GoBigNed!

I was told that they were flipping between Barbers Hill and Sam Houston State. 

I hope so, because that sounds MUCH better than the locations I heard they were supposed to be flipping between.

Was that the final score?

What about the 1000 elementary students who are currently in portable buildings due to overcrowding at the elementary schools? The main building at the high school will be gutted and reconfigured. I have seen some before and after pictures of other projects from the architects that will do the work at the high school, and it will look brand new.

The assistant principal positions at the elementary campuses are not not full-time administrative positions. The elementary assistant principals are also teachers. I don't know how the district will work that out, but I know they would not be out of a job completely. I do not know about the other positions.

Thanks for posting these links, brubaker! I enjoyed watching Bruney's response to the first question, so I made it a point to watch it again. ;D

Don't forget to watch Fox 4 News at 1:00 for the open forum on the NISD bond issue.

Don't take this the wrong way, but were these roofs leaking before or after the hurricanes? I have no idea.

I have read on here several times that our schools are ok, and our kids will be fine in the schools we have. Well, let me tell you what happened this week that you didn't see on the news or in the paper. This past Tuesday was the TAKS Math test, and several campuses across the district and state were testing students. For those of you who are not aware, the TAKS tests are a BIG deal. I could go into great detail about accountability, but I will spare you all of that. However, I will say that it is IMPERATIVE that the testing environment be one that promotes student success, which includes as few distractions as possible. On test day, I know that there was at least one classroom on two NISD elementary campuses where water was coming into the rooms due to rain. The water was coming into the classrooms while the students were taking their tests. Does that sound like a good testing environment? If I understood correctly, the children were not able to be moved to another room, thanks to overcrowding and everyone being spread out for testing. I think plastic was brought into one of the rooms. Can you honestly think there is no need for this bond? Those kids do all they can all year to learn, and we fail them on test day because we can't provide a decent testing environment for them. That's wrong. They deserve better than that, and we need to give that to them. I just built a house, and my taxes are going to REALLY jump, but it's worth it to me to provide that to the kids.

Fox 4 News will air an open forum discussion on the bond issue this Sunday, May 3 at 1:00pm. Tune in Sunday, and some of your questions may be answered.

Way to go Dogs!!

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