Subject: Heather Browne

• Learning How to Survive (at) CEP

  HISD and a paid trustee get entangled in the spreading empire of a private firm touting safe alternative schools for troubled kids. So why are some students and parents so scared?

  May 31, 2001

• Backing Off

  HISD cuts $2 million from CEP's lucrative deal and adds more controls.

  November 8, 2001

• KBR Sued Again, This Time for Male-on-Male Sexual Harassment

  A new lawsuit adds an unusual dimension to all the claims of sexual deviance at Kellogg, Brown & Root. Gregory Thomas, a former KBR employee, is suing because he says that another male employee sexually harassed him in the office while working in Iraq, and that he was fired after complaining about the abuse. "On at least one occasion, [the male employee] rubbed his groin on [Thomas's] desk, and said, 'You know what I'm doing, I'm rubbing myself on your desk,'" claims the lawsuit, filed yes

  December 30, 2008

• Bash-Free Zone

  Is the Texas Book Festival protecting George W.?

  September 16, 2004

• Paige Boy Returns

  HISD's most aggressive marketer comes back to help

  July 24, 2003

• Jailhouse Shock

  Did a Channel 13 reporter sneak her way into an exclusive?

  May 29, 2003

• Money to Spin

  Budget woes don't affect HISD's PR department

  May 1, 2003

• Bend Over and Take One for the Team

  Surprise, surprise. The Little League has trounced T.H. Rogers.

  April 17, 2003

• PISD Plans to Quit CEP

  The district will follow Dallas in preparing to end contract alternative education

  February 27, 2003

• Million-Dollar Babies

  Some CEP students have been locked in for years

  June 27, 2002

• Anatomy of an Attempted Whitewash

  A popular HISD principal gets eased out the back door -- almost

  April 25, 2002

• The Great Divide

  Principal Lawrence Allen is a role model to some, an inept bumbler to others. Jones High School is split: Magnet-program parents versus the local community. It's up to Superintendent Kaye Stripling to make it right. Lucky her.

  March 7, 2002

• Trip Out

  Did an old feud foil a plan to treat HISD kids to Lord of the Rings?

  January 17, 2002

• Hail to the Chiefs

  Rod Paige searches for the perfect image, and CEP wiggles in even closer to the power source -- wherever it can find it

  October 25, 2001

• But Who's Counting?

  Thousands of students disappear from our schools yearly, but the TEA insists they're not dropouts

  October 18, 2001

• Letting Go

  HISD settles with parents over CEP punishments

  August 23, 2001

• Spaced Out

  Bellaire's solution to the student parking shortage: Ban every space

  July 19, 2001

• In This Together

  KTRK and the Chronicle contribute to an HISD campaign

  July 5, 2001

• Lost His Place, Lost in Space

  Jose dropped out and can't figure out a way to get back in. Neither can his mom. HISD is deep into a hands-off mode.

  June 7, 2001