Personnel

Two Hallsville principals to step down
HALLSVILLE — Two Hallsville Independent School District principals will be leaving their campuses to take on other roles of leadership with the district. High School Principal Brian Morris and Junior High School Principal Eve Ford will each transition to their new positions sometime during the summer, said Deputy Superintendent Paula Rogers. Morris, who has been the high school principal for more than 4 years, will oversee district transportation issues and be involved in campus construction as the director of operations and support services. Morris will replace Gary Lovelace, who has been named to the newly created position of director of facility planning and development. Lovelace will oversee the construction of the new facilities from the bond election passed in November. Lovelace's position is not permanent. Superintendent Greg Wright said the position has been authorized for the life of the bond issue. When construction is completed in 2011, the district will evaluate the position to see if it is still needed. Morris said he is excited about his new position. "I see this as an opportunity to have an impact on a larger number of kids," Morris said. [ View Article ] May 9, 2008, 08:29

Comal: CISD discusses raises for 2008-09
Comal Independent School District trustees discussed changes Thursday to CISD’s proposed 2008-09 budget of about $119.5 million, which must be balanced and approved by late August. The budget for the current academic year is close to $111 million — about $8.6 million, or 7.75 percent, less than next year’s proposed sum. If the budget is approved, teachers will get an approximately 6.5 percent raise next year, administrators will see a raise of about 4.5 percent, and the salaries for teachers’ aides, custodians and office workers — will rise by about 8.5 percent. [ View Article ] May 9, 2008, 07:51

Hallsville ISD changes leaders on 2 campuses

Two Hallsville Independent School District principals will be leaving their campuses to take on other roles of leadership with the district. High School Principal Brian Morris and Junior High School Principal Eve Ford will begin their new positions sometime this summer, Deputy Superintendent Paula Rogers said.

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LISD official reprimanded for vote calls
Bramlette Elementary School Principal Vernessa Gentry was reprimanded Thursday for using school district equipment to encourage parents to vote for Longview's $266.9 million bond proposal. State law prohibits school officials from using school time or equipment, including telephones and copy machines, to advocate a position on a political issue. They can provide factual information, such as details of a proposal and voting locations. "Our principals and staff are excited about the potential of this bond passing," Superintendent James E. Wilcox said Thursday. "Principal Gentry made an honest mistake. We've dealt with the situation internally with a formal, written reprimand and she'll be repaying the district." [ View Article ] May 9, 2008, 07:45

Weatherford: Two assistant superintendents hang up administrative hats
Weatherford ISD’s Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Darryl Cross and Assistant Superintendent of Business and Operations Joe Schultz are saying their goodbyes this year after long-term careers in the education field. [ View Article ] May 8, 2008, 08:28

Bad Tenured Teachers Tough To Dismiss
WASHINGTON -- Think it's hard for schools to get bad teachers out of the classroom? Turns out teachers agree. More than half of teachers believe it's too difficult to weed out ineffective teachers who have tenure, and nearly half say they personally know such a teacher, according to a survey released Tuesday evening by the Education Sector, a nonpartisan think tank. Tenure provides teachers with job security and generally is awarded a few years after educators enter the profession. It is supposed to ensure teachers can't be fired at the whim of a principal or angry parent. [ View Article ] May 8, 2008, 07:53

Big Spring: Grow your own: BSISD to address key shortage
If you can't find them, grow them. That's the approach Big Spring Independent School District officials are taking to address a shortage in speech therapists and will be one of the topics for consideration when trustees hold their monthly meeting at 5:15 p.m. Thursday in the high school board room. [ View Article ] May 8, 2008, 07:47

Houston: Teacher tapes child's mouth shut
CLEVELAND, TX (KTRK) -- A family in Cleveland, Texas, wants a teacher fired for putting tape across the mouth of a five year old boy. The teacher is on leave and has apologized, but why did he put the tape on that child in the first place? "He said he [ View Article ] May 8, 2008, 07:47

San Marcos: Campus shifts
San Marcos — San Marcos CISD assistant principals are shifting throughout the district after two administrators announced that they will be leaving at the end of the semester. Rachel Solis from Goodnight Junior High School and Enrique Garcia from Miller Junior High School will be leaving their posts in May to pursue other opportunities, district officials said. [ View Article ] May 8, 2008, 07:31

