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Sharpstown

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    HISD Awards $35 Million to Schools for Student Achievements

    The Houston Independent School District on Tuesday handed out awards to teachers for student high scores on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test. The ASPIRE Award program is part of an ongoing effort to reward teachers for the success of their students. According to an HISD pres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Anne Lynn Montgomery: Teacher Had Two Children With Student

    Anne Lynn Montgomery: Two children fathered by a student.​It's bad enough to be a teacher having an affair with a student. It's worse when you have two babies via the affair. But for Anne Lynn Montgomery, the coup de grace is that no one in law enforcement would have known about it all -- unt ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2011

    Broken Promises

    Readers recount problems with DFPS

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    HISD Lesson for Today: Tutoring Works, Now What Do We Do?

    Margaret DowningTerry Grier stays on TAKS. ​It was a masterful performance. At the start of his press conference Thursday in which he announced gains in math and science student test scores, Houston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier announced that "We're not going to talk about accountability rat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Pools And Community Centers Come Under Parker's Budget Ax

    Pool's closed today, and all summer​Eight swimming pool pools and seven community centers won't open this summer and about 750 city employees will be laid off under the new budget proposed by Mayor Annise Parker today.The fire and police departments avoided layoffs. "Developing this budget h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Our San Jacinto Quiz, Including Silk Underwear, Syphilis and Dennis Quaid

    Good thing he wasn't named Sam Schnackenpfefferhausen​Today marks the 175th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, the glorious day when a ragtag Texan army surprised a siesta-enjoying Mexican force and won independence for the Lone Star State. The battle, fought near present-day Refinery ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Michael Bill: Gets Caught Printing Homemade Child Porn at a Walmart

    Walmart is not the place to go to print out child porn.​If what court documents say is true, Michael Bill is one cheap sicko. He took pictures of a relative having sex with an underage girl, thus qualifying for the sicko part (although he added to his credentials, as you'll see). He then was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Apollo 20 Pluses and Minuses at Mid-Year

    Photo by Margaret DowningApollo 20 in action at Ryan Middle School​During Saturday's tutoring session for 6th to 8th graders at Ryan Middle School, students were first asked to fill out a multiplication grid table going from 1 times 1 on up. Claudia J. "Coach" Sylvester told them it was "not c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Terry Grier Wants To Know Why "The Legislature Has Started To Play School-Board Member" With Summer Vacations

    Photo by Margaret DowningHouston's apparently not a tourist city to Grier​It was time for another media roundtable Tuesday and Houston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier, a still somewhat recent arrival to the great state of Texas, started musing about why the state legislature involves itself in sett ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    In HISD There Are No Unsatisfactory Teachers; Surprise: We Live in Lake Woebegone

    Only 3.4 percent of HISD teachers are "below expectations" or "unsatisfactory"​"Of the 11 HISD schools rated 'Academically Unacceptable' by the Texas Education Agency in 2008-9, only two rated any teacher unsatisfactory" in any category of their evaluations. -- Source: HISD Human ResourcesIt was a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    HISD Trustees Give Grier a History Lesson

    Photo by Margaret Downing​Sounding 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 >>

  • News

    April 1, 2010

    Dogging the Dome

    An extensive investigation has uncovered secret plans for the Astrodome's future.

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Club's Landlord Blamed In Lawsuit For Gang Killing

    ​If a bunch of dudes get in a fight outside of a night club and one them kills another, is it the fault of the bar's landlord?That's essentially the question at hand in a lawsuit filed in Harris County District Court, claiming that poor security at the Kahlua Disco club near the Sharpstown mall he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Coast: Not a Beach, Not a Rapper... Just Damn Good Music

    COAST "I CAN'T COMPLAIN" MUSIC VIDEO from G Films on Vimeo Our mother once told us that whenever she went to the coast during life's crossroads, she felt closer to God. That's because people often take their problems to the coast, because whether they are conscious of it or not, they feel they are a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    Five Spot: Where's Johnny? For That Matter, Who's Johnny?

    Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. It's five videos and occasional cussing. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. ​We came up with a new game. It's called "Where's Johnny?" The premise is s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Aftermath: Mos Def at House of Blues

    Larami Culbertson​ 9:30 p.m.: Just walked in to see the place pretty well filled. Snoop is playing through the speaker system. If you walk into a venue and "Gin and Juice" is playing, you can take that as a sign that you're going to have a good time. Well, that or that a riot is going to break out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Houston 101: "Amarillo By Morning," One More Goddamn Time

    ​Houston 101 is taking a bit of a road trip today in honor of George Strait. Our sister blog Rocks Off is counting down the days until Strait returns here for a non-rodeo appearance, and it put us in mind of the first time we'd heard a Strait song -- at the trial over one of the Texas political wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Why Rename Hillcroft Only Once? A Modest Proposal

    View Larger MapThe proposal to rename the stretch of Hillcroft  that courses through the heart of Little Bombay is ginning up a surprising amount of aggro in the blogosphere. (Or is it a surprising amount of blogs in the aggrosphere -- sometimes it's hard to tell.)Under the headline "We'll give ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Papa Was a Rolling Stone: Songs for Father's Day

    Fathers often get a bad rap. Even though most Dads work every bit as hard as Mom for their families, they get overlooked very easily, because praise and thanks aren't supposed to matter to Dads, they're simply expected to act the way a Dad is supposed to. To help make up for the thanklessness so of ... More >>

  • News

    June 11, 2009

    The Recruit

    Places all over Houston want Trevor Falk and pitch the wonders of community life. He is 24 and has Down syndrome, which makes him a hot commodity for private group homes.

