School Board approves cuts in Ector County district
The Ector County school board voted to cut 23 positions from a 2,640 employee pool, reducing salary expenditures by 337,187. Trustees Gomez and Clark dissented while Quisenberry urged approval. The board targeted 342 elementary teaching posts amid enrollment declines and resignations. 29 teachers have already left, with 52 more vacancies expected. The panel scheduled a follow up meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the board room.
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Ector County
John Quisenberry
Vickie Gomez
Bob Clark
Joe Starnes
10Th St
Florida Withholds Diplomas For Literacy Test Failures
Florida graduates faced a new rule as 1,300 of 86,000 seniors statewide will receive completion certificates instead of diplomas due to failing the literacy test in communications and arithmetic. The first completion certificates were handed at Milton High School as districts upheld the policy amid legal challenges.
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Milton, Fla
Florida
Milton High School
Florida Panhandle
Mark Cade Checks Lights at New Southside Baseball Field
Electric worker Mark Cade of 4330 N Grandview Ave inspects lighting at the new Southside Baseball Field within the Ector County Parks and Recreation Department system. Cade ensures proper illumination for evening play and safety.
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Mark Cade
Grandview Ave
Ector County Parks and Recreation Department
Cade
Gulf Coast Night Tornadoes Prove Deadly Across Texas
The Associated Press reports Gulf Coast tornadoes, often striking at night, have higher death tolls. In southeast Texas, eight people died overnight, including two in Harris County near Houston. Weather officials cite nocturnal timing and high humidity as factors aiding deadly twisters along the Gulf.
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Associated Press
Gulf Coast
Texas
Weather Service
Harris County
Houston
Harris
Fred Ostby
National
Kansas City
Ostby
National Weather Service
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf States
Reagan ties arms aid to preventing Latin America collapse
President Reagan urged anti Castro Cubans to push Congress to arm Central America to stop leftist insurgencies backed by the Soviet Cuban Nicaraguan axis. He warned of new colonialism in the Americas and vowed Cuba will be free, speaking at Little Havana after a Cuban lunch fit with a large crowd in Dade County.
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Associated Press
Miami
Reagan
Congress
Cuba
Hemisphere
Havana
Fidel Castro
Central America
Americas
St. Castro
Clever arrest by deputy marshal uses taxi to nab wanted driver
A San Antonio cab driver with several unpaid speeding tickets was lured to the federal courthouse by a deputy marshal. The man paid a $25 fine at Fort Sam Houston, then faced two more outstanding tickets in municipal court. A further check revealed another outstanding speeding ticket, which the driver paid.
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San Antonio
U.S
Fort Sam Houston
Federal
Mendoza
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ECISD
By Laura Stone
George Carr
Atlanta
Monahans Street
Castro
Maureen Santini
David Mendoza
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