Comments on: Brett Shipp Gets Folks Fired Up Again

By: billy

billy — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:49:19 +0000

You see people its not that soc has done anything wrong which does’nt happen at other schools too. The problem is that Brett Shipp graduated from Highland Park. He lived in HP. His father worked at channel 8 so thats why he’s never questioned about his ethics.It’s personal because he’s working to destroy soc and make HP appear to be the real champions of basketball. Well guess what? I bet mr. shipp will never report steroid use at Highland Park among football players who have come and gone, then go back and take their championships. Don’t focus on the grade changes, focus on the under lying intent of whats really in question, and that is HP could not win in basketball and SOC did. This will not be the last of the story. If you noticed it comes up every year. I would not be supprized if it comes up again. What do you think?

By: jellowrestling

jellowrestling — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:48:53 +0000

A couple of the information points Eric Celeste made are either wrong or misleading. There is a state policy regarding dropping failing courses. The actual number of weeks depends on what type of schedule the school uses.

Also, grades are not routinely changed. Grades can be changed due to errors or because of make-up work due to absences, according to district policy. “Extra credit” doesn’t fit the bill (at least in terms of determing eligibility – the teacher can change the grade, but the student would still be ineligible).

By: Archer Newberry

Archer Newberry — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:28:09 +0000

Well, it appears that WFAA was right. SOC officially forfeited their state title today. Not so many holes now, eh?

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:29:55 +0000

As far as Shipp’s source for the illegally obtained documents it would not be the first time that he has knowingly used a convicted felon as a source if that proves to be the case. His ethics are highly questionable.

By: Webb

Webb — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:17:01 +0000

Brett Shipp a lowlife yellow journalist? Shipp needs to go back to his topless bar investigations (his forte) and leave DISD alone. He rode into WFAA on Bert Shipp’s coattails and has been an embarrasment ever since.

By: Jizz

Jizz — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:53:12 +0000

It is **** like this that creates more Michael Vicks.

It is called equality…..James Izzard

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:55:57 +0000

How about some scrutiny directed at Frisco ISD, the ‘hot’ school district which produces fewer National Merit Semi-finalists than some individual DISD schools?

By: Topham

Topham — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:17:06 +0000

These mini-Mike Wallaces are really a scourge. Their stories fail to provide any context that allows a viewer to come to his own conclusion about whatever “outrage” is being reported. Is allowing a student to play in February if he had a “D” on his report card in October a problem? Maybe, maybe not. Brett Shipp won’t provide enough information to let me decide. In fact, his story depends on obscuring information, which is exactly the opposite of good journalism. Bad as Brett Shipp is, Bennett Cunningham at Channel 11 even worse.

By: Uh So what if...

Uh So what if... — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:41:28 +0000

OK, here’s a thought. Let’s suppose he had failed…then he got kicked out of basketball and then he drops out and then he joins a gang or whatever stereotype you want to grab. Or let’s suppose the teacher did give him extra credit and pass him (his or her prerogative) and he goes on to play basketball at a junior college of which he would have never played for if he had failed. Hmmm…sometimes the no pass no play gets taken to the extreme. This boy obviously worked hard, or he’d never have been on a championship team. Oh, and about the documents, yeah, those are illegal to have if the student and parents didn’t give permission.

By: PSP

PSP — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:12:57 +0000

If Belo reporters were thorough and even-handed in their reporting of Dallas ISD, they wouldn’t have the headline stories to match their script.

Remember, they’ve reported on a $200,000 theft SIXTY-TWO times mostly on page one. When Dallas Achieves received $3 million in support from the business community, it was buried in Metro.