Trial on education adequacy tests Texas districts
In Austin 46 plaintiff districts say they would need to spend between 510 million and 990 million more to provide an adequate education. About 300 districts sue Texas over funding tied to local property taxes, arguing it violates constitutional requirements for educating 4.3 million students. The expert used a professional judgment study to estimate costs while the state criticizes the method as unscientific.
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Austin
Texas
Jim Smith
Management, Analysis and Planning
Smith
Linda Helper
Academy opens new Baytown Christian building with growing pains
Students helped with the move to a sunlit new facility as construction continues. Principal Carolyn Gay Brock and fifth grade teacher Andrea Case praised the community effort and the school’s classical Christian program while awaiting completion of a gym, auditorium, and additional classrooms.
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Brock
Smith
Alliance Bible Church
Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg Road
Andrea Case
Baytown Christian Academy
Baytown Sun
Keri Mitchell
Sandra Hammons
Jason Burgess
Mont Belvieu road project to cost 3.7 million
Sedula said the plan adds a 2 inch hot mix overlay from FM 1409 to Loop 207 in Mont Belvieu with safety culvert work and a left turn lane at FM 565 and Eagle Drive. The $3.7 million budget is 20 percent state funded and 80 percent federal. Construction lasts 234 calendar days from this month to July 2005, with one lane open and possible delays. Angel Brothers is the general contractor.
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FM 1409
Loop 207
Mont Belvieu
Sedula
FM 565
Eagle Drive
Mont Belvien
Barbers Hill High School
Angel Brothers
Goose Creek weighs new elementary sites and capacity
Goose Creek district planners debate site options near Austin and Crockett elementary schools to house growth for 2008 demand of 759 additional students. They consider Eastpoint on Garth Road, Bowie replacement, and Crockett additions while balancing feeder patterns and a cap of 850 per elementary.
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Goose Creek
Austin and Crockett
Garth Road
Eastpoint
Crockett West
Austin North
Dolly Lundy
Service League
Baytown
Lundy
Austin
Frank Kelly
SHW Architects
Crockett
Bowie
Steve Fischer
Pete Alfaro
Marilyn Hunt
Diana Cox
Pumphrey Elementary School
West Town
Decker Drive
Harlem
Pumphrey
York
Kim Reel
Reel
Roseland Oaks
de Zavala
Gilbert Santana
Santana
City Charter Talks Focus On Pay, Term Limits and Open Hearings
Town residents debate paying council members 500 dollars monthly and the mayor 1000, while keeping four firefighters per engine. Discussions cover at large members, term lengths, recalls, closed sessions, and posting agendas online ahead of two hearings August 31 and September 14.
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Chris Christiansen
Joe Floyd
Carl Burg
Lee College
Anderson
Eichelberger
Calvin Mundinger
Christiansen
Burg
Ignacio Ramirez
Baytown
Robert Carr
Second Baptist Church
E. James Avenue
Our Easy of Guadalupe
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Castro
Associated Press
Academy
East Greenwood Road
West Chambers County
Texas Department of Transportation
Ken Fountain
WakMart Distribution Center
Chambers County
Reba Eichelberger
Marshall Hutton
Tom Carr
Firefighters’ Union
Harris County
Floyd
Aaron Smith
Margie Hartrick
Bung
Stateaw
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