Fear not, Albany parents! In the Times Union, Albany’s Asst. Supt. Linda Jackson-Chalmers, tells readers that educrats have known about gang problems in its public schools for a long, long time and that one of these days, the little hoodlums are going to disappear and the public schools will be safe again. For more than 5-years, she writes, they have been doing things like sponsoring workshops. Kudos to Albany school leaders for recognizing that there is nothing gang members fear more than… workshops.

Little-known tip: Gang members really hate it when you make them break into small groups and write “mission statements.” May want to work that into the “fighting gangs by having workshops” model.

SIDE NOTE: How can you tell when a public school district is completely unraveling? When the superintendent and her assistant both have to have letters to the editor printed assuring taxpayers that they are not, uh, completely unraveling.