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.
​HISD is releasing some scattered statistics on how many parents sent in "opt-out" forms so their children could remain God-fearing Americans instead of becoming Communist by listening to a president tell them to stay in school.District spokesman Norm Uhl says no survey of the district's 300 or so campuses will be conducted, but he has gathered some anecdotal evidence."Opt-outs range from none at Carnegie Vanguard, Mading Elementary, Frost Elementary and Thomas Middle School to 300 opt-o