Escape School teaches safety skills for elementary on high alert
Baytown readers learn abduction prevention techniques at James Bowie Elementary. Madeleine Crespo of L A Crespo Funeral Directors led the program Escape Shool, sponsored by the Dignity Memorial network, tracing its origins to Polly Klaas’s 1993 abduction. Crespo urged children to think smart, stay calm, and seek help when danger looms.
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Baytown
Madeleine Crespo
Anthony
L.A. Crespo Funeral Directors
James Bowie
Dignity Memorial Fimeral Service Network
L.A. Crespo Is
Bob Stuber
California
Polly Klaas
Baytown weighs Baker Road sewer study and extension
Baytown plans a 10 year horizon for Baker Road to extend toward Crosby Cedar Bayou Road with sewer lines. TheBaytown Municipal Development District votes up to 25000 to hire an engineering firm to study viability. Extension would run from Main Street, curving northeast south of Crockett Elementary, mostly outside city limits. The current sewer grid cannot service the intersection and the eastern Baker segment. Developers holding the land pledge a 10 year window from survey start to build. Directors express concerns about the plan and timetable.
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Baytown
Baker
Crosby-Cedar Bayou
Main Street
Crockett Elementary
Barkaloo Road
Main
Baker Road
Bob Leiper
Leiper
Ronnie Allen
Flu cases rise at Goose Creek schools in Baytown area
In Goose Creek ISD the flu is not widespread but more staff and students are missing. Ashbel Smith Elementary reported five sick teachers in three weeks, De Zavala Elementary saw cases mid October with 25 students sent home this week, and Carver Hopper also noted high absences. Crosby schools in nearby Crosby High and middle schools reported 8 and 13 percent absences respectively.
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Baytown
Goose Creek
Ashbel Smith
Kathy Clausen
de Zavala
Carver Elementary
Hopper Primary
Tfhya
Houston
Clausen
Crosby High School
Crosby
State board eyes lower standards for teachers
Texas teacher groups oppose a proposal by the State Board for Educator Certification to create an exit program allowing anyone with a bachelor’s degree who passes a content test to teach grades eight through twelve. Board members cite a teacher shortage but teachers warn it degrades the profession.
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Texas
State Board For Educator Certification
Ron
Kettler
SEEC
Baytown
Bay Baytown campaign aims to boost local sales revenue
Baytown chamber launches the Bay Baytown campaign at Déja vu to lift city sales tax revenue and profit margins. The effort, supported by merchants, seeks reinvestment in the community, job support, and local charitable aid, with 2002 2003 revenue projected at $6.9 million and 16.9 percent of the city budget from sales taxes.
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Baytown
Chamber of Commerce
Tommy Hathaway
Lee College
Hathaway
Bay Baytown
Ellie Mahan
The
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