2009 FBISD Tax Hearing (On YouTube)

CLICK HERE FOR THE 2009 FBISD CONTROVERSIAL TAX HEARING (YES THEY ARE RAISING THEM AGAIN--see petition of over 500 district taxpayers asking for board accountability) --In case anyone missed it they raised the property tax rate again (4th time) in 2010 and more than likely will do so again in 2011 facing another projected 15-20 million dollar budget deficit, according to some media reports. ***NEW*** ..Petition TO STOP THE GSTC (Global Science Museum being planned at the district central office--near $30 million dollar project that superintendent Jenney is pushing): http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stopthegcst/ (see update below on this apparently ending this project after 2 years)

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=&

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Anonymous said...

Recent area blog comments on this topic:

« JohnBernardBooks wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 08:55 PM »
so the liberal "indocterination" is working.

In a recent documentary which I posted a small clip of.....almost all 12 of the "obama voters" thought the "evil repubs" controlled Congress and had no idea who Pelosi or Reid were.....

the dumbing down is almost complete....
« l3l4510 wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 08:06 PM »
All that happened under an all republican school board. Makes me want to vote for Democrats.
« JohnBernardBooks wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 07:19 PM »
Once again I remind you of the AP that tackled the kid in the food fight and HE was arrested....

once again liberals are misusing our justice system....you don't arrest teachers or principals when they are correcting "out of control thugs"....

Nor do we use our criminal justice system to arrest cheerleaders for hazing.....both incidents are good examples of the wackydoos in our society with misplaced values....ie "I'm gonna sue you"....

the "jerry springer mentality" is alive and well in our society...
« JohnBernardBooks wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 07:14 PM »
I've been told by many teachers that if a kid curses or strikes them they cannot respond....BS!

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« getreal55 wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 09:40 PM »
Isnt it a darn shame that John is such a blind idiot...

Still in the habit of blaming the DEMS for all of your Republican problems right John Boy ????
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 09:39 PM »
Deep throat that.....
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 09:36 PM »
John you have no young children...if we are to believe anything from your mouth......
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 09:35 PM »
CP Freakn S? The thugs of society have spoken...meaningless hype...read the latest in the chronicle if you dare to speak truths
« l3l4510 wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 09:18 PM »
What does the democratically controlled congress have to do with this report, crime, truancy and an all republican school board?
« FactuallySpeaking wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 09:16 PM »
Since 1985 by my watch, they have always been punitive as usual----they never think or use honey, always vinegar.

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« LHS_Graduate wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 05:54 AM »
"It's not my responsibility to see that Badboy the breeder's kids learns manners and the rules of society."

Then please explain the empathy factor, once you kindly relate it to the "Constable's Rules of Law" In refering educationally, let's discuss why they allow every parent the right to know the proper and safe way to fasten seatbelts? There is a "wrong way" yanno?
« JohnBernardBooks wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 05:02 AM »
so the fact that I don't have small kids makes me blind?..Funny how some want to veiw life through blinders....I'd say having ALREADY raised my kids makes me more equipped/experienced than someone who hasn't walked in my shoes.

Parenting is the parents responsibility....not the neighbors, schools or polices's....

now let the hate spew.
« JohnBernardBooks wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 04:48 AM »
so a lack of parenting is FBISD's fault?.....how interesting....
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 09:49 PM »
Let's discuss adults and their screwy mentality to get up in others peoples business...no one but that family knows the realities but yet everyone MUST feel the right they OWN YOU? Not ...get a freakin life and at least be happy you are NOT caught in some crime that everyone wants to commit you to! In other words what if we all looked into your life with a MICROscope ..hmm...? What would we dare find...???? Ha that's the million dollar question.

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« Muckraker wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 08:34 AM »
For of those of you interested in more on how crime is under-reported in the schools, channel 11 is doing a series on it involving some local school districts and I would agree with the other posters who are focussing on the policy change and the budget crisis as the reason for the rising truancy reports. If they had been really concerned about attendance rates, they would have enforced the policies when they had a balanced budget. Allowing the learning environment to degenerate hurts all children, not just the troubled ones.

