DISD trustee Ranger plans to fight term extensions
comments () In a sharply worded post on her blog, trustee Carla Ranger criticizes fellow board members for voting to extend board terms from three years to four at last week’s meeting. “Last week’s 7-2...
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comments ()What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Carla Ranger continues her fight against the trustee term extension vote. She’s got the AG looking into the matter. Also, Jack Lowe...
View ArticleDISD trustee Ranger wins Round 1…
comments () I just received a copy of TEA Commissioner Robert Scott’s request to the Texas attorney general asking him to offer an opinion on whether DISD trustees legally extended their terms from...
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comments ()What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Hinojosa got his review last night. We don’t know exactly what was said, but he did not get the usual perfunctory contract extension....
View ArticleDallas ISD Christmas Leftovers Dish
comments ()Everything but the figgy pudding … ** Seems the district is ending up on some folks’ Christmas lists. A … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleDistrict preparing PR push
comments ()I’m at the monthly board briefing this afternoon where Superintendent Hinojosa has unveiled his plans for a year-long effort to restore the public’s confidence in his leadership and the...
View ArticleFriday afternoon leftovers
comments () Yesterday’s monthly board briefing lasted nearly eight hours, and I got a notebook of items worth blogging. Early in the meeting, Superintendent Hinojosa spoke cryptically about a bit...
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comments ()Today’s buffet of hot district morsels … ** The feds could bail DISD out of its budget mess with a $201 million slice of the stimulus pie. Question: Why would giving money to schools...
View ArticleAG decision on trustee terms not likely before May elections
comments () A Texas attorney general ruling on whether DISD trustees legally extended their terms from three years to four likely won’t come before the May 9 elections. Some folks who opposed the...
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comments ()Today’s tray of hot district morsels … ** The SOC cage fights are all over the Interwebs. Too many links to post here, and almost all of it just rehashes our coverage anyway. But here’s the...
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comments ()Today’s tray of hot district morsels … ** Sampruce will become … magnets? ** DISD was one of visit site to read more]
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comments ()Today’s tray of hot district morsels … ** The Opinionaters discuss the future of Learning Centers. Carla Ranger, meanwhile, visit site to read more]
View ArticleRanger’s contract non-renewed at DCCCD
comments () DISD trustee Carla Ranger reports on her blog today that she was told yesterday that her contract with the Dallas County Community College District would not be renewed, effective Aug. 31,...
View ArticleCarla Ranger for board president?
comments ()That’s what many folks want, if a poll I started Monday is any indication. So far, Ranger is by far the top pick — of 363 votes cast, 78 percent want her to be the next board president. Jack...
View ArticleCarla Ranger still has job with Dallas County Community College District
comments ()DCCCD spokeswoman Ann Hatch said her new position is still being worked out, but Ranger will keep her current salary of around $90,000. Last month, Ranger reported that her contract with...
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comments ()Today’s tray of hot district morsels … ** It looks like trustee Ron Price’s proposal to name schools for President Barack Obama and Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor is running into some...
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comments ()Today’s tray of hot district morsels … ** DISD trustee Carla Ranger writes on her blog about discrepancies noted in an internal district audit for the Adult Basic Education program. (I’m...
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comments ()Today’s tray of hot district morsels … ** (Added item) U.T. Austin is ending its National Merit Scholar program. ** DISD trustee Carla Ranger says that “visit site to read more]
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comments ()Today’s tray of hot district morsels … ** (New item) The Arlington school district has decided not to send hundreds of students to an event featuring former President George W. Bush at …...
View ArticleTiming is everything. So, let’s talk about this DISD mailout…
comments () Is it really a good idea for DISD to send out mailers just days … [visit site to read more]
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comments ()Today’s tray of hot district morsels … ** (New item) DISD is among about two-dozen districts targeted by the ACLU of Texas and the United Sikhs to receive letters making them aware of Sikh...
View ArticleRanger criticizes some trustees over textbook flap
comments () DISD trustee Carla Ranger, known for making her criticisms known on her blog, has posted her … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleDid Hinojosa overstep his authority on West Dallas initiative?
comments () DISD trustee Carla Ranger takes Superintendent Michael Hinojosa to … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleTrustee Carla Ranger says a “succession plan” is needed as Hinojosa jets off...
comments () DISD trustee Carla Ranger writes on her blog … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleDISD board to decide on residency rule today
comments ()Dallas school trustees will decide today whether to allow high-level administrators to live outside the district’s boundaries. The proposed change would still require the superintendent to...
View ArticleDallas ISD trustee Carla Ranger says Michael Hinojosa should be removed now
comments ()Hours after Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa informed trustees that he would be the lone superintendent finalist to lead Cobb County Schools outside Atlanta, a DISD trustee is...
View ArticleDISD trustee Carla Ranger suggests board members violated open meetings law
comments () When Dallas ISD trustees broke the other day to hold discussions in private about the district’s interim superintendent, Carla Ranger did not join them. She sat outside, in the waiting room...
