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May 31, 2001
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?
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December 18, 2008
Backlash Upon Backlash Upon Backlash
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February 2, 1995
Fine Times On Catfish Row
HGO revives, and reinvents, a pleasing Porgy and Bess
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March 6, 2003
A Paige from the Past?
A lawsuit accuses HISD's former chief and a trustee of influence-peddling
News
October 25, 2001
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
News
August 23, 2001
Letting Go
HISD settles with parents over CEP punishments
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January 21, 2010
HISD Mulls How to Best Save Its Schools, And Ex-Board President Larry Marshall Still Tries To Run Meetings
Photo by Margaret DowningHISD Superintendent Terry GrierIn a district where eight of its high schools and 11 of its middle schools don't even have a school counselor, the Houston Independent School District trustees got together for an agenda meeting early Thursday morning to talk "transformatio ... More >>
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February 12, 2010
HISD Rejects Another New Source of Revenue, For Now
Photo courtesy HISDIs the Houston ISD Police Department about to expand its drug interdiction efforts to include the seizure of teachers' and students' cars and trucks? No, HISD has no plans for that, a laughing district spokesman Norm Uhl said this morning. Last night the board approved two m ... More >>
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March 18, 2010
Hair Balls: $10K Down The Drain
Plus: HISD May Say Good-bye to CEP
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March 25, 2010
HISD Employs Shazam-You're-a-Magnet Strategy In Effort To Save Schools
Photo by Margaret DowningUnder a proposal unveiled today by Superintendent Terry Grier and his staff, Jones High School, for years now one of the most academically troubled schools in the Houston school district, will be turned into a science, technology, engineering and math magnet with a specia ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
HISD's Very Own Blackboard Jungle
Fondren Middle School is "a blackboard jungle. The efforts that are required there are Herculean...The kids at Fondren have to learn how to come to school and where the school is located."Trustee Larry Marshall, not known for mincing words when he considers something unacceptable (famous Larr ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
Long, Loud And Raw Houston School Board Meeting Leaves Few Happy
It wasn't quite like this at last night's HISD board meeting, but it was closeIn a lengthy and tumultuous school board meeting Thursday night, trustees voted 8-1 to fire Principal Mable Caleb and five other administrators and teachers from the Key/Kashmere mess, approved another 170 employe ... More >>
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April 15, 2010
Pop Tarts Buh Bye (Yes!) But What About Those Jews and Muslim Kids Who Don't Eat Pork?
Pop Tarts are exiting the Houston ISD breakfast program. As Hair Balls detailed a month ago, union leader Orell Fitzsimmons attacked the district's use of Pop Tarts and other surgary, processed foods in its breakfast program at a board meeting -- and apparently made some headway.This morning, fo ... More >>
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April 16, 2010
HISD Trustees Give Grier a History Lesson
Photo by Margaret DowningSounding a bit like a past-the-honeymoon-stage couple whose partners are starting to feel misunderstood and underappreciated, Superintendent Terry Grier and the Houston ISD trustees got through Thursday's board workshop with a patina of camaraderie, occasionally interrupt ... More >>
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May 20, 2010
Terry Grier Can't Find A Workable Alternative to CEP
Photo by Margaret DowningCEP survives another day, even under GrierThere will be trims. There will be millions of dollars in savings. There will be new initiatives and new monitoring, but the bottom line is: Community Education Partners will continue to operate its two alternative schools in Hou ... More >>
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June 11, 2010
HISD Renews CEP, Few Questions Asked
ApprovedHouston school board trustees voted 6-1Thursday to renew HISD's contract with Community Education Partners. The roughly $14 million contract with the Nashville-based alternative schooling program for at-risk students had received harsh criticism from the League of United Latin ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
Only 15 Percent Of HISD 9th-Graders End Up With A College Degree
No college degree for 85 percent of HISD 9th-graders?About 15 percent of Houston Independent School District ninth graders will get a college degree.That stark news was delivered at the board of trustees early morning workshop today to the six board members in attendance (Anna Eastman, Diana Davi ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
No Raises For HISD Employees
That paycheck ain't changing next yearThere won't be any raises for employees of the Houston ISD the next school year.Houston ISD trustees adopted a 2010-11 budget totaling $1.613 billion Thursday night that Chief Financial Officer Melinda Garrett termed a "survival" budget, adding th ... More >>
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July 28, 2010
HISD's E-Rate Report is Out, Some Mysteries Remain
Tickets, trips, gifts to HISD board membersIt's debatable what's more amazing when reading over the Bracewell & Giuliani law firm's report on ethical violations in the so-called E-rate program by Houston ISD employees and their too-tempting IT vendors -- the stuff they can verify or the alleg ... More >>
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August 13, 2010
HISD Trustees Go For Guinness World Record in the Long-Winded Meetings Category
HISD: Lots of talk, no actionIf Houston ISD trustees really want to fulfill their promise of transparency, they need to start getting to the point a lot quicker in their meetings -- so that when they have something important to debate, more people are still there to hear it.Last night's meeting w ... More >>
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August 16, 2010
Diana Davila's Vacated HISD Board Seat -- Let the Games Continue!
