School board debates stimulus report and legal review
Parent Jeff Russell expressed disappointment after a board meeting as officials discussed reporting requirements and potential stimulus strings. A request for a legal examination of the strings was made by Beatty but failed to advance, with Assistant Superintendent Wendy Hines noted in the discussion.
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Jeff Russell
Comittee
Beatty
District moves to expand Title I interventions with stimulus funds
The district outlines a plan to hire 23 student interventionists and add two social workers aimed at at risk students, funded by $4.4 million stimulus money with $748,000 for interventionists and $500,000 for 10 teacher coaches. Two more coaches may be funded by stimulus. other funds could preserve positions if stimulus ends. Trustees also approve two student transfer requests.
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Clay
Hays
Carolyn Gonzalez
Grass fire near Notrees burns about 150 acres
A grass fire west of Notrees near the Winkler County line burned roughly 150 acres after a downed electrical line. No structures were damaged and no injuries reported as local fire crews and single-engine air tankers fought the blaze. By Tuesday evening it was 90 percent contained with efforts shifting to containment and burnout.
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Notrees
Winkler
West Odessa
Jimmy Ellis
Texas Forest Service
Winkler County
Ellis
Fire damages shed during garage sale plans in Odessa
Doraima Olivas and her mother planned a garage sale but the shed storing clothes caught fire Tuesday morning. They tried to fight it with a hose as firefighters were called. No injuries reported though the family may be uninsured. Also included is a list of felony crime reports from local police with several incidents on University Boulevard South Grant Avenue and North Dixie Boulevard.
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Doraima Olivas
Olivas
9-1-1
Rene Olivas
Doraima
Odessa
University Boulevard
Multiple local thefts and property crimes reported
A series of incidents from Friday to Monday includes a storage unit break in on Orchard Drive with $10 damage and unknown property taken between 6 30 p m and 6 43 p m. A home entry on Patterson Avenue involved theft of a grass clipper worth 62. Additional reports include door damage on Tanglewood Lane, jewelry and stereo theft totaling 1500, and vehicle thefts of Ford F 150 pickups on Clements Street East Murphy Street and Oakwood Drive. Debit card abuse on Esmond Drive and a March 2 Forgery at H E B on 42nd Street are noted.
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Orchard Drive
Odessa
Patterson Avenue
Tanglewood Lane
Murphy Street
San Antonio
Oakwood Drive
Esmond Drive
Federal jury convicts ex guard in Pecos smuggling case
A Midland federal jury convicted 21 year old Jacob C. Guzman of Pecos a former prison guard of accepting bribes attempting destruction of evidence and smuggling contraband to inmates at the Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos The GEO Group Inc owns the facility and sentencing is set for August 29 with a possible 15 year term.
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Midland
Jacob C. Guzman
Pecos
Reeves County Detention Center
Boca Raton
Fla
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