Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Nearly half of fifth-graders in DISD are not ready for middle school, according to our story in today's newspaper. **Fifty trees have been planted at W.W. Samuell High School by students and...
I've heard from some folks at Samuell High School today who are fed up with not having air conditioning. "There's no AC, and we have over 2,100 students," said one teacher, obviously upset about the situation. I called DISD and...
Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Sampruce will become ... magnets? ** DISD was one of many local employers seeking visas for immigrant workers while they laid off citizens. [ducking] But it's primarily because of this. ** Carla...
A number of trustees last night kinda spouted off over our coverage of their indecision over what to do with Samuell Spruce debate. (Heretofore to be called Sampruce.) Trustee Edwin Flores got the party started early in the meeting. He...
Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Hinojosa said he wants to reconsider the district's policy of charging PTSAs to use school facilities. ** The Opinionaters are displeased over a lack of improvement plans for Spruce and Samuell. The...
That's the new plan, if students at both schools fail to demonstrate adequate progress on their TAKS scores this spring. Earlier, the plan was to do a Spruce-like restructuring circa 2008, where some grades would be dispersed to other campuses...
Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Ragland: Until city and state usurpers coordinate their efforts it's all just politics. ** A new study finds art and music not impacted by testing mania. ** Commentary: "What does it say...
District trustees are balking at several proposals to revamp Spruce and Samuell high schools, saying time is too short and state demands are too extreme to pull off the changes before the start of the next school year. The two...
Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** Hinojosa: "To be sure, DISD still has its share of challenges. We are working diligently to improve the level of instruction at schools designated as academically unacceptable, and we know that not...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Back-to-school related stories from the weekend papers and this morning: Early College, an editorial (It's all about the kids, folks.), from Fox 4; Point of Contact with a district principal,...
The Cedar Hill ISD says that's it has hired Samuell High's principal Daniel Johnson to lead its Ninth Grade Center. Samuell, you'll recall, is next in line to be "Spruced" if achievement doesn't jump this year. Given that, Dr. Johnson's...
I attended a town hall meeting last night at Samuell High School, which is expected to be low-performing for a fourth consecutive year this summer. The meeting was held to discuss a contingency plan in case the Texas Education Agency...
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