The El Paso Federation of Teachers sent out this mailer the other day:
I can understand their attack on her apparent lying but feel as though the picture was a cheap shot.
Isn’t it unfortunate that a teacher’s union had to spend money to get the word out?
We deserve better
Brutus
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A regular reader posted a comment the other day that deserves promotion.
S/he wrote:
BRUTUS: On page 9A of today’s El Paso TIMES, there is a short clip titled “Property tax bill clears Senate over backlash by big cities.”
This might be a TOPIC for tomorrow, since it’s an effort to CAP yearly property tax increases to 3.5% for cities and 2.5% for school districts.
Could not find this article on the TIMES website, but did find it at the Texas Tribune and other Texas newspaper websites.
Since some posters on your website have such galactic ‘shit fits’ over local taxes; it might be HELPFUL for those Texas legislators OUTSIDE El Paso pushing this bill, to hear from El Paso taxpayers who like the idea. Also let the Texas Governor and LT. Governor know.
Of course our local elected officials are ‘scared shitless’ over this initiative! Remember: “The squeaky wheel gets the grease.”
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The bill has different house and senate versions but has passed in the senate.
It was filed back in November of 2016. It appears as though it will be considered during this congressional session.
Hope springs eternal.
We deserve better
Brutus
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Here is the schedule for commencement exercises for the EPISD schools:
Will El Paso High be given the money that they are not spending over at UTEP?
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Brutus
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Unfortunately it does not look like the situation with the EPISD board of trustees is getting any better.
In the election for the district 7 representative we are now hearing that she may have been misstating her credentials.
Proving what she claims (10 years of teaching experience at EPISD and a degree from UTEP) should not be difficult but at the time this post was written she has failed to do so.
Particularly troubling is that she was not elected to her current position on the board but instead was chosen by the current board to fill a vacancy. We would have thought that the board would conduct a background check before they chose her.
In the district 6 race we have a candidate that might in fact reside in district 7. Once again the issue should be pretty easy to resolve but we have heard nothing.
We deserve better
Brutus
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This slide was part of a recent presentation at the El Paso Independent School District:
Are they in their own little world or what?
Maybe they are trying to save ink.
I for one don’t know whether kindergarten students not taking the DRA/EDL at BOY was a good thing or not.
Maybe writing in code is considered to be a skill at the district.
If so, maybe I should submit this as my application:
ABCD birds?
LMRNo birds
OSMR birds
MRJ birds
Thanks dad!
We deserve better
Brutus
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