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)

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Local Media Reporting On Student Sorting Being Conducted By The District In Preparation For The President's Education Speech--

Get the full story at:

9-8 Update: http://blogs.chron.com/fortbend/archives/2009/09/inspirational_o.html

Update 9-3: http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/09/03/40126#comment-3040

http://blogs.chron.com/fortbend/archives/2009/09/fbisd_gives_par.html (Houston Chronicle)

and

http://www.kissmybigbluebutt.com/#September2letter (local political blog)

--We will update this news as it happens....