Odessa High looks to boost dropout recovery rates to 75 percent
Dropout coordinator Yolanda Carr says Odessa High is about 2 percent from TEA’s required 75 percent graduation rate and could meet it by locating a few more students. The district has reduced missing students from 336 to 156, with truancy court and door-knocking efforts helping locate dropouts at homes and workplaces.
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Yolanda
Carr
Odessa High
OSHS
TEA
OHS
Randolph
ECISD
District recruits dropouts to pass TAKS tests
Contact Student Assistance Services at 334-3728 for back into school information. The district aims to have students who met graduation requirements but missed TAKS sections retake tests this year. Ike prompted TEA to extend the dropout return deadline and the state deadline was extended to October 24 due to district closings. Randolph expects a truancy court session this fall. ON THE NET Student Assistance Services: http tinyurl com 3phrhc
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Carr
OHS
Randolph
Student Assistance Services
Texas Education Agency
TEA
Tinyurl.com
Pavilion to open ramp building for van in Odessa
A pavilion project in Odessa funded just before Acosta’s death opens with a red ribbon by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce. OC public information officer Cheri Dalton notes the funding, while Gregory Williams, Larry Melton, and Brian Dillie speak at the ceremony. Acosta’s adoptive parents James and Mary Lou Headlee attend, recalling the loss and meaning of the dedication.
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Rudy Acosta
Odessa College
Case
Cheri Dalton
Acosta
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Gregory Williams
Larry Melton
Brian Dillie
Dillie
James
Mary Lou Headlee
James Headlee
Odessa blotter reports multiple felony incidents
Police logged wide range crimes including aggravated assault on South Sam Houston Avenue, burglary of a storage building on West 25th Street, and thefts at Town and Country Drug. The incidents involved a shotgun threat, stolen ATV, stolen cash and debit card attempts, a handgun, and a 1984 Chevy C-10 theft, with blocks and times noted.
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Odessa
South
Sam Houston Avenue
West 25Th Street
Town and Country Drug
N. Grandview Ave
Magnolia Boulevard
Mesa Street
Aggressive bees exterminated at Lawndale oilfield truck
In Lawndale the swarm of 200 to 300 bees swarmed a work truck after a sugar lure. Lisa Bizzell reported the bees to Animal Control on Tuesday afternoon as they hovered under the toolbox. Delaney Pest Control exterminated them with insecticide powder, uncertain if honey or Africanized.
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Dublin Avenue
Lawndale
Lisa Bizzell
Animal Control
Bizzell
Michael
Michael Bizzell
Joe Barreraz
Charles Delaney
Delaney Pest Control
Delaney
Fort Stockton homicide suspect charged in fatal shooting
David Michael Myers, 30, arrested in Midland County for capital murder and unauthorized use of a vehicle in the Friday morning shooting of 25 year old Drew Aaron Slater. Slater found with multiple gunshot wounds at 1505 W Hornbeck Blvd. Myers held at Pecos County Jail on 500000 bond after being arrested Saturday following a red light stop in Midland.
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Fort Stockton
Midland County
David Michael Myers
Drew Aaron Slater
Juan Castro
Myers
Pecos County
Slater
W. Hornbeck Blvd
Pecos
Midland
Wink assault suspect arrested again in Wink burglary
Jojo Taylor, 33, of 414 N Rosey Dodd Ave, was arrested Monday night less than a day after posting a $40,000 bail for aggravated sexual assault deadly conduct and organized criminal conduct. The sheriff said bond on new charges and burglary location were unavailable.
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Wink
Kermit
Winkler County Sheriff’s Office
George Keely
Jojo Taylor
N. Rosey Dodd Ave
Keely
Taylor
Jason
Iceman” Vaught
Pam White
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