Texas Ed Spectator

The story till now: South San ISD wants to shut down low performing, low enrollment school. Parents protest and attempt to get a court injunction which is denied. The school district retaliates by suing the parents for court costs. The parents’ lawyer, David Van Os, has a press conference and reads a blog posting supposedly by the school district’s attorney.

Fake Blog Post Riles West Campus Community - Yahoo! News

The blog posting — littered with grammatical and spelling errors — read:

“Save West Campus has cause alot of inconvience for the community … ,so when the district files a lawsuit against the parents of Save West Campus,each of them individualy,that’s the only way to recover the legal fee’s the taxpayers had to pay,so if they claim they have no money,we will file to seize their property,assets & have thier wages garnish,when we win the lawsuit. And hope this will put all this to and end.”

Now is anyone actually surprised that the school district’s attorney said that he did not write the post or have anything to do with it? So what are the possibilities here?

• Someone, presumably on the parent side, planted the post. Does the person really think lawyers write like and is that a reflection of the education quality provided by South San Antonio?

• David Van Os actually writes like that which is why he thought it was the real thing? If true, that would explain why they lost their injunction.

• The school district planted the post knowing that David Van Os would jump on it before verifying it’s authenticity. What does that say about Van Os’ reputation? What does that say about the administration’s respect for the parents?

It’s a sorry situation when the district sues the parents who were pursuing their right to be heard in court. It’s a sorry situation when the parents go to court to solve their problems when there was a school board election that occurred at the same time. It’s a sorry situation when you can’t figure out who to feel sorry for.

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Announcements

Judson ISD College Fair

The 21st annual Judson ISD College Fair is Oct. 9 at Wagner High School from 7-8:30 p.m. The fair is designed to help families begin planning for college. Ninth through twelfth grade students—and their parents–can visit with representatives from dozens of state and national colleges and universities.

“College representatives will provide educational information about their campuses and share helpful tools to plan for college,” said Blanca Muniz, Wagner High School college counselor.

“All area high school students are welcome to attend,” Muniz said. For more information, contact Ms. Muniz at 662-5000, ext. 1594.

San Antonio Homeschool Event

NISD College Night at UTSA

10/9/2007 Tuesday

6:00:00 PM

Northside ISD will hold its annual College Night at the University of Texas at San Antonio Loop 1604 campus from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 9. Please refer to the publicity flyer (More Info link) for recommended times. Please plan to park at the Farris Athletic Complex on Loop 1604. Buses will shuttle participants to and from UTSA every 15 minutes from 5:45 to 9 p.m. http://www.nisd.net/calendar/eve/2556

San Antonio Homeschool Event

NEISD Hosts College Night

10/10/2007 Wednesday

6:00:00 PM

Students and parents are invited to attend College Night on October 10, 2007 from 6-9 p.m. at the Piper Bass Student Center and Littleton Gym at Blossom Athletic Center. College Night is an annual event that brings more than 100 colleges from around the United States directly to North East ISD students and their parents. Local-area colleges will have representatives in the Piper Bass student center, and out-of-area colleges will be in Littleton Gym. For more information on College Night, contact Linda Pratt at collegenight@neisd.net.

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Announcements

SAT Prep Class

Offered by: Pauline Bauml (math) and Cayce Yarbrough (language)

Both of these teachers are well known, respected and valued in the home school community. Studies have shown that prep courses will boost students’ test scores significantly and, with these two teachers, your student will look forward to these beneficial classes.

Location: Our Lady of the Lake University, Metz Building

Dates: Oct. 27, Nov. 3, Nov. 10 and Nov. 17, 2007

Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 noon

On-time fee: $150 plus $20 registration fee

Walk-in fee: $150 plus $40 registration fee

All material provided.

To register: mail $20 registration fee to Pauline Bauml. Must be postmarked by Oct. 17, 2007 to be “on-time.” Please do not mail after this date.

For questions or to register, please contact Pauline Bauml:

9130 Oak Downs

San Antonio, TX 78230

(210) 287-1898

Science Fair Planning Seminar

The Alamo Regional Academy of Science& Engineering (ARASE) is holding a planning a seminar on Saturday, September 29^th 2007 to discuss with teachers, parents, and students the steps necessary fordoing a science fair project. This will be a great opportunity to get some great tips to gear up for the Science Fair which will be held sometime early 2008.

The seminar will be held at the UT Health Science Center in the Briscoe Library Foyer. Registration begins at 7:30 am and the sessions will be conducted throughout theday from 8:30- 3:00. If you are interested in attending, you must complete a registration form which can bedownloading off our local website at:

http://hackberry.chem.trinity.edu/SAACS/

You may also contact BobFanick at rfanick@swri.org

San Antonio Chapter of the American Chemical Society

Alamo Regional Science & Engineering Fair Seminar Registration Form

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