SCHOOLS SUPER LAUNCHES ‘GOAL 100%’ TO REMOVE HIMSELF

South Carolina’s minimally adequate state schools superintendent finally has a good idea. As part of a newly announced “Goal: 100%” initiative, Jim Rex is working to get as many of our state’s educators as possible registered to vote.

RISE SC, which stands for Reform, Improve, Support, Public Education, announced Thursday a new voter registration drive aimed specifically at the state’s teachers. [...]

To encourage teachers to register, RISE SC is launching “Goal: 100%”. Schools that participate and get 100% of their certified staff registered to vote in the 2008 general election will be eligible to win $1,000 for the school. [...]

Rex says this is a non-partisan effort. He also stressed the importance of it. “I won the statewide election for state superintendent of education by a total of 455 votes out of 1.1 million, so every vote really does count. And it’s never been more true than this upcoming election,” he said. [WSPA-TV]

I’m going to ignore the fact that this probably violates a whole host of state ethics laws — like pretty much everything he does — because it could prove the perfect way to get Rex out of office.

After all, few people in South Carolina know how much Rex sucks more than teachers. They’re the ones who have to deal with unnecessary bureaucracy and failed policies on a daily basis.

So please, for the future of South Carolina, get them to vote. It’ll be even sweeter because Rex will be hoist by his own taxpayer-funded petard.

(h/t Teacher Magazine)