Texas to swap TAAS with tougher TAKS tests
Fort Worth Star Telegram notes final TAAS ratings, a record 1,908 schools exemplary, as Texas prepares a new accountability system tied to the TAKS tests. It outlines Student Success Initiative, third grade reading requirements, later expansion, and high school completion standards, plus Fort Worth’s dropout data policy and 2001 achievements.
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Texas
United States
George W. Bush
Fort Worth
Texas Accountability
State Board of Education
Editorial board invites public discussion at Baytown Sun
The Baytown Sun invites community input with weekly 2 p.m. editorial board meetings on Wednesdays. Submit letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words with a writer photo, signed and dated, limited to one per month, subject to editor approval.
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Baytown Sun
David Bloom
Wanda Gamer Cash
Meredith Damell
Dee Anne Navarre
the Sun
The
Nen Sun
P.O. Box
Baytown
Letters on shelter cruelties and personal family worries
A reader laments animal shelter euthanasia methods as cruel and outdated and urges action to end the gas chamber. The letter weaves in personal notes about aging, a son starting junior high, and reflections on faith and guidance from Sunday School.
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Cheryl Hileman Baytown
Central parent replies to North League letter in Baytown Sun
A Baytown Central parent and board member recounts events from the North League tournament. He cites umpire ejections for obscene language by Baytown North members, asserts Central's success in brackets, and defends scheduling fairness. He accuses North League of intimidation, questions equipment charges, and criticizes concession staffing and past league splits.
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Baytown Sun
Baytown Central
Baytown North
North Leagues
Bay Area Homeless Services thanks musicians
Bay Area Homeless Services extends gratitude on behalf of the board, staff, and volunteers for musical entertainment at the shelter on Friday August 2. The event featured Riley Shoemaker Amanda Shoemaker Gina Watkins Shannon Watkins Amber Smith Nathan Edwards Nick Keith Edwards Huey Francis Shoemaker Lindsey Shoemaker Linda Walker and Mr and Mrs Watkins. The group led by Huey C Shoemaker coordinated the performance and is praised for initiative and hospitality.
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Bay Area
Riley Shoemaker
Amanda Shoemaker
Gina Watkins
Shannon Watkins
Amber Smith
Nathan Edwards
Nick Keith Edwards
Huey Francis Shoemaker
Lindsey Shoemaker
Linda Walker
Watkins
Huey C. Shoemaker
Twilight Years Go Fast
The excerpt reflects on aging and the fading sense of time. It discusses definitions of twilight from a dictionary, noting the diffuse light after sunset and the metaphorical sense of a late life period. The text hints at how time feels compressed as one approaches old age.
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Corey
Officials Baytown Chamber of Commerce and Hispanic Chamber
Local business groups in Baytown coordinate on commerce and Hispanic community outreach. Officials from the Baytown Chamber of Commerce and the Hispanic Chamber are listed with contact information to engage in joint economic development efforts.
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Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Hispanic Chamber of
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