Angelia Garcia

Lately in the news, the Dallas Independent School District has been reported on consistently. It started about a month ago when the Superintendant let the cat out of the bag and notified the School Board that they were in the hole for 84 million dollars. Supposedly Mr. Hinojosa did not know about the huge deficit in the budget and now he has called for layoffs to balance the budget. Originally, over 500 teachers were supposed to be laid off but the senior teachers took early retirements and other teachers were moved around. What brought about the deficit was the hiring of new teachers and the finance dept. not adding the salaries to the budget. Teachers lost their jobs, children were upset to see their teachers leaving and Mr. Hinojosa still has his job. He needs to resign because he is supposed to be the leader. Sound familiar?

Now today, the Lancaster ISD is going through the same situation. A budget shortfall has occurred as well but in this district, the teachers have agreed to give back half of their salary increases to keep layoffs from happening. The Superintendant is on administrative leave with pay.

This year is going to the dogs it seems.

Hi AR,

this evening as I was watching Fox 4 News, the first report was about a 10 year old boy that was struck by a Dallas Police Officer's vehicle, on the way to a call. The young man was killed when struck by the vehicle. Clarice Tinsley the anchorwoman, made the statement that the police cruiser's video was going to be shown completely and to look away if you did not want to view it. When I heard her make that comment I was in shock. If I was this boy's mother I would not want it shown. I just think that some things don't need to be shown all over the news. These news people will do anything for ratings.

Hi AR,

I know that most of you cannot, for geographical reasons, lend your support but those that can, please do. We need volunteers to start up our Keep Texas Beautiful program in Glenn Heights. We had a meeting last night to kick off the project but I was the only one that showed. The lady in charge and me were the only ones there. That is a shame. I am determined though to get this project up and going. There are other cities that are already implementing the program and are doing a great job. For more info or to familiarize yourself, go to KTB.org.

Thanks in advance.

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