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Entries tagged with 'Budget shortfall'Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** A blogger asks: "Where the whites at?" We did something similar a while back, that shows exactly when the whites fled. ** Our story this morn on the mysterious $15 million deficit-reduction... Hinojosa cryptically hints at a new $15 million deficit reductionThe Superintendent met with reporters this afternoon as part of his effort to "rebuild trust" with the community. He touched on several issues -- from the new grading policy to the district's slice of the stimulus pie to the budget... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** It's as if the judge was saying: "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son." ** On a somewhat related note, Dallas may give kids another reason to... DISD's Title I switch sent to DC lawyersStill no movement on the district's request to reallocate about $18 million in salaries to the federal Title I program. While not make-or-break, the reallocation is an important part of the district's deficit-reduction plan. The district first went to TEA... The 2007-08 audit report is hereAmong the slew of documents, financial reports and other information trustees got today, was a report from Deloitte & Touche on the 2007-08 audit. The good news: No big surprises. The bad news: Lots of problems uncovered last year are... The budget wreck post mortemI'm just back from four hours of district finance briefings, the most interesting of which was the "autopsy" presented by the board's internal auditor, Allen Wesson, on the budget fiasco. I don't have time to get into the details now... Trustees to get a post mortem today on the budget debacleAt a public 3 p.m. meeting today, the board's independent auditor will give them his report on how district spending careened into a ditch last year. This will probably stand as the "official" account of what happened and why. Of... Jack Lowe has no desire to convince you that DISD is excellentThat's because, once the district becomes excellent, he figures you'll realize it on your own. That's one of the interesting items Matt Pulle posts over at the Observer blog from an interview he had recently with Jack Lowe, conducted while... DISD hires new CFO: Larry Throm from Austin ISDTrustees are to approve his $258,000 salary at tonight's meeting. The district calls Throm, 58, "a game changer" and one of the best school finance experts in the state. Read the release here. We'll post more as we learn it... Questions remain, answers elusive in budget debacleShould I stop holding my breath? Because my colleague Lori Stahl's story this morning sure makes it look like there will be no post-mortem on exactly how and why the district's spending ran into a ditch last year. Which is... Dallas ISD Daily DishWhat the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** A bunch of business execs are looking at DISD's books, but they're not puzzling out what went wrong and they're not going to tell the public what they found. So... Dallas ISD Daily DishWhat the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** A state academic monitor yesterday lashed the district's efforts to help low-performing campuses, but I think the headline on this CBS 11 story is a bit misleading -- there's nothing... Jack Lowe doesn't shirk from his criticsSay what you want about board president Jack Lowe (and, lately, you guys have said plenty) but the guy doesn't run from his critics. Carlos Quintanilla's posse of picketers gathered in front of Lowe's house on Saturday, much like they... Dallas ISD Daily DishWhat the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Three stories from us today: First, the RIF. Second, DISD's administration isn't all that fat. Third, the RIF has exposed resentment between U.S. born citizens and foreign-born teachers. ** The... DISD trustees "could" call for layoffs todayDallas school trustees have a big decision to make at 3 p.m. today. They will consider allowing the district to make job cuts -- about 750 -- to help deal with a projected $84 million budget shortfall. The board already... Is DISD's rush for Broad award to blame for shortfall?Trustee Carla Ranger let loose on her blog about the district's $64 million shortfall. Ms. Ranger blames DISD trustees who she says "acted irresponsibly" by rushing to adopt recommendations under Dallas Achieves, the district's reform effort, without considering the... Teachers union speaks out on DISD shortfallThe Alliance-AFT teachers association has sent an open letter to DISD employees concerning the district's $64 million shortfall (the letter is after the jump). As has been reported, DISD used money in its reserve fund to make up for the... |