Come one, come allInviting all comers who live in District VIII of the Houston ISD. Anyone who ever wanted to be a school board member is invited over to Furr High School, 520 Mercury, 77013 at 11 a.m. this Tuesday to pitch themselves and their ideas as to why they'd be the best person to replace ... More >>
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August 17, 2010
Principal Bertie Simmons Gets Her School Fixed Up (a Little), Furr Forum Hosts Trustee Candidates
You, too, can be an HISD board member. MaybeA spiffed-up Furr High School played host to the District VIII school board candidates forum at mid-day today, as community members and some trustees got a chance to assess who might be a good choice to replace Diana Davila.Some of the Furr High School ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
HISD Trustees Decide to Trust District VIII Voters, Call For Election
Trustees want you to get out there and vote for somebody.State Representative Armando Walle appeared before the Houston ISD school board today to argue that rather than an appointment, the trustees should vote for a called election this November to fill Diana Davila's unexpired term. "We don't ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
HISD Magnet Schools to Get the Once Over, Trustees Decide
Magnets, you are officially under reviewHouston ISD trustees decided to bravely step into the middle of a whole pile of poop passion today when they voted 7-0 to authorize the administration to hire an outside firm to do an audit of the district's magnet school system.The discussion began with a ... More >>
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September 6, 2010
Terry Grier Takes Aim at Cutting Beauty-School Classes at CLC
HISD has got `emAre classes in hair cuts and skin care -- especially if students are not actually going to pursue that as a career -- really the best use of a kid's high school years?Houston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier asked that question at last week's workshop agenda, focusing on the cosmeto ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Beauty School Dropouts
HISD might close cosmetology program.
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October 8, 2010
Magnet Schools in HISD -- The Passion, The Powder Keg
A magnet lottery can strike fear into heartsThe word "lottery" is not just anathema to Southern Baptists. Toss it into a room filled with ardent supporters of the magnet program in the Houston Independent School District and you get a two-hour discussion about good programs (okay, toss the ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
Lawrence Marshall Accused of Rigging HISD Bid Process, HISD Also Sued Under Federal RICO Statute
Photo courtesy HISDLawrence Marshall: Accused in suitUpdated: HISD responds; see end of story. No stranger to controversy, Houston ISD school trustee Lawrence Marshall was sued in federal court today, accused of replacing contractors who'd been selected through a bid process with one of his ... More >>
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January 11, 2011
HISD Trustees Wrestle With Their Magnet Report
A lot of questions about the future of HISD's magnet programIn a three-hour session Monday devoted to a review of a just-released report on what should be done about magnet schools in the Houston ISD, trustees discussed changing how kids are picked for magnet schools by next fall (Superintend ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
Texas Finances in Tatters, State Tells HISD It's "The New Normal"
Get used to itChief Financial Officer Melinda Garrett passed on the new buzz phrase coming out of the state capital at today's Houston ISD workshop session: "The New Normal," which is being used to explain that the current state budget crisis isn't a transitory thing but something that will b ... More >>
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February 11, 2011
Apollo 20 Picks Up 11 Elementaries, But Not Without a Fight
Board reluctantly endorses Grier's planIt took three sets of votes, but in the end Houston ISD trustees in a 5-4 vote gave Superintendent Terry Grier the go-ahead on his proposal to expand the Apollo 20 program to 11 elementary schools next year. The debate was long, with passionate argument ... More >>
News
February 17, 2011
Casualties of War
Parents who bought into the TAKS hype dealt blow at HISD meeting.