Waller: Morley named WISD AD, head football coach
WALLER - On April 14, the Waller Independent School District board of trustees unanimously named Coach Jason Morley Waller ISD's new athletic director and head football coach. [ View Article ] May 8, 2008, 07:21

Florida: Magic trick costs teacher job
The stories in the news about inappropriate relationships between teachers and students have been overwhelming. There was even a substitute teacher in New Port Richey who got in trouble after investigators say she had a relationship with an underage student. [ View Article ] May 7, 2008, 07:40

Pasadena: Up, up and away in honor of teachers
It’s big. It’s loud. And it’s making its first appearance in Pasadena on Thursday. In appreciation of teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week, Meador Staffing Services is unveiling Talent Search, a Lindstrand 90,000 cubit foot hot air balloon, one of the company’s two airborne ambassadors. It will be displayed across from Pasadena Memorial High School on Thursday morning. [ View Article ] May 7, 2008, 06:10

Angleton High will have new principal
ANGLETON — A new principal will take over from Angleton High School Principal Gordon Smith next year. Smith announced he will retire at the end of this school year, said Angleton ISD Superintendent Heath Burns. Angleton Middle School Principal Lisa Davis was chosen to replace Smith, whom administrators knew would not be at the school long. [ View Article ] May 6, 2008, 07:32

River Road ISD Food Service Director Bridges the Gap Between Community Service and Student Nutrition
In her first year as River Road Independent School District food service director, Kim Terry has had the opportunity to participate in a good old-fashioned, help-your-neighbors-style fundraiser while assisting in designing and setting up a new high school cafeteria. Both experiences provided Terry a chance to work closely with River Road ISD staff, parents, students and the community at large. [ View Article ] May 6, 2008, 07:07

Fruitvale: Trustees Okay Use Of Athletic Trainer
FRUITVALE—Fruitvale ISD will be adding a full-time athletic trainer next year after school board members approved a contract with Trinity Mother Frances Health System. Jim Rapp, coordinator of sports medicine for Trinity Mother Frances, said the program had agreements with many school insurers to provide what he termed a "zero balance" effect on treatment and rehabilitation costs to a student’s family. [ View Article ] May 5, 2008, 07:21

Moody teacher wins title, $50,000
CORPUS CHRISTI — Moody High School teacher Vinaykumar Dulip was awarded $50,000 at the 2008 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards in Houston on Sunday. As the winner of the lifetime achievement honor for the secondary school teacher category, Dulip was awarded $25,000 for himself and $25,000 for Moody High School. A total of $380,000 in financial gifts to educators and schools was awarded at the event. [ View Article ] May 5, 2008, 07:14

Teacher scoops up $5,000 award from H-E-B
Winner! Anna Davila, a sixth-grade math teacher at Sartartia Middle School in Sugar Land, was one of eight Texas educators honored Sunday with H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards. Davila, 29, received a $5,000 check for being chosen as the winner in the Rising Star Secondary category, and the same amount will go to her Fort Bend school. Rising Star awards recognize teachers with less than 10 years' experience. "As an educator, I hope I can use every bit of talent (God) gave me to reach kids," Davila said, who praised her parents for instilling in her a sense of service. "The students I teach are going to be the teachers of my children, and they can't lead where I haven't led them." [ View Article ] May 5, 2008, 07:01

Corsicana: Billy Snow best in state
HOUSTON — In a grand kick-off to National Teacher Appreciation Week, Billy Snow, principal of Bowie Elementary in Corsicana was chosen as the outstanding elementary school principal in Texas and was awarded a total of $35,000 at the 2008 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards. [ View Article ] May 5, 2008, 06:53

PA teacher wins ‘Best of Texas’
Mary Lathan is not exaggerating when she said she has spent her entire life at Lincoln High School, now Memorial 9th Grade Center. “My mother was pregnant with me when she taught here. I’ve been at Lincoln all my life. The students would baby-sit me while my mother graded papers. I originally didn’t want to be a teacher, but I came back,” Lathan said. [ View Article ] May 5, 2008, 06:53

Ft. Bend: Teacher faces sexual assault of child charge
A Missouri City middle school teacher who admitted having a relationship with one of her students was in the Fort Bend County Jail Friday morning, charged with sexual assault of a child. Rebecca Ann Bramlett, 33, an eighth-grade English teacher at Baines Middle School, was taken into custody about 1:30 a.m. in Galveston, said Terriann Carlson, spokeswoman for the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office. [ View Article ] May 5, 2008, 06:31

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