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March planned to stop the closure of the EE Academy currently located at Marshall HS in Missouri City:
"The EE Academy was targeted in spring of 2008 for removal. “There was a plan to pull the academy from here and move it to Elkins,” said one district employee, who spoke only on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals from district administrators. “Nobody in the program was consulted,” the employee added. “Our advisory committee was livid when they found out.” FBN
Full story: http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/07/10/38961
7/11/ UPDATE: http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/07/10/38964
Friday, July 10, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Chronicle: Another Effort Is Launched To Save The Marshall Academy!
Follow this link to get more on the efforts in Missouri City to save the Marshall Academy from the FBISD budget crisis:
http://blogs.chron.com/fortbend/archives/2009/07/yet_another_ral.html#c1391845
http://blogs.chron.com/fortbend/archives/2009/07/yet_another_ral.html#c1391845
Saturday, July 4, 2009
FBISDWatch Wishes All A Wonderful Independence Day!
“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.”
Thomas Jefferson
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
FB Star Covers Torres Resignation--
Fort Bend ISD's transportation head abruptly resigns
By Cheryl Skinner
In a sparsely worded statement, Fort Bend Independent School District spokesperson Mary Ann Simpson confirmed the abrupt resignation last week of the school’s transportation director.
Simpson confirmed that Richard Torres resigned “to pursue other opportunities.”
Operation supervisor James Hoss is the interim director until a formal replacement is hired, Simpson said. . .
http://www.fortbendstar.com/070109/n_Fort%20Bend%20ISDs%20transportation%20head%20abruptly%20resigns.htm
By Cheryl Skinner
In a sparsely worded statement, Fort Bend Independent School District spokesperson Mary Ann Simpson confirmed the abrupt resignation last week of the school’s transportation director.
Simpson confirmed that Richard Torres resigned “to pursue other opportunities.”
Operation supervisor James Hoss is the interim director until a formal replacement is hired, Simpson said. . .
http://www.fortbendstar.com/070109/n_Fort%20Bend%20ISDs%20transportation%20head%20abruptly%20resigns.htm
Friday, June 26, 2009
Another Senior FBISD Administrator Bites The Dust!
Follow this link for more: http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/06/26/38735
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Fort Bend Independent Exposes Real Comments On FBISD GSTC Survey!
The man on the street comments on the Global Science and Technology center
From Fort Bend Independent
Amazing. Great for our kid’s future. Cutting edge technology. Opportunity for FBISD kids to become world leaders in science and technology. It will likely increase the number of people wanting to live in the district. Great resource to the community. Name recognition for the district and the county. Access to professional enrichment opportunities, and high tech learning tools. Improvement in teachers’ abilities in teaching science.
These are some of the euphoric comments posted in response to an online survey hosted by Fort Bend ISD for a brief period of time regarding the proposed Global Science and Technology Center. The comments on the website are not available to the public unless one asks for it (and pays $6.80 for the copy.)
Most of the comments are incisive while questioning the rationale of the new center. On the other hand, the proponents offer no depth of reasoning in explaining why we need the science center...
Full story: http://fbindependent.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=89&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=1597&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=2531&hn=fbindependent&he=.com
Background: http://www.fortbendweb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1146&Itemid=101
Special Note: Although it is too late to reverse the 7-0 vote of the board on this $20-30 million dollar taxpayer supported duplication project, the Texas Office of the Attorney General has ordered the superintendent to officially respond to the last of several community information requests in a letter sent to the district on June 17th from Asst. A.G. for education Claire Sloan. Because the information was delayed and responses not provided within the ten day response cycle the district is in violation of two separate subsections of the Texas Public Information Act. Naturally the information is now too late to do any good during open sessions at the public board meetings as we believe was their intention. Since the release of the "sales committee" report, several glaring errors have been exposed that were used by some board members and the superintendent to push this project forward in the "rubber stamp" vote that took place on June 8th. We will update this issue at intervals. Stay informed and keep in touch!
From Fort Bend Independent
Amazing. Great for our kid’s future. Cutting edge technology. Opportunity for FBISD kids to become world leaders in science and technology. It will likely increase the number of people wanting to live in the district. Great resource to the community. Name recognition for the district and the county. Access to professional enrichment opportunities, and high tech learning tools. Improvement in teachers’ abilities in teaching science.
These are some of the euphoric comments posted in response to an online survey hosted by Fort Bend ISD for a brief period of time regarding the proposed Global Science and Technology Center. The comments on the website are not available to the public unless one asks for it (and pays $6.80 for the copy.)
Most of the comments are incisive while questioning the rationale of the new center. On the other hand, the proponents offer no depth of reasoning in explaining why we need the science center...
Full story: http://fbindependent.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=89&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=1597&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=2531&hn=fbindependent&he=.com
Background: http://www.fortbendweb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1146&Itemid=101
Special Note: Although it is too late to reverse the 7-0 vote of the board on this $20-30 million dollar taxpayer supported duplication project, the Texas Office of the Attorney General has ordered the superintendent to officially respond to the last of several community information requests in a letter sent to the district on June 17th from Asst. A.G. for education Claire Sloan. Because the information was delayed and responses not provided within the ten day response cycle the district is in violation of two separate subsections of the Texas Public Information Act. Naturally the information is now too late to do any good during open sessions at the public board meetings as we believe was their intention. Since the release of the "sales committee" report, several glaring errors have been exposed that were used by some board members and the superintendent to push this project forward in the "rubber stamp" vote that took place on June 8th. We will update this issue at intervals. Stay informed and keep in touch!
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