Brownfield High shows TAAS math gains with one decline
February TAAS results for tenth graders at Brownfield High reveal math score gains in Hispanics, Anglos, Economically Disadvantaged, and All Students, with African-Americans down slightly. Writing and reading scores generally declined, linked to dropping the reading elective and combining alternative schools into district scores. The district expects TAAS rest results soon and notes future exit-level testing expands to five components in 2004.
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Blake Decker
Brownfield High School
BISD
Charles Harrison
Stu
Harrison
TAAS
Texas
State Board of Education
Jobe updates council on BP and L oil cleanup
Brownfield City Manager Eldon Jobe reports 14 usable monitoring wells at the Brownfield Power and Light Plant site after early wells proved unusable. Pilot tests begin around June 11 to map petroleum leakage radius, water-table drawdown, and needed recovery wells. The council also approves bids for pickups, a lift truck, a carryall, and roof work on municipal buildings. A called meeting is set for May 11 at 7:30 a.m. to canvass Saturday election results.
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Garry Peebles
Brownfield
Eldon Jobe
Brownfield Power and Light Plant
Brownfield Volunteer Fire Department
Jobe
Intermediate School celebrates Cinco de Mayo
Brownfield Intermediate School marked Cinco de Mayo with art sessions cooking classes and folkloric dance to celebrate cultural diversity. Fifth grade ESL leader Teresa Gonzales emphasized Texas neighbors and shared culture as reasons for the observance. Spanish teacher Elvira Fonseca noted Cinco de Mayo recalls Mexico's 1862 Puebla victory over French forces.
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Blake Decker
Brownfield Intermediate
Teresa Gonzales
Texas
Gonzales
She
BHS
Elvira Fonseca
Mexico
Puebla
Public hears plans for Court Residential Treatment Center move
More than 30 citizens and local officials attended a meeting about the CRTC plan to relocate to 613 E Bynum, formerly the West Texas Children's Centre, as of August 1. Director David Chasteen outlined the 11 year history, the 54 total beds with 14 for women, and the new women's program Helping Women Recover. He stressed no violence tolerance, a perimeter fence, and that most clients have drug or alcohol histories rather than serious criminal records.
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Blake Decker
Court
CRTC
E. Bynum
West Texas Children’s Centre
David Chasteen
Brownfield
Chasteen
Love Letter Virus Warns Of Global E-mail Worm
A columnist discusses the ILOVEYOU worm that swept Asia and spread via Outlook email globally. The piece notes how quickly networks can fail, shares anecdotes from Austin about rebooting and filtering, and warns of the disruption and costs caused by the outbreak.
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Austin
Don t Weaken Don t Weaken Virus and The Urgent Call to Hang Up
A column warns about computer viruses and the danger of online harm, contrasting hackers with electronic biohazards and urging readers to hang up on threatening calls. It recounts a Pennsylvania scam where a 90-year-old neighbor pursued a $10,000 check until police intervened, stressing not to engage strangers seeking money.
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Pennsylvania
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