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    Sole of Houston: Airport Drive, The Finale (Including Unwanted Puke)

    And here is the final installment of David Beebe and John Lomax's 20-plus mile hike from Intercontinental Airport to Spanish Flowers restaurant. Part one is here and part two is here.David Beebe's accounts of the same hike are here and here.Airline's furthest reaches are lined by sprawling and run-d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    HISD Explores its Alternatives With CEP

    Next week's Houston Independent School District Board meeting coincides with its self-imposed January 15 deadline for whether it will continue to fork over $17 million a year to the private Community Education Partners for its two alternative schools here. CEP and HISD agreed to a contract extension ... More >>

  • Music

    December 25, 2008

    Robert Earl Keen

    Next week's Houston Independent School District Board meeting coincides with its self-imposed January 15 deadline for whether it will continue to fork over $17 million a year to the private Community Education Partners for its two alternative schools here. CEP and HISD agreed to a contract extension ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2008

    U23D Marq-E = OK

    Next week's Houston Independent School District Board meeting coincides with its self-imposed January 15 deadline for whether it will continue to fork over $17 million a year to the private Community Education Partners for its two alternative schools here. CEP and HISD agreed to a contract extension ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2008

    The Seoul of Houston: The Weather Was Not the Strong Point on Long Point

    Next week's Houston Independent School District Board meeting coincides with its self-imposed January 15 deadline for whether it will continue to fork over $17 million a year to the private Community Education Partners for its two alternative schools here. CEP and HISD agreed to a contract extension ... More >>

  • Music

    July 27, 2006

    Mr. Renfrow Risin'

    A fresh coffeehouse and some familiar radio voices shine new light on the Houston scene

  • Music

    June 29, 2006

    Chillin' with tha Eskimoz

    We have a Whatachat with the guys behind the fast-food rap video

  • Music

    December 29, 2005

    Farewell to the Twenty Nickel

    Looking back on the '05 and dreaming in the '06

  • Music

    October 27, 2005

    Walk Away, Walk Away

    And we will follow as local music figures recall tales of U2

  • Music

    September 1, 2005

    Banging with Bang! Bang!

    Chicago's rumpy-pumpiest punks dispense the Dan Savage-style advice

  • News

    June 30, 2005

    Letters

    Chicago's rumpy-pumpiest punks dispense the Dan Savage-style advice

  • Culture

    May 26, 2005

    We Know What You Should Do This Summer

    Your guide to beaches, water parks, day trips, festivals and more

  • Music

    May 5, 2005

    Mouth of the Dirty South

    The Geto Boys showed the nation hip-hop with real staying power

  • Dining

    March 31, 2005

    The Seoul of Sharpstown

    Broaden your horizons at Houston's most eclectic Korean eatery

  • Music

    September 16, 2004

    Mystery Bopping

    Racket searches for the hoppingest grocery store in town

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    Young Loves

    Tom Zaratti was just a lawyer of modest means, looking out for his boy. Then the revelations began.

  • Calendar

    October 2, 2003

    King of the Roads

    A Houston author tells how our traffic got jammed

  • Music

    October 17, 2002

    Buenos Aires Virus

    Continental Club dweller Glover Gill would sooner starve to death than give up playing tango. Not that guys who back Pavarotti and score Hollywood films waste away that often.

  • News

    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?

  • News

    June 22, 2000

    Letters 06-22-2000

    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?

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    Hell Just Froze Over

    Houston's first female hockey team gives new meaning to the term "body check"

  • Dining

    December 30, 1999

    Hong Kong Ahead

    Third-generation chef Hoi Fung channels his homeland into his namesake kitchen

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    District ZZZZs Triumph

    Hordes of city candidates block-walk, while voters sleepwalk

  • News

    July 3, 1997

    The Insider

    Hordes of city candidates block-walk, while voters sleepwalk

  • Calendar

    November 28, 1996

    Press Picks

    Hordes of city candidates block-walk, while voters sleepwalk

  • Music

    September 12, 1996

    Rotation

    Hordes of city candidates block-walk, while voters sleepwalk

  • News

    February 29, 1996

    Letters

    Hordes of city candidates block-walk, while voters sleepwalk

  • Calendar

    December 22, 1994

    Press Picks

    Hordes of city candidates block-walk, while voters sleepwalk

  • News

    December 30, 1993

    On the edge in Edge City

    Brad Tyer finds fun, more fun and big fun on the Richmond Strip

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