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TexasISD General News
We're Not Gonna Take It
All is not well in Texas schools. After billions in cuts and tens of thousands of teachers laid off, students now cram into overcrowded classrooms across the state. Field trips are canceled, and lunch is served for hours to accommodate the crowds. There is a pallor, a stagnancy crusting over the system like old coffee at the bottom of the teachers’ lounge pot.
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Feb 3, 2012, 08:39
Judge tells school officials in prayer suit to be neutral
That was the advice Chief U.S. District Judge Fred Biery gave to school districts Thursday as a controversial prayer lawsuit against the Medina Valley Independent School District neared trial.
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Feb 3, 2012, 08:37
Class 6A UIL's best solution for giant districts
UIL realignment is the perpetual Groundhog Day. Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his hole Thursday morning and saw his shadow, which means, of course, some poor West Texas high school will have to endure brutal travel schedules in the University Interscholastic League’s biennial realignment and reclassification. In effect, UIL realignment is the perpetual Groundhog Day.
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Feb 3, 2012, 08:32
Grapevine-Colleyville curriculum plan angers parents
Grapevine and Colleyville parents are unhappy with a reorganization of the middle school curriculum that will mix students taking advanced placement courses with classmates who previously enrolled in more basic courses.
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Feb 3, 2012, 08:27
Houston: As it fights closure, North Forest may see hope in another district rescue
Leaders of North Forest ISD, who are fighting to save the school district from closure in July, may find hope 300 miles south, in the small town of Premont.
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Feb 3, 2012, 08:21
Protesting pro-testers
While speaking before 4,000 school officials at the Texas Association of School Administrators’ midwinter conference, Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott said that standardized testing in Texas public schools has become a “perversion of its original intent,” according to The Texas Tribune. Scott received a standing ovation when he described personal frustration with the bureaucratic complicity evident in schools today as a result of the current testing mechanism. School testing is lauded by legislators from both parties, and Scott’s honesty is a refreshing counterpoint to voices that repeatedly try to address ineffective testing with more testing.
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Feb 3, 2012, 08:12
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Feb 3, 2012, 08:00
Beilue: Class 6A UIL's best solution for giant districts
Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his hole Thursday morning and saw his shadow, which means, of course, some poor West Texas high school will have to endure brutal travel schedules in the University Interscholastic League’s biennial realignment and reclassification.
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Feb 3, 2012, 07:55
Wichita Falls: Little shock for area schools
The biggest surprise for area schools during Thursday's University Interscholastic Realignment was that there weren't really any surprises.
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Feb 3, 2012, 07:50
Local realignment brings good news for some, bad for others
The UIL shuffled the deck and realigned Texas High School Districts for the next two years. Buna jumps back up to Class 3A, while Kirbyville's headed back to 2A.
Deer Park joins our Class 5A area district and Tenaha will look to dethrone...
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Feb 3, 2012, 07:35
Most observers think realignment will be good for Monterey, Lubbock High
The usual rivalry between student fans took a different tone recently at a basketball game between Coronado and Monterey high schools as students from Coronado launched a terse and cutting chant to its crosstown opponent.
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Feb 3, 2012, 07:35
New look to 5-4A
Wichita Falls High School and Rider once again knew they weren't going anywhere in realignment on Thursday, but when the music stops there's usually a surprise with some new dancing partners.
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Feb 3, 2012, 07:35
Salado moves to 2A as UIL realignment announced
UIL realignment brought a few changes to local school districts today.
Salado ISD moves back down to Class 2A, joining District 13, Division I. The district includes Academy, Cameron Yoe, Florence, Lago Vista, Marrlin, McGregor and Troy.
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Feb 3, 2012, 07:35
UIL Announces Changes in Football and Basketball Districts.
“We kind of anticipated Lubbock High and Monterey dropping down to 4-A That did happen."
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Feb 3, 2012, 07:35
UIL Changes Will Impact Frenship High School
“We kind of anticipated Lubbock High and Monterey dropping down to 4-A That did happen."
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Feb 3, 2012, 07:35
UIL realignment list: Lufkin ISD remains in 5A
5A District 14: Bryan, A&M Consolidated, Conroe, Conroe Oak Ridge, The Woodlands, The Woodlands College Park, Lufkin
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Feb 3, 2012, 07:35
UIL Realignment: Abilene, Cooper District Expands; Brownwood Moved
Abilene High and Abilene Cooper will see its district expand to nine teams while Brownwood's athletic and academic teams will be headed south – and leaving rivals Abilene Wylie, Sweetwater and Snyder – for the next two years.
