That's what many folks want, if a poll I started Monday is any indication. So far, Ranger is by far the top pick -- of 363 votes cast, 78 percent want her to be the next board president. Jack Lowe...
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...
DISD will hold elections in November or May 2010, depending on which option the board chooses to fill three board seats that will become vacant after Saturday's election. With three seats up for grabs, folks are already talking about who...
I couldn't help but wonder last night whether two outside attorneys advised DISD trustees correctly on two options they have to fill three board seats. (Here's the background story in case you missed it.) In a nutshell, DISD trustees have...
In response to yesterday's Attorney General ruling that DISD trustees were not authorized to extend their terms from three years to four, Accion America and the NAACP have called a press conference at 2 p.m. today to demand the district...
The ruling is in. The Texas Attorney General has ruled that the DISD school board "was not authorized to change the length of its members' terms of office after December 31, 2007." Remember trustees extended their terms from three years...
Today's buffet of hot district morsels ... ** District students honor MLK and have both optimism and skepticism re: Obama. ** A report out of the San Antonio paper says the new Texas growth model for NCLB is modeled, in...
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Our edit board likes that the AG is examining the term-extension vote. ** Ron Price's personal "no confidence vote" got some play on Channel 11. All this is in prep...
In a sharply worded post on her blog, trustee Carla Ranger criticizes fellow board members for voting to extend board terms from three years to four at last week's meeting. "Last week's 7-2 vote on adopting four year terms was...
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