DISD trustee Lew Blackburn plans to ask district administrators about a rule that excludes "compensatory education allotments" from comparability computations. The district's learning centers receive the allotments, which are similar to federal Title 1, but come from the state. I'm...
If you've been following the controversial proposal to cut funding at DISD's magnet campuses/learning centers, you'll find this posting interesting. Paul Brown, a program analyst with the U.S. Department of Education, has noted in an e-mail to the Texas Education...
The below links will take you to information that I received from the Texas Education Agency that is used by school districts to determine whether schools are overfunded or underfunded. I've also included an example comparability computation form from TEA,...
The DISD board agenda for Thursday's 5:30 p.m. meeting is out -- and trustees are scheduled to vote on the funding cuts for magnet schools and learning centers. Click here to review the latest report on the proposed cuts, dated...
DISD 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...
The school board delayed a vote to cut funding at some magnet schools and learning centers after getting an earful from some trustees and community members. Before the meeting kicked off, hundreds of people rallied outside district headquarters in opposition...
At 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...
I just left Booker T. where DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa just got through talking to magnet school staffers. I'll blog more tomorrow on various topics that were discussed, but, for now, I'll stick to the magnet/learning center funding situation. Hinojosa...
DISD trustees will have a called meeting Thursday that will kick-off with a public forum. Two agenda items up for approval -- trustee terms and school funding cuts -- have been controversial topics these last few weeks. Here's how board...
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