Nine ECISD staff seek Odessa High principal post
Nine ECISD campus administrators, including two OHS assistant principals, applied for the Odessa High principal job. The board will meet at 7 p.m. to hear a recommendation from Superintendent Roy Benavides after a selection committee narrowed finalists.
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OHS
Ector County Independent School
Odessa High School
ECISD
Odessa American
Assis
Texas
Roy Benavides
N. Sam Houston Ave
Benavides
Wendell Sollis
Sollis
Mary Neff
Lola Diane Herrada
Larry Edwards
Sue Ferguson
Charles Nail
Applicants for ECISD posts list positions and degrees
A district provided roster shows applicants with current roles and locations, plus highest degrees and certifications. Phillip Harris is named as assistant principal in Wharton with a master's degree and superintendent certification. Some entries omit degree or certification.
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Phillip Harris
Wharton
Cat in the Hat visits YMCA day care for reading event
Children at the YMCA Central Day Care met a costumed Cat in the Hat and enjoyed photos and green eggs and ham. Tammy Senn and Sophie Samaniego praised the event as a fun way to promote reading for the 3 to 4 year olds.
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Dr. Suess
Cat In
YMCA
Lee
Tammy Senn
Ymca Central
Senn
Sophie Samaniego
Gabby Holguin
Secret Garden Gift Shop
Odessa
Central Day Care
E. University Blvd
Suess
First black women join Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Larentha H. Clay and her mother Laratha Marjorie Odom Clay become the first Black members of the DRT after genealogical research tracing their line to a Texas slave couple. Genealogist Jean Ann Ables Flatt aided the effort, linking their ancestry to Jim and Winnie Shankle and the Shankleville free community.
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Dallas
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Alamo
Larentha H. Clay
Laratha Marjorie Odom Clay
Beaumont
Texas
Republic
Larentha Clay
Jean Ann Ables-Flatt
Lareatha Clay
Ables-Flatt
Clay
Joseph Odom
Harriet Shankle
Jim
Winnie Shankle
Jim Shankle
Mississippi
Winnie
Abraham Lincoln
Galveston
Budget bill in limbo as Perry presses budget timeline
In Austin AP report Gov. Rick Perry's office warns time is running out on the state budget. Comptroller certification is needed to finalize the plan and avoid a potential special session. Strayhorn's decision remains uncertain as Perry's team pushes constitutional conditions and a quick resolution.
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Perry
Strayhorn
Texas
Seamene
Trayiorne
Waltsa
Caller ID shows lives of presidents and Mark Twain
Odessa, Texas reported a curious incident as 71 year old Marianna Niemann found names of living presidents and Mark Twain appearing on her caller ID this past Sunday. Neighbors filmed the display while Niemann reflected that the calls were not asking for money and she remains puzzled how the dates appeared.
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Odessa
Marianna Niemann
Mark Twain
Niemann
Kenneth Barnett
Barnett
George H. Bush
U.S
Abraham Lincoln
Harry S. Truman
Richard Nixon
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Cat IN the
Michael Matthews
Michael Holguin
Holguin
Random House
Gennadine
Chero Ramirez
Sitnore
Ramirez
Jennifer Edwards
Jillian
Edwards
Samaniego
N. County Road West
Cat In the Hat
Paul Zoeller
Daughters of
Republic of Texas
CaLuine
Mevianna Niemann
George H. W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Samuel Clemens
Tracy Floyd
Gary Payne
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