View ArticleDISD trustee Carla Ranger resigns from the DISD board
comments () Dallas ISD trustee Carla Ranger has posted to her blog that she is resigning from the school board. She apparently wants to leave as soon as a … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleWho should fill Carla Ranger’s District 6 seat?
comments ()By now you know that Dallas ISD trustee Carla Ranger resigned from the board on Friday. She has represented District 6 in southwest Dallas since June 2006. It is unclear why Ranger resigned,...
View ArticleDallas ISD special election for trustee Carla Ranger’s seat could cost DISD...
comments ()UPDATE | 3:45 p.m. Carla Ranger tells us that she no longer plans to resign. She cited the community support she got when she announced her plans to leave on Friday and the cost for Dallas...
View ArticleDISD trustee Carla Ranger says she will remain on the board
comments ()Dallas ISD trustee Carla Ranger now says she is not resigning from the school board. Ranger had sent a resignation letter to the district by e-mail and posted it on her blog on Friday. “I’m...
View ArticleTwo DISD trustees complain about Dallas NAACP leader in letter posted by...
comments ()Dallas ISD trustee Carla Ranger posted on her blog today a letter that board president Lew Blackburn and trustee Bernadette Nutall sent to the national NAACP to complain about Dallas NAACP...
View ArticleIs this Dallas ISD’s school consolidation plan?
comments ()Dallas ISD board member Carla Ranger has posted on her blog an interesting chart that shows schools the district appears to be considering to consolidate. We haven’t seen it before, and we...
View ArticleDISD trustee Carla Ranger questions mayor’s appearance at board workshop
comments () Dallas ISD trustee Carla Ranger is questioning the appearance of Mayor Mike Rawlings at a visit site to read more]
View ArticleDallas ISD superintendent search discussion delayed, trustee Ranger decries...
comments () The Dallas school board was expected to enter closed session shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday to review for the first time the top 10 candidates to become the next superintendent. Board...
View ArticleDallas ISD trustee Carla Ranger: Board members might have violated Open...
comments () An hour after the Dallas ISD school board went behind closed doors to discuss the top 11 superintendent candidates Tuesday evening, trustee Carla Ranger exited the room and sat down in the...
View Article“Welcome to the world of Dallas ISD politics,” Trustee Ranger tells candidate
comments () Trustee Carla Ranger is schooling District 9 candidate Damarcus Offord on the “rough and tumble world of school board politics.” Ranger spoke up … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleDISD principal Kamalia Cotton no longer going to Weiss Elementary
comments ()DISD trustee Carla Ranger says on her blog that Kamalia Cotton, former Ebby Halliday Elementary principal, is being assigned to H.I. Holland Elementary School at Lisbon for 2012-2013. (She...
View ArticleSeveral DISD trustees lukewarm on resolution to protest overtesting
comments ()Several Dallas ISD trustees are not keen on supporting a resolution to protest an over-reliance on standardized testing. Trustees on Thursday discussed the resolution, which is supported by...
View ArticleDISD trustee Carla Ranger to discuss Colorado visit at community meeting
comments () Dallas ISD trustee Carla Ranger has scheduled a … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleDISD trustee Carla Ranger once again proposes to rename school facilities
comments ()In the Dallas school board’s final meeting last school year, trustees discussed proposals from board member Carla Ranger to rename several district facilities. The library at Holmes Middle...
View ArticleDISD trustee Carla Ranger responds to alleged closed-meeting violation, and...
comments () Dallas ISD trustee Nancy Bingham yesterday accused trustee Carla Ranger of violating a closed-door session by discussing information said behind closed doors at visit site to read more]
View ArticleDallas ISD trustee Carla Ranger attacks Lew Blackburn’s plan to pay students...
comments ()Lew Blackburn and Carla Ranger don't share a friendly relationship. Dallas ISD school board members Carla Ranger and Lew Blackburn’s … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleDallas ISD communications chief Rebecca Rodriguez plans to resign, trustee says
Updated at 3:32 p.m. Tawnell Hobbs visit site to read more]
View ArticleTrustee Carla Ranger says Mike Miles’ statement on DISD investigation...
Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles released a statement Sunday denying wrongdoing in awarding service contract. He also criticized the release of a DISD investigation into the handling of that...
View ArticleDallas ISD trustee Carla Ranger: Saturday’s meeting to discuss Mike Miles...
Dallas ISD trustee Carla Ranger wrote on her blog Friday that tomorrow’s closed-door meeting to discuss the investigation of … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleBefore tonight’s meeting, several Dallas ISD trustees make clear their...
Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles will face his bosses tonight and, perhaps, fight for his job after an investigation found he violated district policy and tried to disparage trustees. The meeting...
View ArticleDallas ISD trustee Carla Ranger is departing, but her husband hopes to take...
Attorney D. Marcus Ranger, the husband of Dallas ISD trustee Carla Ranger, has filed for the District 6 seat that she is vacating. So far, he will face two contenders for the Southwest Dallas post —...
View ArticleJoyce Foreman defeats Bertha Bailey Whatley to win Dallas ISD District 6 race
Bertha Bailey Whatley, left, and Joyce Foreman. Dallas ISD school board candidate Joyce Foreman roundly defeated Bertha Bailey Whatley on Saturday … [visit site to read more]
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