Blogs
February 24, 2011
Higher Taxes, Fewer Teachers: HISD Readies Itself for a Tough Sell
Margaret DowningTerry Grier and the board face tough financial decisionsHigher taxes, a sweeping change in bus times, a cut in the number of police officers in the schools and an end to special school adjustments that for the noted T.H. Rogers elementary and middle school alone would mean a l ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
HISD: Terry Grier -- Budget Crisis Detailed, 25 Magnets Proposed To Be Slashed
Terry Grier proposed some controversial changes to HISD last night.The Houston school district suggested sweeping changes to nearly every detail of its infrastructure last night in light of the budget crisis it faces, from cutting down the number of crossing guards that lead children to schoo ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
HISD Trustees Ask For More Data Before They Make Tough Decisions
HISD could use some of 50 Cent's cash.It was another lengthy trek through the budget for Houston ISD trustees this morning as board members considered good news - the shortfall from the state may be several million dollars less than first thought (but still a lot) - and not so great: employee ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
It's 'Big Girl, Big Boy Time,' HISD's Paula Harris Says
HISDPaula Harris gets tough with fellow board members.In a lengthy and sometimes tense board meeting that brought Houston ISD trustee Juliet Stipeche to tears, trustee Carol Mims Galloway to call for a tax increase and announce that all was not hunky dory with the board, and board President P ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
Redrawing Fiefdoms in Ye Olde HISD
Margaret DowningGene Locke walked HISD trustees through redistricting, Chapter 1The Hispanic population continues to boom, the Anglo drip-drip-drip away to suburbia continues, there's a small decline among African Americans in Houston ISD and the district's biggest gain percentage wise is in ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
HISD Trustees Prove They Can Go Hours Without Peeing
Margaret DowningTrustee Michael Lunceford and Superintendent Terry Grier wade through another marathon budget meetingHouston ISD board members resolutely stayed anchored at the board room table for hours Monday, picking through programs, considering projections (What if there's a 3.3 percent ... More >>
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May 19, 2011
Finances: No. 1 Cause of Marital Discord and HISD Trustee Testiness
HISD board starts sounding like the BickersonsHusbands and wives play this game all the time. They're short of money and need to put themselves on a stricter budget. They agree they can get by with the worldly goods they already have until better times. Resolute and united, they pause for a s ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Optimism 2011: HISD May Lose Less Than Expected in State Funds
Either still in the hole or way aheadCould the Houston ISD have cut too much? According to Chief Financial Officer Melinda Garrett today, the latest news from the state Legislature is that if the so-called Eissler (Rep. Rob Eissler, R-The Woodlands) amendment is adopted, the district may hav ... More >>
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June 7, 2011
At HISD, Where Teachers Are Worth Their Weight in Buses
HISD school buses: Available for hireAt the same time as the Houston ISD administration has proposed consolidating its bus routes to save an anticipated $1.2 million in transportation costs, it also wants to enter into a contract with KIPP and Yes Prep to transport their charter school studen ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
HISD Students and Parents Won't Have to Learn New Bus Times This Fall
Proposed schedule change goes boomIn what had to be something of a surprise to the Houston ISD administration, school board trustees in a 4-3 vote Thursday night turned down a plan that would have standardized and changed start and stop times at the district's schools two months from now. Su ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
HISD Trustees Pass Budget, Listen as Larry Says He's Not a Mooch, Anna Says She's Not a Basher and Paula Says I'm No Judas
Truth or Dare at HISD.Trustee Larry Marshall denied any conflicts of interest in his trip to Costa Rica no matter what the Houston Chronicle says. Anna Eastman said she isn't a "teacher basher" even though she knows some people think she is. And Board President Paula Harris saluted her friend ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
HISD: New STAAR Standardized Test Will Completely Change All Curriculum
HISD gets tested.Texas public schools are trading the standardized test they currently use, TAKS, for a brand-new test -- one that's much harder. Said Superintendent Terry Grier, "This is probably the biggest thing that's happened in Texas education in a long, long time." This morning, five ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
Anna Eastman: HISD Board May Be Losing the Public Trust
Anna Eastman calls for an audit.Acknowledging that "the public trust that we've had is really waning" and that "there's an appearance of impropriety," Houston ISD board trustee Anna Eastman said today she believes the district should have "a third party to audit our bidding and procurement pr ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
Most HISD Trustees Say Give the Money Back to the Schools Now
Disagreements about money and how to spend it.A majority of Houston ISD trustees meeting Monday afternoon said they want $18.5 million -- the amount of money they initially overcut from their budget -- to go back to the district's schools this fall with no restrictions on how principals shoul ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
HISD Trustees Say Power to the Principals
A "permanent" disagreementIn a 5-3 vote, Houston ISD trustees passed an amended motion Thursday night to return $18.5 million to principals for the 2011-12 school year with no strings attached -- but with an extra designation that the return of the money would be "permanent." Trustee Anna Ea ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
Was Larry Marshall's Campaign Treasurer Doing His Laundry?
Laundry dayA local construction company taken off the list of approved contractors for the Houston ISD has alleged in federal court that a rival company funneled kickback money to trustee Larry Marshall through his campaign treasurer in return for his support of that firm's work with the dist ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
HISD's Grier Scores a Semi-Win in Contract Extension, Three Trustees Search for Their Cojones
No need to express an opinion.Three abstentions? Really? You're voting on extending the contract of the man who works for you and you opt out? Decide not to have an opinion? Decide not to share your opinion? Certainly it's unlike any job review in the real world. Last night, as expected, fiv ... More >>
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