It's easier to get things done when you have an ISD. People are more willing to vote on tax increases, on bond issues, because they know their tax increases are going to their kids at their high school.
It's easier to get things done when you have an ISD. People are more willing to vote on tax increases, on bond issues, because they know their tax increases are going to their kids at their high school.
There are two things he did for Lewisville ISD. When he first became superintendent in 1969, Lewisville was in financial trouble due to mismanagement of money. He had to make some tough decisions, but he got us out of financial troubles. Since then, Lewisville has not had any financial problems. He was really good at finances but he was also able to see the growth from 2,600 to 10,000 kids coming.
I thought the UIL was going to make every effort to create all eight-team districts. Dallas ISD and East Texas are six-team districts.
Last year we reached 355 fifth-graders, at a cost of 6 a student, ... We did this with the help and sponsorship of SFA, Nacogdoches ISD, Coca-Cola, Nacogdoches Safe and Drug Free and others. People stepped up throughout the year, and we received very positive feedback. It was a great adventure, and we will do it again.
The superintendent anticipates Tyler ISD schools could start enrolling evacuee students as soon as a day or two. We want to be aggressive on this. Children need to be in school at this time of year, ... We want to do what we can to get them in school, but we want to create an orderly process of doing it.
It (Longview) was one of the better games we have played together and no Mesquite ISD team had beaten them in district, so it was a good game for us. But Horn got a couple of players back and is very capable of knocking teams off, which they did, and they will probably do it again against somebody else.
We'll have our dance team at some Fort Worth ISD pep rallies in the next week or so. We'll have a good presence in the community.
Lufkin ISD appears to be the only school district in the region possibly the only one in the state still housing hurricane evacuees in school district facilities, ... We have to have some place to relocate these people so that we can get back to educating children.
Parents have commented over and over on how welcoming the people of Lufkin ISD have been,
Several school districts, including Houston ISD, said they would close Thursday and Friday. We don't know at this point when we're going to resume classes, ... There's no way for us to know.
In Texas, we have two of the highest paid superintendents in the United States, from Klein I.S.D. and Cypress-Fairbanks I.S.D. They are the third highest paid in the United States. Do you know where our teachers are They are at about 40. What is wrong with that picture Our teachers are teaching our future leaders and citizens.
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