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Entries tagged with 'Michael Hinojosa'Hinojosa steps into District 3 runoffDISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa is being accused of interfering in a school board runoff election on an incumbent's behalf. District 3 incumbent Leigh Ann Ellis is in a runoff Dec. 8 against newcomer Bruce Parrott, who was the top vote... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Interesting nugget on our Opinion Blog about one staffer alleging that parents were hand-picked to meet with Superintendent Michael Hinojosa at her school. ** Some North Texas school districts and Dallas County Schools, which... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** (New item) Bad news for DISD trustee Jack Lowe. Zale Corp., where he is chairman, is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission for accounting matters. **DISD Supt. Michael Hinojosa points... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** (New item) DISD trustee Carla Ranger is accussing trustee Jack Lowe of violating trustee ethics for putting out a pointed list of what makes the ideal board candidate — one item included... DMN editorial board: "Hinojosa got off lightly"In tomorrow's newspaper, the Dallas Morning News' editorial board weighs in on the Dallas school board's failure to reprimand Superintendent Michael Hinojosa after some trustees unknowingly approved a raise for a senior administrator who had recently been denied a similar... No reprimand for Hinojosa; raise for Ryan rescindedNote (3:41 pm): More information has been added at the end of this post. Dallas schools Superintendent Michael Hinojosa avoided receiving a public reprimand today but not before getting a tongue-lashing from a trustee who recommended that he be... Hinojosa won't face reprimandUPDATE (2:20 pm): The Dallas school board decided not to reprimand Superintendent Michael Hinojosa. Tawnell will have further detains soon. ANOTHER UPDATE (3:21 pm): Click here to go to the newest blog post on this issue. DISD trustees could possibly... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** The League of Women Voters of Dallas is planning candidate forums beginning next week for DISD school board seats that will be decided on Nov. 3. Click here for the schedule. **... Medrano accuses some trustees of boycotting called meetingDISD board president Adam Medrano accused some trustees of boycotting a meeting today that could have led to Superintendent Michael Hinojosa being publicly reprimanded. Just four of nine trustees attended the called board meeting; at least five are needed to... Breaking news: Hinojosa could face reprimandSuperintendent Michael Hinojosa is facing a reprimand after some trustees unknowingly approved an agenda last week that included a $20,000-plus raise for a senior administrator who had been denied the increase previously. Board president Adam Medrano, whose job is to... Hinojosa "misspoke," spokesman says.DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander said that Superintendent Michael Hinojosa "misspoke" when he said that the district does not have enough evidence for a criminal investigation into TAKS cheating at Lang Middle School. Hinojosa had stated on Sept. 15 that the... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** (New item) The Arlington school district has decided not to send hundreds of students to an event featuring former President George W. Bush at Cowboys Stadium. The district was heavily criticized about... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** DISD trustee Carla Ranger writes on her blog about discrepancies noted in an internal district audit for the Adult Basic Education program. (I'm trying to get the report). Ranger states that the... Hinojosa's home up for saleThere's been some buzz about DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa putting his home up for sale. Here's the listing on PrestonHollow.com. The four-bedroom, 3-1/2 bath home is selling for $765,000 (see update below). Now comes the question: Why are the Hinojosa's... Too many chiefs "not" in the kitchen?Could DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa be about to lose the privilege of hiring his senior staff members (as his contract allows)? The board is scheduled to deliberate on the possibility in closed session at tomorrow's 11:30 a.m. board briefings. It... Moneywise, how does Hinojosa stack up?One of our commenters, longtime_DISD parent, posted a nifty link from Scholastic on salaries and benefits for big city school superintendents. The chart shows Hinojosa's base salary at $300,000, so it may be a bit behind because a DISD salary... Hinojosa not budging on magnet cutsDISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa addressed the proposed magnet school/learning center cuts Tuesday at his monthly roundtable with reporters. He said the district is conducting more research on questions that were brought up at last week's school board meeting, mainly whether... Hinojosa delivers big news about Spruce and Samuell!DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa just delivered some big news at his monthly meeting with the press. According to preliminary TAKS numbers, Spruce High School will definitely make it off the state's low-performing list, and the district is 95 percent certain... Philanthropist Peter O'Donnell isn't happy about magnet cutsMr. O'Donnell, a donor to the (Booker T.) Arts Magnet capital campaign, fired off the letter below to DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa yesterday. In the letter, he says Hinojosa assured him as late as Jan. 29, 2009, that the budget... Hinojosa addresses desegregation promisesAt a meeting Tuesday with magnet staffers, DISD superintendent Michael Hinojosa addressed the "commitments and covenants" that were put into place upon the district's release from a desegregation order in 2003. (The board made promises back then, which included maintaining... |