Rouse, Milton B.

Capo Unified teachers strike, pro, con

Milton Rouse, Dana Point, The Orange County Register The Capistrano Unified School District board of trustees has proved itself to be deceptive, manipulative and anti-teacher. When other local school districts have settled with their teachers through negotiation for less drastic and temporary cuts, CUSD is the only school board in the county that has unilaterally imposed drastic and permanent pay cuts. Board members have shown the arrogance to ignore the sensible recommendations of the neutral mediators and instead they have unilaterally imposed the largest pay cut in the history of Orange County educators. They have done this in order to fulfill their goal to undermine and destroy the teachers' union...

First Amendment lawsuit

Milt Rouse, The Orange County Register In regard to teacher Jim Corbett being sued ["Lecture violated protection," Front Page, May 2], it is ironic that a teacher can teach the opinions of others in literature, history or newspapers, but he cannot state his own. He can prompt students to express their opinions for classroom debate, but he cannot express his own or he can be sued for "offending" a student. A student can "offend" other students and even offend the teacher without fear of being sued. Why are some students free from being "offended?" I guess teachers are a lesser form of animal.