Uniform dress code debate divides ECISD community
ECISD parents and teachers vote 77 percent in May 1998 to support uniform requirements for junior highs Nimitz Bonham Bowie Ector Hood with mixed views on standardization. Some call for consistency across five schools while opponents urge flexibility and potential elections.
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Nimitz
Rhonda Espinoza
Espinoza
Alma Guerrero
Guerrero
Stacy Jones
Jones
Patty Edge
Edge
Permian High School
Steve) Brown
Permian
ECISD
Crockett Junior High
Bonham
Bowie
Ector
Hood
Sizemore
Carol Gregg
Gregg
Doyle Woodall
Woodall
Butch Foreman
Nimitz Junior High
Floy Hinson
Fuel Economy Rules Hit Light Trucks 2008 2011
The tighter mileage rules for light trucks slated 2008 through 2011 could save 10.7 billion gallons of fuel over their lifetimes, though impact remains modest against 2005 U.S. gasoline usage of about 140 billion gallons. Officials say average prices above 2.50 a gallon and demand for hybrids drive demand, with GM and Ford laying out cost cuts as they face market pressure.
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U.S
Bush
Transportation
Norman Y. Mineta
Baltimore
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Students protest immigration bill in Odessa
Fifteen year old Manuel Valenzuela led about a dozen students in a peaceful protest near 42nd Street and Andrews Highway over House Bill 4437. Police supervised the four hour event as students expressed pride in their Mexican heritage and First Amendment rights while facing school-authority limits on absence.
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Manuel Valenzuela
Manuel
United States
Career Center
42Nd Street
Andrews Highway
Odessa
House of Representatives
Senate
Ector County Coliseum
Rick Pippins
Ector County Independent School District
Mike Adkins
States crack down on illegal immigration amid policy debates
Arizona plans a border radar project and a wall funded at 50 million while New Hampshire would fine employers who hire unauthorized workers. Georgia considers local police checks. Washington and Illinois expand health care for poor families. Nebraska debates in state tuition for children of illegal immigrants and driver certificate access. 368 bills across 42 states target immigration this year.
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Arizona
Michael Fix
Migration Policy Institute
Washington, D.C
Congress
New Hampshire
Mexico
Georgia
Fix
Washington State
Illinois
New York
National Conference of State
Ann Morse
NCSL
Nebraska
Ray Aguilar
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Wendell Sollis
SSS One
Andrews Hwy
Emai Askus
Leslie Alexander
Adkins
Karyme Lujan
Karyme
Immigration
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