Wellman ISD Profile Shows Programs and Facilities
The Wellman Independent School District outlines grade level offerings at Wellman Junior High and Wellman High School. It notes staff stability, a recognized PE program, aging facilities with a 1953 high school building, and a 1984 science lab upgrade funded by a bond issue. Financials show a 1984-85 tax base of $420.8 million and a budget of $1.52 million with a $401,755 fund balance.
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Wellman Junior High
Wellman High School
Wellman Isd
Texas
Meadow I.S.D
Meadow Independent School
Meadow Independent School District
Texas Education Agency
City and BISD clash over school project supervision incident
Council members, led by McGowan, discuss a heated dispute at a school site where electrician Ricky Joplin claims only material delivery responsibility. BISD Superintendent Hendley defends legal supervision by a master electrician as city officials seek clarity and consider a special session. The district says school workers were supervised and not wiring directly.
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Ricky Joplin
Joplin
McGowan
Fletcher
Bisd School Board
Rusty Andrews
Hendley
BISD
Elrod
Burglary Reports Prompt Brownfield Reward Offer
The Brownfield Crime Line Information Inc. posts a $300 reward for information leading to arrests in multiple burglaries. Targets include Alco Discount Store at 1311 Tahoka Road between December 2 and December 3, 1985 with thefts of watches, cartridges, and a stereo. Also sought are burglars of a residence at 511 West Canyon, a 1982 Datsun pickup at 518 Old Lamesa Road, and a 1985 Ford Bronco with various items stolen.
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Brownfield Crime Line Information Inc
Alco Discount
Tahoka Road
West Canyon
Taken
Old
Lamesa Road
Moses Parts Red Sea Report Satirizes Deliberations
A tongue in cheek tale frames Moses and a diverse team including an accountant, an engineer, a politician and a public relations expert debating the Red Sea miracle. Each expert argues obstacles, from cash flow to international boundaries, ending with a PR promise for two pages in the Old Testament.
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Moses
Red Sea
Brownfield City Council acts on roads land and honors locals
Brownfield Texas council approves making Cactus Lane near Oak Grove Elementary a one way street, funds defense for Police Chief Churchwell, and considers land offers of 100 acres at 1200 per acre and 160 acres at 1250 per acre to aid wastewater runoff. Council honors Hardin and Small for townsite work and reviews a voting rights study.
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Hendley
J.T. Churchwell
Cactus Lane
Oak Grove Elementary School
McGowan
Churchwell
Texas Department of Corrections
Mitchell Flache
Phil Addison
Flache
Graham Swain
Fletcher
Joe Burleson
Terry County Sesquicentennial Committee
Hardin
Small
Broadway
Main
Hardin and Small
Mark Turnbough
City council deliberates redistricting plans amid court case
A public hearing is set for December 19 as the council weighs three voting plans with at large seats and district elections. plaintiffs seek cooperation from the city and plan two would put districts two and three plus one at large and the mayor in upcoming elections. Attorney Kelly Moore says cooperation so far is good.
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Justice Department
Turnbaugh
Kelly Moore
School Performance Report Shows Declining Fails and Rising Honors
Over six weeks, high school fails dropped from 200 to 130 and middle school from 243 to 201. BHS failing one or more subjects fell from 32.5 to 21.6 percent, BMS from 37 to 30.9. 26.9 percent of BHS students earned second six weeks honor roll. Board reviewed Discipline Management Plan, superintendent evaluations, and community surveys on dances. Administrators present included Lusk, Johnson, Paris, Baldwin, Osborn, Young, Hudson, Pendergrass, Hamm, and Moss.
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BHS
Jerold Baldwin
Steve Osborn
Delton Young
Lynn Hudson
James Pendergrass
Scott Hamm
Bobby Moss
Raymond Lusk
Marcille Johnson
Don Paris
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Brownfield News
Elemen
Tary
Santa
P.O. Box
Brownfield
Wellman
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