This is all about increasing the state contribution. It would be nice to see a more consistent enforcement of this policy and a serious attempt to accurately report and then address the crime problems on the campuses. Agencies we pay taxes to should not engage in data manipulation just to advance their public image for the local real-estate community. It doesn't lead to authentic improvements.
« wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 07:49 AM »
« JohnBernardBooks wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 07:43 AM »
you're right...I'm in the need of PC lessons....its never the parents fault and I should have done more.....hahaha
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 06:32 AM »
Point & Case:

5:54AM

Clarity to Summation

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Learning the "right way" of relating parenting skills new/old/otherwise never needs to be a humiliating experience. Empathy. Never abuse it. Use it wisely.
« wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 06:31 AM »
« SoulPatrol wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 06:17 AM »
Yawn, good morning, yawn... zzzzzzz
« wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 06:16 AM »

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« Muckraker wrote on Wednesday, Dec 10 at 08:29 PM »
mnr, FS, 4510, SP, etc. - Several good points were made in this thread and I agree you must balance incentives/punishment, but it would also seem their is a larger organizational culture that needs to be addressed. This year was the first that the district experienced a budget deficit in its history (after a record bond election in '07) and we've all read about the software problems, the district police concerns and now the truancy issues. Is anything being done to better address these areas? You won't hear about it from the central communications office that we pay taxes for. I for one would still like to see improved representation across the district and that's something that can be looked at through single member districts. Being able to call a rep. that lives near you has its advantages.
« FactuallySpeaking wrote on Wednesday, Dec 10 at 08:03 PM »
Punitive measures without balance of creative incentives seem non-productive. It is the same old story since many years ago and continuing onward and forward.
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Wednesday, Dec 10 at 10:14 AM »
Go to church....
« yerp2yarp wrote on Wednesday, Dec 10 at 10:07 AM »
I think truants ammmbush schools, causing them to raze I-browz as they baum-out from the heat of the moment, quivvering (to learn) as titillated observers feel it down 2 their soles.
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Wednesday, Dec 10 at 09:34 AM »
Midnight: Ammmbush? Aw, looks like you bombed out with Soulie..not hot enough?

JohnB raise our eyebrows, how do you feel about this thread hmm?
« SoulPatrol wrote on Wednesday, Dec 10 at 08:46 AM »
I'll consider myself buzzed.

P.S. - it's not my first time...
« midnightridr wrote on Wednesday, Dec 10 at 08:31 AM »
I like your taste in music SP, but not the buzzer. You remember you asked who made the song popular, which implies popular culture today. So the response is not incorrect, but you could also argue it isn't correct, because Sandburg was a well known author. So can I turn the buzzer to the ambush question (all in fun of course) back on you?

« SoulPatrol wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 12:44 PM »

Here's an oldie that may help U "raise" John B:

QUICK: Name the artist that made the song popular.

Surely those of your brains who've matriculated thru FBISD can answer it....

ALL in fun.
« JohnBernardBooks wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 02:36 PM »
LGrad I know we see eye to eye&toe to toe....and yes Dems legislating from the bench has broken our legal system....
« SoulPatrol wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 02:28 PM »
Beachboyz! BZZZZZT!! WRONG!

It was an old West Indies folk song, recorded 1st by the Weavers. Actually, the words were taken from a 1927 poem by Carl Sandburg. I first discovered it in the early '60's as it was recorded by the Kingston Trio.

Now, what does that have to do with the topic?

Absolutely nothing!

War, what is it good for?

Absolutely nothing!

Ooops, there I go, getting distracted again.

« LHS_Graduate wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 02:23 PM »
My thoughts too I3I4510. Yet I wonder why and how did they ever arrive to this point to power in the first place?

