Parents challenge SFDR CISD over school involvement
Elizabeth and Stephen Moynihan and other SFDR CISD parents urge greater parental involvement in student success. They reference counselor sessions and accessible teacher contact while urging use of a TEA guide on Parental Rights to empower families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Felipe del Rio Consolidated Independent School District
Stephen Moynihan
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Moynihan
Steven Allison
del Rio High School
Michelle
Christopher
Allison
Texas Education Agency
Tea
State
Texas
Board to remove doctorate requirement for superintendent
San Felipe Del Rio CISD board, by a 6-0-1 vote, approved a first reading to amend local superintendent qualifications removing the doctoral degree. The change awaits a second reading at the September 15 meeting. Interim SU Bobby Fernandez previously appointed, TEA allows substituting management experience for education. The district will consult the TASB in searching for a permanent superintendent.
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San Felipe del Rio Consolidated Independent
Board of Trustees
Yolanda Garza
Aquilino
Texas Education Agency
TEA
Garza
Board
Joey Garcia
Bobby Fernandez
Joseph Lopez
Texas Association of School Boards
Texas Democrats press for lifting sanctions in Senate clash
In Austin, 11 Texas Democratic lawmakers threatening legal action unless Republican sanctions against them and their staff are rescinded by 3 p.m. Tuesday. Fines began at 1000 a day, rising to 5000 a day. Democrats call it a poll tax and seek to resume work in the Senate.
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Austin
Texas Senate
Albuquerque
N.M
Rick Perry
David Dewhurst
Senate
Capitol
Dewhurst
Dave Beckwith
Beckwith
Todd Staples
Palestine
Texas State Senate
Sen
Leticia van de Putte
Assault charge against Polanco dismissed
Polanco, an officer with the San Felipe Del Rio district police, faced a misdemeanor assault charge from a July 2002 incident involving a woman named Rita Celedon. The case was dismissed at the request of Assistant County Attorney David Sorola, with Val Verde officials stating the action was based solely on merit and in the interest of justice.
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Gerald Lee Polanco
San Felipe del Rio Consolidated Independent School District
Polanco
Rita Celedon
Celedon
David Sorola
Val Verde
Ana Markowski Smith
Sorola
Val Verde County Court-At-Law
Richard Gutierrez
del Rio
Car bomb rocks U.N. building in Baghdad
A car bomb at the Canal Hotel housing the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad killed at least two people and wounded dozens, including the top U.N. official in Iraq. Hospital reports confirmed two Iraqi deaths and about 25 injuries as security forces responded.
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APTN
Canal Hotel
United Nations
Baghdad
U.N
Iraq
Sergio Vieira de Mello
U.S
al-Kindi
Munas Amer
Associated Press
Amy Abbott
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