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http://www.katycitizens.org/index_files/Page4905.htm
Friday, December 19, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Upcoming Dates!
Important Dates Coming Up!
Dec. 22 - Jan. 2 - Winter Holidays
January - School Board Recognition Month
Jan. 5 - Students and Staff Return for classes
Jan. 12 - Regular School Board Meeting - 7:00 PM
Jan. 13-16 - Semester Exams
Jan. 15 & 16 - Early dismissal High School (11:45 am); Middle School (12:45 pm)
Jan. 19 - Holiday/Martin L. King Day
January 26 - Regular School Board Meeting - 7:00 PM
January 29 - Upcoming Board Meetings
Dec. 22 - Jan. 2 - Winter Holidays
January - School Board Recognition Month
Jan. 5 - Students and Staff Return for classes
Jan. 12 - Regular School Board Meeting - 7:00 PM
Jan. 13-16 - Semester Exams
Jan. 15 & 16 - Early dismissal High School (11:45 am); Middle School (12:45 pm)
Jan. 19 - Holiday/Martin L. King Day
January 26 - Regular School Board Meeting - 7:00 PM
January 29 - Upcoming Board Meetings
Monday, December 15, 2008
Chron: Teacher lunch time being reduced?
Teachers bombarded with meetings, their lunchtime stolen
During a Fort Bend school board meeting Monday night, Karrie Washenfelder, president of Fort Bend Employee Federation, which is a teacher union, urged school officials to stop bugging teachers with "excessive" meetings. . .
...said the half-hour duty-free lunch also is protected by the state law. She added:
"How sad that our teachers teaching bell-to-bell, overburdened with meetings before and after school, stuck with bus duty, hall duty, and lunch duty, can't have a 30-minute duty-free lunch?"
Get the full piece at: http://blogs.chron.com/fortbend/archives/2008/12/union_teachers.html
During a Fort Bend school board meeting Monday night, Karrie Washenfelder, president of Fort Bend Employee Federation, which is a teacher union, urged school officials to stop bugging teachers with "excessive" meetings. . .
...said the half-hour duty-free lunch also is protected by the state law. She added:
"How sad that our teachers teaching bell-to-bell, overburdened with meetings before and after school, stuck with bus duty, hall duty, and lunch duty, can't have a 30-minute duty-free lunch?"
Get the full piece at: http://blogs.chron.com/fortbend/archives/2008/12/union_teachers.html
Monday, December 8, 2008
FBN: Reported Truancy Up In FBISD!
"In 2006-'07, 665 students were charged with truancy for having 10 or more unexcused absences. Another 162 were charged with the same thing but also were fined.
But those numbers soared the next year. In 2007-'08, 1,362 FBISD students were charged with truancy for 10 or more unexcused absences. Another 1,379 were not only charged for 10 or more unexcused absences, but also were fined." FBN
Get the full story at: http://fortbendnow.com/pages/full_story?page_label=home&id=748328&widget=push&article-Serious-On-campus-Crime-Down-At-FBISD-But-Truancy-Is-Up-Sharply%20=&instance=home_news_bullets&open=&
But those numbers soared the next year. In 2007-'08, 1,362 FBISD students were charged with truancy for 10 or more unexcused absences. Another 1,379 were not only charged for 10 or more unexcused absences, but also were fined." FBN
Get the full story at: http://fortbendnow.com/pages/full_story?page_label=home&id=748328&widget=push&article-Serious-On-campus-Crime-Down-At-FBISD-But-Truancy-Is-Up-Sharply%20=&instance=home_news_bullets&open=&
Monday, December 1, 2008
Important Dates-Take NOTE!
Important Dates Coming Up!
Dec. 8 - Regular School Board Meeting - 7:00 PM
Dec. 22 - Jan. 2 - Winter Holidays
Have a safe, warm and wonderful holiday season from all the volunteers here at FBISDwatch!
Dec. 8 - Regular School Board Meeting - 7:00 PM
Dec. 22 - Jan. 2 - Winter Holidays
Have a safe, warm and wonderful holiday season from all the volunteers here at FBISDwatch!
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