Important Upcoming Dates:
July 13 Budget Workshop
July 13 Regular School Board Meeting
August 7 Special Education Summer Conference
August 10 Regular School Board Meeting
August 18 Summer Graduation
Recent media related news releases on the district (from several independent sources):
http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/06/12/38486
http://blogs.chron.com/fortbend/archives/2009/06/fbisd_rejects_c.html
http://www.fortbendweb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1148&Itemid=101#jreactions
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)