The Texas department of transportation is conducting a survey to get our thoughts about what they should change on Mesa street.
This link will take you to the survey.
https://mesast.metroquest.com/
We deserve better
Brutus
Mesa street input for TXDOT
February 15, 2018
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Mayor takes a good stand
February 14, 2018Our mayor recently said in public that he is not endorsing any of the candidates running for office.
Good for him.
The other rule that our elected officials should use is that they do not give campaign money to other candidates.
We deserve better
Brutus
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Very Important People
February 13, 2018This slide came from a presentation made to city council:
Notice that the VIP Event will be for dignitaries and media only.
Many dictionaries define dignitary as “a person who holds a high rank or office”, in other words the government crowd.
I guess that tells us who they think is important.
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Brutus
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Elchuqueno.com puts it on the line
February 12, 2018Last week Mr. Richard Wright (elchuqueno.com) announced his candidacy for the office of city representative district 8.
This is a great opportunity for the voters.
Mr. Wright has been sharing his thoughts about what is going on in El Paso and Juarez for years.
This is the equivalent of him attending many hundreds of candidate forums. Simply read his past blog posts to learn how he thinks.
Here we have a candidate that has quite clearly gone on the record about many issues.
This is better than the normal candidate that hides behind “I believe in better government”.
This is better
Brutus
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EPISD–attendance rules
February 11, 2018A comment came through yesterday taking me to task:
Brutus really needs to research some of this before he throws this stuff out there. Blame and hold EPISD accountable for their issues, absolutely. To say it is EPISD’s fault on an issue due to state law change is irresponsible and reckless.
The law the commenter referred to changed the penalties and procedures that state allows when schools are handling truancy.
Our post was about absenteeism.
From Title 2, Subtitle E, Chapter 25 of the Texas Education Code:
Sec. 25.092. MINIMUM ATTENDANCE FOR CLASS CREDIT OR FINAL GRADE. (a) Except as provided by this section, a student in any grade level from kindergarten through grade 12 may not be given credit or a final grade for a class unless the student is in attendance for at least 90 percent of the days the class is offered.
This is the law that is in effect in Texas today. There are further provisions that allow for exceptions.
A school district designated as a district of innovation may wave the requirements of 25.092.
From the EPISD policy manual:
Trying to be more careful so that more of our readers understand the point, our original post was about absenteeism, the comment was about what can be done about it. Those are two different things.
The state law still requires 90% attendance in order to gain credit for the class.
EPISD has waived that requirement.
Classroom teachers have lost the ability to tell students that excessive absences may lead to the student not getting credit and the district is losing revenue because of increased absences.
We deserve better
Brutus
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