JohnB,

I know you and I are on the same page. Children deserve to learn, but it just hurts so much deep inside when you see the justice system fails us as a society in so many cases.
« l3l4510 wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 01:59 PM »
No agency should have unchecked power to violate citizens constitutional rights. Those are good points.
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 01:23 PM »
Let's speak to their own "denial" of what they in fact stand for? Yes, most unfortunately abusive they love to abuse that word...but that is another story.
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 01:17 PM »
It's all about regulating governmental policies and their rules to procedures. If no one cares what criminal ways & means they in fact use, than it becomes most obvious it's never been about the safety, but the power to abuse.
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 01:14 PM »
Exactly midnight! Funny how that name rings a bell?
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 01:13 PM »
Spend time and money on fixin CPS...JohnB you ain't got a clue where that sail is "crewed"? Once again, who is watching CPS?
« midnightridr wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 01:11 PM »
The Beach Boys!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfAYNvw_ZAc

« JohnBernardBooks wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 01:07 PM »
for all my near and dear close friends....I'm discussing thugs and violent crimes.....you're discussing under-reporting and truancy.

I was axed what to do when a kid is thug and doesn't WANT to learn. I say once again...kick 'em out, let CPS take them or the criminal system.

Spend time and money on the kids who want to learn.
« SoulPatrol wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 12:44 PM »
Here's an oldie that may help U "raise" John B:

"Hoist up the John B sails,

See how the mainsale sets.

Call for the captain ashore, I wanna go home.

I wanna go home; please let me go home.

This is the worst ship, I've ever been on."

QUICK: Name the artist that made the song popular.

Surely those of your brains who've matriculated thru FBISD can answer it....
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 12:34 PM »
Aha!

CPS does have the right to be "called out" when there job is most noted as a "bully"...

Secondly,

Yes. Truancy is a CPS issue with particular interest in this year. Final word to that, because this subject is now history ;-(
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 12:32 PM »
Okay,

I'll spell it out for ya, JohnB ...

You most likely are NOT aware of what procedural rules that FBISD may or may not have actually spoken (to parents) at the beginning of the year. If you are silent it is only because you have nothing to say to further your stance. So there......
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 11:10 AM »
In framing the discussion, returning to the subject of truancy?

JohnB,

It is most uncrystal clear what your position is attempting to say. No one, at least in our current thread is aware of your past and how you are attempting to relate it to (at the very least) my "point & case" written as of early this morning.

My perspective as I stated earlier in this thread related to a idea or question that was actually a quite simple solution to keeping parents properly informed of legal issues at the educational level. Yes, my school district LCISD informed us of certain challenged issues that we all made a decision on. It is through the spirit of "working together" that coordinates peaceful and positive solutions. So why then, must FBISD not follow suit? If you get my point.
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 10:29 AM »
Soul...great link--thanks!

First of all, the El Dorado case puts in perspective my viewpoint on why "oppression" is wrong. Yes it is wrong, to abuse children/women as if THEY are property. (Amen)

Where everyone falls silent, merely is in this position: sexual abuse or physical abuse in the family (not just in the children but the woman) I can name a few cases in particular that CPS's job is just a ruse. Shuffling kids back in forth to an abusive man? Wow...get a grip on what the freak you are doing to not only society but to that family---why in the name of OPPRESSION is CPS allowed to sweep everything under the rug as if you are to blame yet YOU were the one attempting to explain truths.....
« SoulPatrol wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 09:59 AM »
Here's a related article involving children and some recent court rulings. The system has shot itself in the foot, thank god! Now, they have no legitimate grounds to harrass parents and must show clear-cut immediacy if they are to take action.

Like I said originally, where are kids going to go if they're removed from school?

