It may be different in your area, but where I live the school board's job is comparable to a CEO's job- raise funds, approve building improvements, and approve high level policy changes. Much like a CEO, the board doesn't know who needs training nor what kind of training. The board assumes the superintendent and principals are providing adequate training for the teachers.

 

To make things worse, there is a false notion amongst the public (principals included) that a degree in science implies knowledge of experiment safety. Hence, the importance of teaching safety at the college level. In my opinion, laboratory safety should be a required course for both science students and science teachers.

 

Thank you,

 

Yaritza Brinker

260..827.5402

 

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Hopefully, this huge jury award and the publicity generated by it will finally bring a decent amount of nationwide publicity to this ongoing problem, maybe enough to make school boards sit up and take notice of what might happen if they don't properly train and supervise their science teachers.

 

Neil Edwards

Laboratory Manager

Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
LIU Post
Brookville, NY

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