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TexasISD General News
Wichita Falls: County looks at selling Bonham school property
Wichita County commissioners are looking into the possibility of selling the Bonham Elementary School property to Wichita Christian School supporter Harry Patterson. Commissioners met in closed session Monday to look at an offer from Patterson.
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Sep 8, 2010, 06:04
Brownsville ISD cancels Tuesday classes
The Brownsville Independent School District has announced that there will be no classes on Tuesday.
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Sep 7, 2010, 08:40
Dayton superintendent offers district update
Dayton ISD Superintendent Mike Kuhrt recently discussed some of the top issues affecting the district at the Dayton Rotary Club meeting held on September 2.
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Sep 7, 2010, 08:27
Larry Goddard named 2010 Key Communicator
Please help us congratulate fellow TSPRAn Larry Goddard (Tyler ISD Foundation) on being nominated and selected as this years TSPRA Key Communicator! Mark your calendars now–TSPRA President Steve Valdez will present Larry with his award at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24 during the first general session of the TASA/TASB Annual Convention in Houston.
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Sep 7, 2010, 08:27
Texas officials prepare for Tropical Storm Hermine
Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into Mexico's northern Gulf coast near the U.S. border late Monday with winds of 65 mph, threatening heavy rains that could cause flash flooding in Mexico and Texas.
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Sep 7, 2010, 08:12
For-profit colleges under fire
Federal officials want to cut financial aid at schools like ITT and University of Phoenix when students fall behind repaying their loans.
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Sep 7, 2010, 08:11
Texas applies for $830 million in education aid
It appears that Texas could get its $830 million in emergency federal education aid — eventually. Gov. Rick Perry on Friday submitted the state’s application for the money, which is intended to help school districts save teacher jobs now.
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Sep 7, 2010, 08:07
Arlington parents to still be allowed to camp out for school transfers
After much debate, the school board decided Thursday not to stop the practice of allowing parents to camp out on school property to improve their odds of their children getting transfers.
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Sep 7, 2010, 08:05
Texas schools to pinch 10%
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has given the state's school districts a new assignment - cut the 2012-13 budgets by 10 percent. "It is unfortunate that a shortage of funds comes at the time when schools across this state are being required to implement more rigid standards with more advanced technology than ever before," said Liberty-Eylau Superintendent Nick Blain.
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:49
Bullard ISD Holds Make-Up Day
It was not a popular decision, but officials said it was one that had to be made. The decision to hold classes at Bullard Independent School District on Labor Day after a city's water main break closed the school and other businesses last week was not an easy one for Superintendent Keith Bryant, but looking at the big picture he said the day was perfect.
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:47
Teach for America's value to Dallas ISD classrooms debated
A contingent of top-flight college graduates began converging on Dallas ISD last year to fill teaching positions. Under a contract with the school district, their expertise was to be used in the neediest schools, as sort of a Peace Corps for education. In the program's inaugural year in the district, Dallas schools took in 80 Teach for America recruits. This school year, 107 more hit Dallas classrooms
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:47
Conroe: Drill team director resigns; parents upset
McCullough Junior High School Highland Girls parents are questioning the circumstances that led to the sudden resignation of the school’s longtime drill team director.
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:45
Corpus Christi: CCISD incentives reward students
Many CCISD students have started this school year with the end in mind.
It’s not a lack of academic enthusiasm, but setting a goal and pursuing it. This year students can get out eight days sooner if they go to class 90 percent of the time, pass state-mandated tests and pass all core subjects.
“We’re earning it,” Moody High School senior Maria Rogers, 17, said. “It’s like a reward at the end.”
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:45
Sherman: WHO program helps kids make a plan
It's about empowering kids. That's the anthem of presenters of the WHO program.
The program, they say, empowers kids from pre-K to college-aged adults to deal effectively with abuse, peer pressure, harassment, bullying and a host of other challenges facing today's youth.
"We Help Ourselves (WHO) teaches kids of different ages how to protect themselves, how to recognize issues when they come up and what to say and who to say it to," said former Grayson County District Attorney Bob Jarvis.
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:45
Space Center Houston launches new K-12 educational program
The Greater Houston area has played a key role the nation's space program for decades, but too few local students are benefiting from the space-related resources in their own backyard, said Melanie Johnson, director of education for Space Center Houston.
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:45
Waller ISD honors fallen soldier from district
Waller High School on Friday night honored an alumnus killed fighting in the war in Afghanistan
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:45
Keller ISD parents question whether teachers should teach their own children
Some parents in the Keller Independent School District are concerned about teachers having their own children in class, saying it's unfair to the other students.
