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May 24, 2013, 07:13
G.W. Neal retires after 41 years of service at Nacogdoches ISD
Congratulations G.W. ! After 41 years of working for Nacogdoches ISD, G.W. Neal has a lot of stories. G.W. and I go all the way back to SFA. GW made a difference in the lives of many students and teachers. G.W. often called looking for ways to help a NISD employee - It was the extra mile that made G.W exceptional. - js
May 24, 2013, 08:40
Myers wants school board to discuss moving AISD service center
Allen ISD school board member Micheal Myers spent his first meeting trying to reignite the controversy surrounding the district's new service center.
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May 24, 2013, 08:28
Dallas ISD board votes not to renew two principals
After about an hour-long executive session, the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to fire several teachers and just two principals.
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May 24, 2013, 08:10
Show will go on in Lindale despite dispute over content
A planned school play by fifth-graders at E.J. Moss Intermediate School in Lindale that drew fire from a national group that called it an “egregious violation” of the First Amendment will go on after modifications.
However, the name of the play, “In God We Trust,” is not changing nor is the general idea behind the play.
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May 24, 2013, 08:10
Waco: WISD approves changes to school rezoning plan
The Waco ISD trustees voted to amend a redistricting plan they just passed last month. The original plan made changes to school attendance zones at every level. Waco ISD spokesman Dale Caffey says rezoning is frustrating but necessary.
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May 24, 2013, 08:05
Pay Raise Proposed for Georgetown ISD Teachers
For the first time years, teachers within the Georgetown Independent School District may be getting a raise. The school board had their first reading of the budget on Monday.
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May 24, 2013, 08:02
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May 24, 2013, 08:00
Waco ISD board reconfigures attendance zone plan
The Waco Independent School District’s board of trustees altered its attendance zone plan Thursday night after complaints from residents and school leaders, who said moving students from South Waco to campuses in the north and east sections of the city could ignite long-standing tensions between the neighborhoods.
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May 24, 2013, 07:57
Odessa: Plan for discipline on the move
When Ector County Independent School District looks at discipline, the goals are to standardize the disciplinary procedures and consequences, implement a campus-based behavior program and improve on the completion rate and decrease the dropout rate, officials say. A presentation at Tuesday nightâ€(tm)s board meeting by the Discipline and Completion Rate sub-committee examined the nuts and bolts of the students who are getting into trouble and looked at how the district is remedying behavior and criminal issues.
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May 24, 2013, 07:54
Dallas: Ken Smith: Dallas residents are failing DISD
What has become of personal accountability, especially as it applies to educating students in Dallas? In 1973, renowned physician and psychiatrist Karl Menninger wrote a ground-breaking book titled Whatever Became of Sin? Its premise is that our attempts to distance ourselves from sin do not exempt us from its consequences. Sin is always present and requires payment at the end of the checkout line.
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May 24, 2013, 07:52
Barbers Hill: BHISD: Board works on plan for campus security
Keeping schools safe from anyone with bad intentions was the subject of discussion at the May meeting of the Barbers Hill ISD school board this week and perhaps the best thing to come from that discussion was the addition of the school districtâ€(tm)s police chief, Kenny Widner, to the team assessing vestibule security. School board members asked administrators to look at the security of the campuses’ main entries not long after the tragic school shooting in Newtown, Conn., left 20 young students and six adults dead in December 2012.
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May 24, 2013, 07:47
Lubbock: Trustees recognize outstanding students from LISD high schools
Students, parents and administrators lined the walls of the board room and overflowed to the hall Thursday morning at the Lubbock Independent School District Board of Trustees meeting.
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May 24, 2013, 07:45
Wichita Falls: WFISD board decides on policy
Both Wichita Falls ISD Superintendent John Frossard and WFISD Board President Kevin Goldstein confirmed this week that committee meetings specified in its new official school closure policy will be held in open session, not closed as proposed in a policy draft.
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May 24, 2013, 07:45
Allen ISD trustees approve salary proposal
Allen ISD trustees approved a 2013-14 salary proposal during their Monday board meeting. The proposal includes a starting teacher salary of $47,500 and a 2 percent midpoint increase in compensation for all employees. The proposal is based on a Texas Association of School Boards compensation plan evaluation of Allen ISD salaries and stipends. During the meeting, board members Amy Gnadt and Michael Myers were sworn in as members following the May 11 election.
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May 24, 2013, 07:44
Arp Elementary gets long awaited playground
Arp Elementary School entered a national competition to win a new playground in October. Thanks to East Texans' votes, they quickly moved to number three, but lost the competition.
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May 24, 2013, 07:44
Bandera: Vending machines stay, contract goes
The drink vending machines in Bandera schools will stay, but the agreement between San Antonio Bottling Company and Bandera Independent School district will change from a contract to an agreement. With the change, the different booster clubs that operate concession stands at school sporting events will have to negotiate with San Antonio Coca-Cola on a club-by-club basis.
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May 24, 2013, 07:44
Fort Stockton: School board hears needs assessment
The Fort Stockton School Board convened on Monday night to regard a full agenda at the district administration building. The board swore in Freddie Martinez, Sandra Marquez and Jacob Vasquez as members. Martinez defeated Ray Mesa in a recent election while Marquez and Vasquez ran unopposed. Additionally, Ken Ripley was confirmed as President of the Board, Oscar Gonzalez was selected as Vice President of the Board, Marquez was voted in as Secretary and Martinez was chosen as Assistant Secretary.