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Feb 3, 2012, 07:35
San Antonio: Mom removes child from SAISD school after incident
Candi Rodriguez said she's outraged after what happened to her six-year-old daughter at Riverside Park Academy elementary school.
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Feb 3, 2012, 07:30
Show hogs make the prime cut
The steers over in the Moncrief Building are the headliners at the Fort Worth Stock Show. There's little debate about that. On the other end of livestock barn row, far from the blow-dryers and primping kits of the junior steer show, are the Swine Barn and Sheep Barn. Both are crammed with Durocs, Hampshires, Chester whites and other manner of big-bottomed species.
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Feb 3, 2012, 07:30
Hackney Primary’s Family Literacy Night promotes educational activities at home
Hackney Primary hosted Family Literacy Night on Thursday,
inviting parents and family members to join their students at
school to learn about reading and writing activities that can be
used at home to
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Feb 3, 2012, 07:15
UIL Realignment Today
Today at 9:00 AM - 2012 Reclassification & Realignment Procedure Memo for Schools
Feb 2, 2012, 08:41
Commissioner Scott delivers no-holds-barred speech at Midwinter
Commissioner's Speech - Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott delivered a surprising speech to the thousands in attendance at TASA’s 2012 Midwinter Conference Tuesday afternoon, invoking a pull-no-punches tone and sharing his frank opinions on the state’s accountability program, his frustration with bureaucratic meddling – both the feds’ and the state’s - and even the names of a few folks who make him mad enough to want to stay in an incredibly difficult job that makes him lose sleep and miss meals.
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Feb 2, 2012, 08:39
Commissioner questions Texas tests
The Texas Education Commissioner made some surprising remarks about standardized tests students take - Video Report
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Feb 2, 2012, 08:38
Criticism from Education Commissioner Draws Backlash
Some high profile members of the education community aren’t pleased with Texas Education Agency Commissioner Robert Scott’s speech yesterday criticizing the role of testing in Texas public schools. Speaking to 4,000 school officials at the Texas Association of School Administrators‘ annual midwinter conference, Scott received a standing ovation when he called for an accountability system that measured “what happens on every single day in the life of a school besides testing day.” He also said that he would not certify a ban on social promotion next year unless schools received more money from the state to offer remedial classes to students. [ View Article ]
Feb 2, 2012, 08:38
UIL realignment: Change could add $100K to AISD costs
UIL: Local officials expect the Amarillo Independent School District to spend as much as $100,000 more on athletics travel next year if the University Interscholastic League carves a vast Class 5A district from the last handful of large high schools in West Texas. The league will announce its biennial realignment Thursday morning
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Feb 2, 2012, 08:36
Effort to save historic Booker T. High gains steam
Booker T. Washington is a giant in Houston's history books - the city's first African-American high school and later home to its first magnet school, a renowned engineering program.
But time and neglect have left the Independence Heights campus a shell of its former self. Enrollment has fallen to a historic low of 823 students - down from 1,520 in 1995.
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Feb 2, 2012, 08:35
Lufkin High School to learn its new 2012-14 district today
UIL: Earlier this year, Lufkin ISD Superintendent Roy Knight said a move to Class 4A could be beneficial for Lufkin High School’s athletics program, but that the chances of that move were very slim. On Wednesday, a day before the Texas University Interscholastic League’s reclassification and district realignment data is released, Knight said he would “stick with my earlier prediction.”
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Feb 2, 2012, 08:35
The 30 Fastest Growing Jobs In America
Yesterday, ADP told us that US companies added 170k jobs in January. Today, Challenger Gray tells us about job cuts and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) tells us about initial unemployment claims. Tomorrow we get the official BLS nonfarm payroll and unemployment rate figures through January 2012.
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Feb 2, 2012, 08:31
Geise Named Governor’s Mansion Administrator
Liz Geise has been named administrator of the Texas Governor's Mansion, where she will be responsible for the operation, use and maintenance of the Governor's Mansion and surrounding grounds. The mansion administrator works closely with the governor and first lady, and also coordinates with the State Preservation Board, Texas Historical Commission and Friends of the Texas Governor's Mansion to preserve the property.
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Feb 2, 2012, 08:16
Group: Education cuts equal 32,000 job losses
An estimated 32,000 Texas school employees, 12,000 of them teachers, already have lost their jobs due to $5.4 billion in education cuts the state Legislature imposed, a school advocacy group said Wednesday, and said more layoffs are likely on the way.
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Feb 2, 2012, 07:50
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