Re: "$300,000 expense OK'd -- Trustees approve newsletters despite concerns about timing," Saturday news story. So these $300,000 newsletters are supposed to tout DISD and school board members accomplishments? I just attended my fifth-grader's DISD open house and listened to...
Re: "Ending on a positive note -- Keith Brown thinks Pleasant Grove may have found its Moses in new Spruce principal," Saturday Viewpoints. While I appreciate the spirit of Brown's column concerning H. Grady Spruce's improved TAKS scores under the...
Re: "Few seniors cranking out pranks -- Too many cameras, too little tradition stop mischief," Thursday news story. When the '09 seniors of Woodrow Wilson High School got headlines with their juvenile prank, I applauded not only them, but their...
I'm applauding Attorney General Greg Abbott for telling DISD trustees that they can't wake up one morning and suddenly extend their terms. The trustees - with the "no vote" exceptions of Adam Medrano and Carla Ranger -- were wrong politically...
Crackpots and extremists Re: "What I'll leave my son on Earth Day -- I hope I can leave him a rational balance between humanity and nature, says Mark Davis," Wednesday Viewpoints. I had a good laugh reading this column, especially...
Re: "Skyline's coach out after 33 seasons -- Mayo guided Skyline to 698-350 record, 13 straight playoffs," Friday SportsDay. During my 31 years of teaching with the DISD, I had the privilege of working with Coach J.D. Mayo for nine...
Re: "TEA will investigate DISD paddling case -- Official: Those involved in incident with student may lose teaching credentials," Saturday Metro. Disciplinary actions should be enforced in schools, but not to the point that the students have bruises so severe...
Re: "Longer school years weighed -- Teacher bonuses, other proposals suggested for troubled campuses," Thursday Metro. For the last 19 years I've been in the offices, hallways and classrooms of local school districts an a daily basis. For 20 years...
Re: "Parents with truant kids taught a lesson -- DISD hauls more moms and dads into court when children habitually skip," Tuesday news story.It is astounding that Debbie Ballard would make the statement, "What they do inside the school, I...
Re: "Easing education budgets," by Eddie Bernice Johnson, Monday Letters.Where did our country go wrong? Johnson believes that borrowing and spending $79 billion dollars is a good thing. Everyone wants a better future for our children, but how is enslaving...
Re: "Stimulus, schools," Thursday Metro. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that the House passed, with my support, will create and save 3 million to 4 million jobs and give 95 percent of Americans and immediate tax cut. It also...
Re: "Reform list was wrong -- N. Dallas, Molina, Conrad, A. Maceo Smith campuses to be reorganized in 2009-10," Friday Metro. Although the state labeled Moises E. Molina High School academically unacceptable for the second time, our staff, students and...
Mistakes happen. That's life. But explain to me how DISD can release a list of troubled schools and get that list wrong?...
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