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Going back to the Dobie MS issue...there is another special school board "information only" meeting on Friday to talk about options for Dobie, Webb, and Burnet Middle Schools. Looks like there are now 3 campuses that need to be fixed immediately. So, that's 1,800 kids that will need to be absorbed by A/B campuses. Murchison, prepare your butthole.
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Think how much money you will save by having nothing available to buy! MOAR MONEY IN YER POCKET!!!
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Finally watched the new episodes. My only complaint would be the inclusion of a couple of alien background characters when Gilroy purposely didn’t include any in the first season. Felt like Disney interference.
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Rights to operate the district are sold to the highest bidder. As a private school operated district, there's no longer a need to publish academic performance. Problem solved.
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My Lamar 6th grader said that Dobie was all the talk at school yesterday. She said she's ready to go to Colorado if we decide that's best.
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I went to the AISD meeting at Lamar last night about moving Dobie MS to Lamar. They gave 3 options: let a charter school run Dobie, close Dobie for good and redraw attendance boundaries, or move them all to Lamar. Really, only #3 is on the table. A few things: 1. Lamar is over enrolled by 200 kids. AISD can't give a number but they think 400-450 kids will opt to enroll at Lamar. That will put the campus 50% over capacity. Not only will the Dobie kids will be sent to Lamar but they have to offer Lamar to the charter school kids that are zoned to Dobie. That could balloon the total number of kids by another 100-200. 2. The Title 1 funding Dobie gets will not follow them to Lamar. Segura said they will provide money. From where? The deficit is 10s of millions. 3. The plan is to put 2 9-classroom modular buildings next to the tennis courts and track. Segura says they can do a site plan, find a contractor with immediate availability, get permitting, do site work, install the buildings, do sewer, water, electric, get inspections, and get a certificate of occupancy within the 3 month timeframe. That's comical to say the least. There are kids sitting on the floor in class at Lamar today because they don't have enough desks. Do you think an ISD that can't deliver 100 desks to school in the first 8 months of school can delivery a huge construction project in 3 months? Get the fuck out of here. 4. Murchison is under enrolled by over 200 kids and has plenty of room for modular buildings. The unspoken elephant in the room on why Murchison wasn't on the table are two fold: 1. Murchison parents would never accommodate Dobie kids and move their kids to private schools. 2. Burnet MS and Webb MS are in the same situation next year and will have to close. They are saving the A/B schools with capacity for the larger middle school closures coming next year. 5. There is zero plan to improve the outcome of the Dobie kids. Their teacher-student ratio is 14:1. At Lamar it's 36:1. It is expected to be over 40:1 even with additional teachers. There are no ESL services at Lamar. 50%+ of the Dobie kids are ESL. Basically, the goal is to take the failing kids and have their performance get lost in an A/B school. Who cares if it drops Lamar to a C or D. That's still passing. No support for these kids is going to happen. TLDR: The whole situation is fucked. They are rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. If you are an A/B rated school in AISD, you will be absorbing one to two F rated schools in the next few years. It's a death spiral I don't know if AISD can get out of.
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Sinners - Coogler, Goransson, and Michael B Jordan
CooterBrown replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Movies and TV
This movie fucks. What a world he built. Honestly, the film was best before the big showdown. I could watch some more Smoke Stack Brothers stories in this universe. -
I hate AI
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I'm about 2/3 of the way through this book. I don't know how they're going to cram this into a 2-3 hour movie.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
CooterBrown replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
JERBS! JERBS! JERBS! SUCK IT LIBS!- 9803 replies
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Thanks, TEA. Our solid middle school is about to be fucked. It’s already over capacity and we get to absorb an entire middle school next year. If this happens, odds are good I will move to Colorado with my 6th grader and my wife will stay in Austin to finish out her last couple of years at the state so she can fully retire at 52.
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How is it? I keep meaning to go and never get around to it.
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Beer 2025: sith_horn drinking more than the rest of us combined
CooterBrown replied to HenryJames's topic in Food and Travel
Project Pale Mary Hazy Pale Ale. Lazy Days Brewing. Recommended. -
Went to Wallys for the first time in years a while back and it was mediocre now. Burnet Rd DQ smokes it on quality now.
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