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TEA did investigate and determine that a sub did in fact help one student.  There was no widespread cheating as reported in the news. The sub told the truth about what happened. There was a lawsuit involving Lambert and an assistant principal under her about her daughter being valedictorian --suit was dropped.

I partially disagree PNG. The protests are not student led, they are parent driven. In 1995 BISD was having problems passing state mandated test. That is not the issue right now. The issue is about financial responsibility. It is true that students are more informed now because of social media, but they are still students with the same interests. The amount of people that have attended BISD meetings since the indictments were handed out are pale in comparison to the amount that have attended since layoffs were announced. I sympathize with the teachers because they are the ones who have the most impact on our students. We should release more administrators, but that alone will not fix the problem. I applaud the students for exercising their rights, but it will not change a $25m deficit.   BISD could sell the Thomas center!

If the state takes over today, there still will be layoffs tomorrow. Stop wasting money and get on with it. Personally, I want every person on the board replaced because they allowed this to happen. None of them were doing their job. Everybody warned that no one would be happy if the state took over.   I just wonder where all this "community action" was in 1995 when the state was going to take over BISD because the students couldn't read. Everybody (me too) complained about Dr. Thomas' salary but I know he got his contract because the others turned down the job and they begged him to take it. He initially withdrew from consideration.

The Salvation Army Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange started a girls volleyball league. Check with them.

What age group?