudounCounty

Ahead of any steps to remove his name from César Chávez Elementary, the Las Cruces Public Schools board has solicited public input. So far, reaction has been mixed.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/at-las-cruces-school-mixed-reaction-to-removing-chavezs-name/3019783

#NewMexico #LasCruces #CesarChavez #lcps

Too deep into my book project to write anything else right now, but the new Disney movie "Strange World" reminds me of my sad neglected blog. I should do a Christmas or New Year's post on paedagogical plants in recent movies. Or The Moral of the Plant Story.

#plantStudies #Lcps #plants #neglectedWriting

My awesome plant studies colleague Joela Jacobs has published an exciting article on plant sexuality and human-plant-interactions (real and imagined):

"These Lusting, Incestous, Perverse Creatures": A Phytopoetic History of Plants and Sexuality

https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/14/3/602/319760/These-Lusting-Incestuous-Perverse-Creatures-A?s=09

#PlantStudies #Plants #LCPS @litstudies #EnvironmentalHumanities #envhum