We need a DOCTOR, Stupid!

Remember a long time ago when I posted that the drama at Watkins was pretty much done with?

Well, it's not.

In my mailbox and posted all over the school was an open community letter stating that we were pretty much lied to. The letter made it sound like the Dean had switched his target over to another teacher, Barbara Yontz, and was going to fire the best and only Art History teacher in the school. However, this is pretty much trivial given what information I got from one of my teachers.

In reality, it would appear that the Dean is just relocating her. Where? Obviously not in the Fine Arts department where she is now. She is being relocated to the Liberal Arts department.

Why? Because the is moving Art History classes over to the Liberal Arts department in order to meet some standards the school has to have in order to get state accreditation. Watkins already is a National Accredited College, but not a State Accredited College.

However, he must not have read the fine print. According to the teachers, just because the Liberal Arts department has two full-time teachers there that excel in history and English doesn't mean that Watkins will qualify. The new full-time Liberal Arts employee must have a doctrine in history.

And guess who doesn't have one? That's right, Yontz.

Furthermore, not all the classes she teaches fall under the Liberal Arts/General Education banner. The only ones that do are the Art History Survey classes I took, as they are a foundation class for everyone no matter what their major is. The other classes she teaches are mostly aimed at Fine Arts students. Also, I'm told that even though she excels in teaching the history of the arts, she is an excellent painting teacher and has substituted for several drawing classes. In short, she's more than "just a history teacher."

I think our Dean needs to go see two doctors. One that he'll hire to get state accreditation, and another to check his head out. There's got to be a screw loose or something, because he's obviously don't doing his job right.