Treating Children as Property
« l3l4510 wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 09:44 AM »
Since when has the business of education ever been concerned about improving learning muck?
« Muckraker wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 08:34 AM »
For of those of you interested in more on how crime is under-reported in the schools, channel 11 is doing a series on it involving some local school districts and I would agree with the other posters who are focussing on the policy change and the budget crisis as the reason for the rising truancy reports. If they had been really concerned about attendance rates, they would have enforced the policies when they had a balanced budget. Allowing the learning environment to degenerate hurts all children, not just the troubled ones.

This is all about increasing the state contribution. It would be nice to see a more consistent enforcement of this policy and a serious attempt to accurately report and then address the crime problems on the campuses. Agencies we pay taxes to should not engage in data manipulation just to advance their public image for the local real-estate community. It doesn't lead to authentic improvements.
« theSHADOW wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 07:49 AM »
I think it becomes all of our responsibility when a student disrupts the learning environment for the children trying to take advantage of the educational opportunity provided them. Following your logic they could eliminate any rules or their enforcement at school and since parents aren't at school I would think that would be foolish.
« JohnBernardBooks wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 07:43 AM »
you're right...I'm in the need of PC lessons....its never the parents fault and I should have done more.....hahaha
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 06:32 AM »
Point & Case:

5:54AM

Clarity to Summation

---------------------

Learning the "right way" of relating parenting skills new/old/otherwise never needs to be a humiliating experience. Empathy. Never abuse it. Use it wisely.
« JohnBernardBooks wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 06:31 AM »
another LEO lost his life Monday....Officer Abernathy was killed by a thug with 3 DWIs and at least 3 other felonies.....including rape and breaking and entering......just another badBoy breeder.....
« SoulPatrol wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 06:17 AM »
Yawn, good morning, yawn... zzzzzzz
« SoulPatrol wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 06:16 AM »
...Good morning everyone..... yawn....
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 05:55 AM »
Sweet Morning...by the way =-)
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 05:54 AM »
"It's not my responsibility to see that Badboy the breeder's kids learns manners and the rules of society."

Then please explain the empathy factor, once you kindly relate it to the "Constable's Rules of Law" In refering educationally, let's discuss why they allow every parent the right to know the proper and safe way to fasten seatbelts? There is a "wrong way" yanno?
« JohnBernardBooks wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 05:02 AM »
so the fact that I don't have small kids makes me blind?..Funny how some want to veiw life through blinders....I'd say having ALREADY raised my kids makes me more equipped/experienced than someone who hasn't walked in my shoes.

Parenting is the parents responsibility....not the neighbors, schools or polices's....

now let the hate spew.
« JohnBernardBooks wrote on Tuesday, Dec 09 at 04:48 AM »
so a lack of parenting is FBISD's fault?.....how interesting....
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 09:49 PM »
Let's discuss adults and their screwy mentality to get up in others peoples business...no one but that family knows the realities but yet everyone MUST feel the right they OWN YOU? Not ...get a freakin life and at least be happy you are NOT caught in some crime that everyone wants to commit you to! In other words what if we all looked into your life with a MICROscope ..hmm...? What would we dare find...???? Ha that's the million dollar question.
« getreal55 wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 09:40 PM »
Isnt it a darn shame that John is such a blind idiot...

Still in the habit of blaming the DEMS for all of your Republican problems right John Boy ????
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 09:39 PM »
Deep throat that.....
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 09:36 PM »
John you have no young children...if we are to believe anything from your mouth......
« LHS_Graduate wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 09:35 PM »
CP Freakn S? The thugs of society have spoken...meaningless hype...read the latest in the chronicle if you dare to speak truths
« l3l4510 wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 09:18 PM »
What does the democratically controlled congress have to do with this report, crime, truancy and an all republican school board?
« FactuallySpeaking wrote on Monday, Dec 08 at 09:16 PM »
Since 1985 by my watch, they have always been punitive as usual----they never think or use honey, always vinegar.

Anonymous said...

This is all about the money attendance numbers bring in. I would be willing to bet if an external audit check was done at the end of the year you would find that the district fudged on these numbers to the state.

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