Accountability/Accreditation
Wilmer Hutchins Articles
By collected by Joe Smith
Aug 31, 2004, 08:32

Articles in this collection may appear more than once.-js Michele Majors: State should take over WH for at least six years Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 7 hours ago By MICHELE MAJORS. Many parents, current students and former students are disappointed. Those outside the district wonder how school ...

Benjamin Pena: Focus on race helped lead to WH district's decline Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 7 hours ago By BENJAMIN PENA. Since the mid-'80s, the Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District has had its share of problems, and although ...

Joan Bonner: Right board members can fix WH's problems Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 7 hours ago Wilmer-Hutchins students are survivors. They are the innocent victims in an academic war, a war that was started by a group of self ...

WH teachers continue to work unpaid Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 10 hours ago By HERB BOOTH / The Dallas Morning News. Wilmer-Hutchins administrators did their best to shut out the world Thursday while scores ...

Chuck Bloom: Why wealthy suburbs should care about Wilmer-Hutchins Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - Aug 25, 2004 By CHUCK BLOOM. There are stories of a conflicting nature published almost daily on these sources of newsprint that need a little more attention ... ...

Payroll not met in Wilmer-Hutchins Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - Aug 25, 2004 By JOSHUA BENTON / The Dallas Morning News. It became clear Wednesday what a Wilmer-Hutchins official meant this week when he said ...

State to examine Wilmer-Hutchins district's finances Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - Aug 24, 2004 By JOSH BENTON and ROBERT THARP / The Dallas Morning News. Wilmer-Hutchins schools faced double scrutiny Tuesday: from the state, which ...

District can't pay some employees Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription), TX - 3 hours ago HUTCHINS - The struggling Wilmer-Hutchins school district failed to meet payroll this week, leaving employees and parents to wonder about the district's future ...

Payroll just part of Wilmer-Hutchins' financial problems WFAA (subscription), TX - 12 hours ago "In the May, probably June time frame, we saw it was behind. At least a couple of weeks ago we had conversations with the financial ...

State to audit Wilmer-Hutchins' finances Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription), TX - Aug 26, 2004 HUTCHINS - The state has announced an investigative audit of the finances of the troubled Wilmer-Hutchins school district, while the district's police chief is ...

State agency to audit Wilmer-Hutchins' finances Team 4 News, CA - Aug 25, 2004 HUTCHINS, Texas The state has announced an investigative audit of a troubled Dallas-area school district's finances. State officials ...

State agency to audit Wilmer-Hutchins finances Denton Record Chronicle (subscription), TX - Aug 25, 2004 The state has announced an investigative audit into the finances of the troubled Wilmer-Hutchins school district, while the district's police chief is alleging ...

State to inspect Wilmer-Hutchins ISD WFAA (subscription), TX - Aug 24, 2004 On Tuesday while Wilmer-Hutchins' neglected high school remained closed, the state's new education commissioner announced plans to intervene. ...

Grand jury looking into WH spending allegations WFAA (subscription), TX - Aug 24, 2004 School critics say it's no wonder Wilmer-Hutchins High School is falling apart and children are being asked to learn in deplorable conditions. ...

State agency to audit Wilmer-Hutchins' finances Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription), TX - Aug 25, 2004 HUTCHINS, Texas - The state has announced an investigative audit into the finances of the troubled Wilmer-Hutchins school district, while the district's police ...

Accountability/Accreditation
School's in session for everyone now
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - Aug 23, 2004
By JOSHUA BENTON / The Dallas Morning News. The year's first school bell finally rang for the rest of Wilmer-Hutchins High School

Time Running Out: And so are excuses for Wilmer-Hutchins
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - Aug 23, 2004
How many kids have to be robbed of an adequate education before the state steps in and says, "No more!". Last week, after the school ...

Wilmer-Hutchins is 'broke,' official testifies
The Wilmer-Hutchins school district is out of money, according to its chief financial officer, and the Texas Education Agency is considering intervening. "I talked to my accountant and we're $100,000 in the hole right now," the district's business manager, Philip Roberson, testified during a hearing Monday regarding a wrongful-termination suit against the district. "We're pretty much broke right now."  Meanwhile, a Dallas County grand jury is set to meet today to consider allegations of wrongdoing involving the district and its school board. [ Visit Website ]
Aug 24, 2004, 08:31

Construction/Bond Issues
Hutchins: Consultant found schools in disrepair
When underclassmen at Wilmer-Hutchins High School show up for classes on an elementary campus Monday, some of their classes will be in portable buildings that a facilities consultant said two years ago should be razed and removed as soon as possible. [ Visit Website ]
Aug 24, 2004, 07:40

TexasISD General News
Wilmer-Hutchins' recent woes are part of dismal pattern
No one who has paid attention through the years could have been surprised by word that Wilmer-Hutchins High School was finally so neglected and dilapidated – roach-infested, full of rot, leaky roof and falling ceiling tiles – that it wouldn't open for weeks or even months. [ Visit Website ]
Aug 23, 2004, 08:40

Construction/Bond Issues
Schools not worth saving, Wilmer-Hutchins told
Wilmer-Hutchins ISD officials were told two years ago that nearly all their schools suffered from such poor maintenance that they should be abandoned and razed, according to a consultant's report. [ Visit Website ]
Aug 23, 2004, 07:09