ECISD Tightens Zero-Tolerance Policy For Assaults
ECISD trustees approved changes to the student code of conduct, expanding expulsion to any assault on a teacher or volunteer even off campus. The policy treats such incidents as school related if retaliation targets the staff member's ECISD affiliation. Trustee Bill Rutherford questioned due process before expulsion.
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ECISD
Ector County Independent School District
Bill Rutherford
Raymond Starnes
Ecisd School Board
ECISD board tightens student conduct and cell phone rules
The ECISD School Board discussed expanding expulsion criteria to include assaults on staff, with due process to be followed. Starnes described possible outcomes like reassignment to a disciplinary program. Trustees debated camera phones and agreed devices should stay in cars. schools would confiscate phones during class for a $15 fee.
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Starnes
Texas Association of School Boards
Officials push through school traffic task force ideas
City officials say several School Traffic Task Force recommendations have been or soon will be put in place. Right turn only restrictions at Grandview Avenue 37th Street and Bonham Avenue 42nd Street may appear next week. Officials will assess effectiveness and consider forced right turns with barriers if needed.
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Grandview Avenue
37Th Street
Bonham Avenue
42Nd Street
Matt Squyres
Richard Morton
Centennial School Reunion Plans In Alpine
Elidia Polanco helped organize a reunion for Centennial School alumni, with events Friday to Sunday on the Our Lady of Peace Church patio in Alpine. The former segregated school building, now owned by Sul Ross State University, will be dedicated as part of the gathering, which 700 to 800 attendees are expected to visit from across the region and country.
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Alpine
Elidia Polanco
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church
Sul Ross State University
Polanco
Centennial Reunion Weekend Highlights and History Front
Centennial Reunion events run Saturday with a registration 1 to 4 p.m. at Our Lady of Peace parish hall and a 4 to 6 p.m. dedication of Centennial School at 500 W Ave H Alpine. An 8 p.m. to midnight social and a 1 to 3 p.m. barbecue follow, with a farewell mass at noon. The piece recalls school integration before 1969 and stories of teachers Minerva Uranga and Charles Wade, plus alumni memories of B J Gallego and family ties to the school.
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Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church
W. Ave. H
Polanco
Minerva Uranga
Charles Wade
B.J. Gallego
Centennial
Federal trial date set for Healing Touch owners
Sharon Joyner and Kathy Sue Shrum, owners of The Healing Touch massage parlor at 3631 N Dixie Blvd in Midland, face federal charges including distributing cocaine in a school zone and possession with intent to distribute. The trial is scheduled for August 2. they were released on recognizance bonds after May 27 arrests.
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Midland
Healing Touch
Sharon Joyner
Kathy Sue Shrum
Joyner
Shrum
Hood
Midland US
Stephen Capelle
N. Dixie Blvd
Newspaper group holds 13th Texas Newspapers in Education conference
Thirty representatives from TEXAS newspapers along with attendees from New Mexico and Louisiana gathered at the MCM Eleganté for the opening day of the 13th annual TNIE conference. TNIE highlights sponsor donations to place newspapers in classrooms and support TAKS readiness. Odessa Mayor Melton proclaims TNIE day and praises newspapers as up to date living textbooks.
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Odessa
Patrick Canty
Texas Newspapers In
MCM Eleganté
Texas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Texas Newspapers In Education
TNIE
Texas Education Agency
Larry Melton
TME
Patricia Beakes-Collins
Ing
Collins
Melton
Buddy West
Kel Seliger
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Vrupoly
Cindera Neasy
Odessa Fire Department
Permian Basin
PBRPC
Midland International Airport
Planning Commission
Centennial School
By Ruth Friedberg Campbell
Gallego Avenue
Mark Sterkel
Elegante
Odessa American
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