Comments on: Leading Off

By: sb

sb — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:36:18 +0000

I am disappointed in learning that 1/10 of the DISD transfers are teachers children and from out of district. Maybe this has something to do with enrollment falling. RISD won’t let East Dallas in their schools, why should they be allowed in DISD. (By the way I graduated from Richardson HS. It doesn’t have many of the barriers DISD does. To some extent, cannot be compared.

I also learned that at least one student from Spence got Accepted to Booker T., that not only had failing grades at the time of their audition, but were also a discipline problem. During the audition could not even do the required splits. This is a magnet school! BT teachers do tons of tutoring to get through TAKS. MAGNET…shouldn’t it say we deserve to be here cause we work harder, including ACADEMICS. After bringing up this situation, I am told they are looking into making a change. Situations like this are what seems to go around the criteria for others and turns other to Private. There are alot of good things beginning to happen, but it’s going to take another year. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL.

By: Eric Celeste

Eric Celeste — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:19:01 +0000

BTW, EDE: She was accepted to Booker T. (Wearing proud Dad hat.) And there are legitimate beefs with the way DISD has handled its audit and some large decisions. There’s also a lot of good work being done that is always ignored. That’s why we appear defensive.

By: Tey

Tey — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:12:30 +0000

Salad fingers has a bobblehead?

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:10:00 +0000

I’d love to see a life-sized Leppert bobblehead. You could hold a lot of hotel pillow mints in those mitts of his.

By: Wes Mantooth

Wes Mantooth — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:44:47 +0000

No problem, Louisa. Didn’t mean to blow out DISD’s candle to make RISD’s brighter! A rising tide lifts all boats. If I try hard, I might be able to squeeze in one more hoary bromide…

While the popular media largely looks for failure in the public schools (even KERA did a longish piece this morning about DISD po-po anticipating large-scale fights on campus the day school lets out at several DISD high schools), we’ve got to triumph when our public schools excel.

By: Louisa Meyer, Dallas ISD parent since 1993

Louisa Meyer, Dallas ISD parent since 1993 — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:48:16 +0000

Wes, Richardson ISD is indeed worthy of high praise. The reason we Dallas parents fall over each other to laud our schools is to counter Belo’s efforts to “take us down.”

Speaking of HEB, Charles Butt said, regarding media treatment of our public schools, “We must make the beating stop.”

Amen Brother Charles!

By: East Dallas Eccentric

East Dallas Eccentric — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:23:37 +0000

Well I think W.T. White and Hillcrest are good schools if you can’t go to Woodrow

Yes it’s idiotic what some people will pay for private schools. They don’t their own homework by crossing the threshold of their local public school to investigate. Now who is lacking there?

Besides the tuition money saved, many alums donate scholarships at our ’star in the east’. So it’s even more advantageous to avail yourself to the school.

Oh and your kids actually forge lifetime friendships with neighborhood kids instead of being transported to the transitory.

By: Wes Mantooth

Wes Mantooth — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:17:17 +0000

er, 2007 Excellence in Education Award. I didn’t attend RISD schools…

By: Wes Mantooth

Wes Mantooth — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:16:42 +0000

Huzzah, North Dallas! D hardly ever notes that the RISD is an excellent district. It won the 1007 HEB Excellence in Education Award for large districts in Texas — don’t recall that being mentioned in these parts. The RISD has the best bond ratings among public school districts in the state: Aa1 (Moody) and AA+ (S&P). So if you guys are going to promote excellence in education around here, RISD sure deserves more credit than you’ve been giving it. And certainly a ton more credit than DISD, despite the illuminating presence of D staffers in DISD schools.

Move out to the burbs where the education is pristine!

By: North Dallas Novelty

North Dallas Novelty — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:14:07 +0000

Say East Dallas Eccentric, It might be private school ya ya land up here but we have great public schools in North Dallas. They are exemplary, recognized and nationally ranked as well. Those of us who invest in our public schools still have tuition funds available for the great colleges our children attend.