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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 2013

Page

6

City resident laments unsafe streets amid parking rule clash

City resident Collum, a single mother on Windsor Drive, criticized a new parking ordinance after two of her vehicles were totaled in street collisions. She cites frequent speeding and texting by drivers, recounts a 3:30 a.m. April crash, and urges caution over housing appearances. City Council allocated hotel motel tax funds to numerous groups, with several requests approved at varying levels including CAF headquarters relocation questions and grants to cultural and arts organizations.

Callum Windsor Drive Collum Commemorative Air Force CAF Roger T. McNeil Barbara Graff Black Cultural Council Convention and Visitors Bureau C&vs Friends of Ector Theatre Fiesta West Texas Odessa Productions Inc Junior of Odessa Main Street Odessa Odessa Council For Arts and Humanities Odessa Council For the Arts Odessa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Odessa Hispanic Chamber Odessa Jackalopes Parks Department Ratliff Ranch Starbright Village Permian Basin SandHills

Odessa schools face high fail rates on end-of-course exams

About 950 students and 35 teachers work to improve as testing runs to July 17. Odessa High School leads in retakes with 581 English II writing failures and 324 English II reading, surpassing Permian. New Tech Odessa sees 14 percent fail English II writing and 8.5 percent in reading. Junior highs report 237 Ector students failed English I reading and 329 English I writing. District wide 701 failed biology and only two failed U.S. history.

Odessa High School OHS Permian New Tech Odessa Ector

ECISD Summer Programs Highlight Broad Student Teacher Ratios

The district details summer offerings across preK to 12th grade with numerous teacher allocations. Programs include bilingual, SSI, TAKS and STAAR support, AVID, migrant and special education extended year services, and Camp Scholars in Progress serving gifted and general cohorts.

ECISD Youth Center AVID Odessa College

Midland weighs CAF move amid funding questions

Midland officials issued a statement Friday amid questions about the CAF plan to relocate its headquarters and the impact on TxDOT funding for the World War II hangar that housed the B-29. City and museum leaders will discuss possible outcomes at a future City Council meeting, while Rep. Craddick urged funding remain with Midland.

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