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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 2007
Page
4
Clifton E Clements is listed as Editor Publisher with Jim Finley retired as Managing Editor Doyle Barlow and Jay Eschbach among staff including David Pioom Jane Howard Lee and Keith Magee in assistant roles. The lineup outlines responsibilities across newsroom and sports desk.
The Baytown Sun editorial argues rezoning to REL and Sterling will not create segregation though it will shift student bodies. It notes Goose Creek is 46 percent Hispanic, 32 percent white, 20 percent Black, with 62 percent economically disadvantaged, and says proximity drives attendance. It defends feeder plans and urges balanced, equal education across zones.
In Baytown the rezoning debate centers on which high school students should attend. The writer argues proximity should drive lines, notes historic stigma labeling Lee High School as the ghetto school, and calls for realistic, balanced feeder patterns despite demographic challenges. The piece reflects community tension as Goose Creek CISD faces redraws and the three high schools’ distribution.
A compiled roster of U S government officials with titles and phone numbers including President George W Bush Vice President Dick Cheney Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Senator John Cornyn and Representatives Ted Poe Gene Green Ron Paul. Also includes district phone numbers and official websites for contact.
Publisher Clifton E. Clements and Sandy Denson lead Baytown Sun as publisher and business manager. Newsroom chief David Bloom oversees operations with Keith Magee as assistant editor and Doyle Barlow handling sports. Advertising and production staff include Angie Pagel and Raymond Jackson.
The Baytown Sun provides addresses and phone numbers for main newsroom retail and classifieds. It lists delivery expectations and a redelivery phone line for missed papers by 10 a.m. for Monday through Saturday and Sunday by 8 a.m. readers.
The Baytown Sun invites signed letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words. Include a non publishable address and phone number. Submissions may be edited or refused. Send to David Bloom at P O Box 90 Baytown 77522 or via fax or email.
A reader questions the school board’s rezoning agenda arguing the hired demographer advised prioritizing socio economic diversity but the board downplays it. They challenge projections of rising economically disadvantaged students across three high schools and claim housing growth near new zones skews demographics. The writer urges named officials to admit if poor students affect school performance and property values.
A reader urges Baytown Sun readers to consider others before calling Robert E. Lee High School "a lousy school" and to avoid division over education religion politics race and health. The letter cites community unity and quotes George Pope Morris on unity.
The letter complains about the rezoning issue being emotional and asks GCCISD to publish TAKS scores for REL RSS dropout rates and AP enrollment, plus the number of students taking minimum requirements courses. It argues feeder schools maintain continuity in athletics and fine arts and notes REL has enough freshmen to field a team while RSS often rejects many freshmen.
A Trailwood resident warns that Option 3F would rezone elementary pupils to Crockett rather than Austin, arguing Trailwood lies much closer to Austin and should stay in the nearest school. The note urges parents to review elementary and junior high rezoning amid high school zoning debates.
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