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:44
Editorial: Schools secure needs at little taxpayer cost
This is the time of the year when local taxing authorities are adopting budgets and approving tax rates for the next fiscal year. Although much of the press coverage occurs when budgets are adopted and tax rates are set, many hours of planning, discussion and difficult decisions precede the final votes. Such is the case with the Abilene Independent School District's recent adoption of a $119.3 ...
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:39
How is Teach for America doing in Dallas?
The Teach for America program is now entering its second year in DISD, and some trustees and teachers are wondering how successful it's been. District officials plan to conduct an assessment on the impact TFA teachers are having in classrooms. Officials have said that principals speak highly of them and want more. In 2008, DISD entered into a three-year agreement with Teach for America, which trains top college graduates for teaching positions in low-income communities. Dallas joined a growing number of school districts, including San Antonio and Houston, that are working with the organization.
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:39
No place like to home to hide dropouts
When Texas education officials noticed a spike in the number of students leaving middle and high schools, something just didn't add up. So they decided to launch an audit to find out whether the 22,260 students were indeed opting for home schooling or whether districts were disguising dropouts by reporting them as withdrawing in favor of a home education.
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:39
Austin: Middle school bands face shortage of musical instruments
Local school officials are sending out a special request to area musicians not necessarily for their music, but their extra instruments.
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:38
Arlington district's Insider Program aims to spread knowledge and create advocates
Your kid says he doesn't have any homework, but is he being straight with you? The school district has an app for that - and anyone who took the first year of the AISD Insider Program would know about it. Preparing to start its second year of once-a-month classes, the Insider Program focuses on the ins and outs ...
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:35
Student files complaint over backpack policy
Moorhead Junior High School will amend its policy banning backpacks after a seventh-grader sought changes to a policy in which she claims puts students in harm's way. Taylor Tanner filed a complaint Wednesday with Moorhead Principal Sarah Sanders regarding the restriction of backpacks and locker use on campus, which Tanner stated has caused her injury while riding the bus from ...
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:22
College Station: CS schools seek input on new zones
Eagle Staff Report College Station residents are invited Wednesday to attend the first of three public forums seeking feedback about the school district's rezoning plans. School officials last week presented what the new attendance zones would loo ...
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:15
Houston: Students at HISD school dismissed early due to no power
School is out early for students at one local high school after a power outage this morning
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:15
Teachers teaching their own children? Some give it an F
Some parents in the Keller Independent School District are concerned about teachers having their own children in class, saying it's unfair to the other students. Last school year, a group of Indian Springs Middle School parents sent a letter to Superintendent James Veitenheimer requesting that he create a policy banning the practice. Three middle school teachers were listed in the letter. The educators taught English, science and technology.
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:15
San Antonio: Neighbors Upset About Fence Blocking School
A six foot fence now separates a northwest side neighborhood from an elementary school and a middle school, much to the chagrin of some residents there.
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Sep 7, 2010, 07:01
SCHOOL BELLS: Water Valley tops in wool judging
I’m catching up with summer news. One of the most inspiring accomplishments this summer was that of the
fledgling Water Valley High School Wool Judging Team.
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Sep 7, 2010, 06:30
Congress Considers Changing 'Metal Retardation' Language in Federal Education Laws
Need to know - The U.S. Senate passed a bill last month that would amend language in federal law that strikes the terms "mental retardation" and "mentally retarded" in favor of "intellectual disabilities," the phrase of choice used by the Centers for Disease Control and the White House. Now the House of Representatives has its turn with the language. Originally introduced last November by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY), Senate bill 2781 seeks to remove a negative stigma associated with the "old-fashioned" term once commonly used to describe a person who learns and develops more slowly than others, according to the Web site KidsHealth. But the term is now generally frowned upon by those in educational and therapeutic circles because of the harmful effects it can have on feelings of not only persons with disabilities but also their families and friends.
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Sep 3, 2010, 08:31
No Pass, No Play: The Back Story by Bill Hobby with Saralee Tiede
Several people sent notes that they enjoyed this article -so i reposted for today - js [Editor's note: How Things Really Work: Lessons from a Life in Politics, by former Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby with Saralee Tiede, is being published this month by the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas. In this excerpt — the second of three that the Tribune will run — Hobby writes about the 1984 fight to reform public education in Texas and the fallout of teacher testing, standardized student testing, and the idea that nearly derailed the whole effort: No Pass, No Play.]
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Sep 3, 2010, 08:31
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