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May 24, 2013, 07:44
Lindale 5th grade play to be modified after complaint by Freedom From Religion Foundation
Fifth graders at E.J. Moss Intermediate School of Lindale were scheduled to perform a musical theater program at the school on Thursday night titled, "In God We Trust." Now, due to a complaint from an organization called "Freedom From Religion Foundation," the school will not host the play with religious undertones, but a modified version sensitive to all viewers.
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May 24, 2013, 07:43
Safety expert advises schools
There's more to making a school safe than just safety drills. For example, school authorities should decide who can initiate lockdowns. Can a teacher do it? Can a custodian? And what about reunification procedures for children and parents after a tornado crisis? Is there a plan?
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May 24, 2013, 07:42
Amarillo: Students embrace tablet technology
Since November, each student at the Amarillo Area Center for Advanced Learning has been armed with an Apple iPad in a pilot technology program where students use the technology to create projects, take notes, turn in assignments and use customized tutorials. AACAL principal Jay Barrett said it has changed students’ approach to organization.
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May 24, 2013, 07:41
Marshall High School students rack up scholarships at ceremony
The following scholarships were awarded to the students indicated at the Marshall High School Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, May 14 in the MHS Auditorium.
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May 24, 2013, 07:30
Moody's assigns Aaa and stable outlook to Richardson Independent School District's (TX) $73.960 million Unlimited Tax School Building and Refunding Bonds, Series 2013; Aaa enhanced rating applied based on Texas PSF Guarantee
Moody's Investors Service has assigned a Aaa underlying rating and stable outlook to Richardson Independent School District's (TX) $73.96 million Unlimited Tax School Building and Refunding Bonds, Series 2013. We have also assigned a Aaa enhanced rating to the current issues provided by a guarantee of the Texas Permanent School Fund (PSF). At the same time, we have affirmed the Aaa rating on $407.5 million in previously issued parity debt. Proceeds from the sale of the building bonds will be used to make capital improvements throughout the district. Proceeds from the sale of the refunding bonds will be used to refund certain maturities of the Series 2005 bonds for an expected net present value savings in excess of 6% and no extension of final maturity.
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May 24, 2013, 07:30
Editorial: Texas lawmakers reinvest in higher ed
Top state leaders proclaimed that the 2013 legislative session would focus on the basics of building Texas’ future, and infrastructure became the buzzword. Though higher education wasn’t mentioned in the same breath, lawmakers got to work anyway reinvesting in this building block of the Texas economy. It’s turned out to be a good session for the state’s college and university system, with a caveat or two.
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May 24, 2013, 07:20
Dallas ISD Trustees Voted to Fire Two Principals and Hundreds of Teachers Tonight
In a key win for the district's embattled administration, Dallas Independent School District trustees voted tonight to fire two principals and as many as 400 teachers, over the often heated objections of employees and activists.
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May 24, 2013, 05:50
HB 2824 passed: High Performance Schools Consortium districts get to experiment with accountability
If Gov. Perry signs the bill, a law that several North Texas school districts have been working for will kick in. To recap: After increasingly bitter complaints about TAKS and then STAAR, the legislature agreed two years ago to create a way for districts that had demonstrated success with the tests to try to come up with a better system. Thus was born the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium.
Of the 23 districts that are included in the consortium, a bunch are in our area: Coppell, Duncanville, Highland Park, Irving, Lancaster, Lewisville, McKinney and Richardson. The consortium covers about 5 percent of the students in the state, including several pretty diverse districts.
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May 23, 2013, 08:36
State Lawmakers Approve $28.4M for Pre School Education
Alabama: MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) State lawmakers approved and Governor Bentley signed in to law a $28.4 million for the Alabama’s First Class Pre-K Program. The funding will allow about 1,500 more 4-year-olds to attend Pre-K next year. The Alabama School Readiness Alliance Pre-K Task Force led the way encouraging lawmakers to invest.
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May 23, 2013, 08:31
El Paso: Former girlfriend of imprisoned EPISD superintendent resigns her position at Canutillo ISD
Pamela Fierro, the executive director of curriculum and instruction at Canutillo Independent School District, has resigned her position.
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May 23, 2013, 08:28
Perez reacts to Sen. Patrick's press conference on CScope
State Board of Education Member Marisa B. Perez provided the below response to yesterday’s press conference held by Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, announcing that the CSCOPE curriculum management system will no longer provide lesson plans for the hundreds of public school districts currently utilizing them. The decision by the Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative (TESCCC), CSCOPE’s governing board, comes after months of political pressure from Sen. Patrick, Tea Party conservatives and various grassroots conservative groups who allege that the lessons are riddled with anti-American, Marxist and pro-Islamic lessons.
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May 23, 2013, 08:23
Are Teachers Overpaid? The Last Word Comes from Oklahoma
A few years ago, a study released by the American Enterprise Institute concluded that teachers are overpaid. Not so, writes CNN contributor LZ Granderson. In this wonderful article, he shows the every day courage of teachers–most recently demonstrated when a devastating tornado hit an elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma, and last December when teachers in Newtown, Connecticut, died shielding their students
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May 23, 2013, 08:15
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