More for schools to worry about

Re “Go with a pit bull PTA mom,” Opinion, Dec. 16

I was stunned to read that the Los Angeles Unified School District turns down children’s books because of an $18-a-book cataloging fee.

My son’s Mac laptop has a computer program that reads the bar code printed on a book with the tiny camera in the laptop screen. The title and description of the book are recorded.

For the price of well under 100 book-cataloging fees, the district could buy a laptop and the program. I agree with Sandra Tsing Loh that the charlatan who is reportedly being paid in excess of $119,000 a year should be fired. Today.

Janet Weaver

Huntington Beach

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I had to smile at Loh’s description of the rude office workers at the LAUSD. I’m sure they run when they see her coming. I would.

There’s no doubt that schools and libraries can be bureaucratic, but a lot of the folks there have advanced degrees, years of experience and as much passion as Loh’s pit bull hockey mom.

When someone off the street roars in to tell librarians what cataloging should cost and suggests that uncredentialed strangers teach music for free, I can understand a little skepticism from the professionals, bureaucrats or not.

Fortunately for Loh, she has a bully pulpit, and publicity enough to make a crank look like a crusader.

Kevin Moran

Costa Mesa