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to take their fight to the Senate
during the regular session.
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tors made their way to a
makeshift podium set up in front
of a large Texas flag.
“It’s great to be back in
Texas," shouted Sen. Leticia Van
de Putte, D-San Antonio and the
leader of the group.
The senators came to Laredo
to attend Thursday’s federal court
hearing that will consider their
lawsuit claiming, among other
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Wednesday’s Sun should
have stated the clinic was
held by the Sterling cheer-
leaders. •
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Page 2A of Wednesday’s Sun
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by Republicans to further the
redistricting effort violate the
federal Voting Rights Act.
The GOP, which controls the
Texas House and Senate, wants
to redraw the political lines to
increase the number of
in Congress.
Democrats opposed to redrawing
the states congressional districts
fended off the first two special
Quorum-busting Democrats
return toTexas after 45 days
By TA BADGER
The Associated Press
LAREDO — Ten Democratic
senators who fled to New
Mexico more than six weeks to
block redistricting returned to
Texas on Wednesday and vowed
to take their fight to the Senate
: floor in Austin.
But one of the senators said mil„116
they d hightail it again in a things, that Senate rules changes
heartbeat if they could muster - - •
the numbers.
“If we could find 11, we’re
gone," said Sen. Mario Gallegos,
D-Houston. Eleven members of
the 31-member Senate are need-
ed to break quorum. increase the
Such a scenario isn’t likely, Republicans
however, after Sen. John -
Whitmire s decision last week to
abandon his Democratic col-
leagues in Albuquerque. He has sessions as well as an attempt
said he will return to the Senate • • •
chambers for next week's third
special legislative session called
by Gov. fffck Perry.
Eight of the senators arrived
in this border city late
Wednesday afternoon on a small
jet, and the two others — Frank
Madia of San Antonio and
l Eddie Lucio of Brownsville —
i boarded the plane to greet them.
Several dozen supporters
showed up at Laredo’s airport to
welcome the quorum-busters,
along with a troupe of elemen-
tary school cheerleaders and a
high school marching band.
“Viva our Texas Heroes” and
“Gracias Tejas 10,” read two of
the signs held aloft as the sena-
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vuuvduun, s<uu rxuuei i oluu, cen( for hjgh schools and atten-
interim director of the Texas dance rates of 90 percent for
Education Agency. "Improving elementary and middle schools
reading and math skills, as well also were used to determine
as graduation and attendance AYP.
rates are top priorities. This If a school fails to meet AYP
system, along with many state for three consecutive years, the
reform efforts, will help push school would be required Jto
our students to new achieve- give some of its federal fund-
merit levels." ing to students to spend on
Texas’ definition of AYP was after-school tutoring, weekend
approved by the U.S. classes or other private acade-
Department of Education In mlc help.
June. President Bush's No After seven years, the school
Child Left Behind Act requires can be taken over by the state,
all 50 states to define the term, be turned Into a charter school
1 For Texas, AYP means that or be shut down and reopened
schools would have to have with a new staff.
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another in love. —Ephesians 4:2
Bible Verse
“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five
minutes longer."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and essayist
(1803-1882)
Thought for Today
Today in History_____________
Today is Thursday, Sept. 11, the 254th day of 2003. There are
111 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Sept. 11, 2001, in the worst single act of terrorism commit-
ted on U.S. soil, two hijacked Jetliners crashed into New York’s
World Trade Center, causing the twin towers to fall and killing
more than 2,800 people; a commandeered Jetliner smashed into
the Pentagon, claiming 189 lives; and a fourth plane with 44 peo-
ple aboard crashed in western Pennsylvania as the passengers
apparently fought with the hijackers.
On diis date:
In 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury.
In 1814, an American fleet scored a decisive victory over the
British in the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812.
In 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated Boulder Dam
(now 1 loover Dam) by pressing a key in Washington to signal the
startup of the dam's first hydroelectric generator in Nevada.
In 1941, Charles A. Lindbergh sparked charges of anti-
Semitism with a speech in which he said "the British, the Jewish
and the Roosevelt administration" were trying to draw the United
States into World War II.
In 1944, President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill met in Canada at the second Quebec
Conference.
In 1971, former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev died at age 77.
In 1972, the troubled Munich Summer Olympics ended.
In 1997, Scots voted to create their own Parliament after 290
years of union with England.
Five years ago: Congress released Kenneth Starr’s voluminous
report that offered graphic details of President Clinton’s alleged
sexual misconduct and leveled accusations of perjury and
obstruction of justice; the president’s attorneys quickly issued a
point-by-point rebuttal.
The Associated Press
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A 70 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the
mid 80s. South winds 10 to 15
mph. Lows in the lower 70s.
Sunrise — 7:02 a.m.
Sunset — 7:29 p.m.
High tide — noon
Low tide — 4:34 p.m.
— Tides Tor Point Barrow, Trinity Bay
Today
Chance of showers and thunder-
storms 60 percent. Highs in the
upper 80s. Southeast winds
around 10 mph.
Sunrise —7:02 a.m.
Sunset — 7:30 p.m.
High tide — 11:48 a.m.
Low tide — 4:04 p.m.
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meets AYP
meets AYP
meets AYP: reading and mathematics
meets AYP
Today’s Obituaries
For obituaries and funeral service
information, see Page 8B
Obituaries: Domingo Acosta, Floyd Alfred Battarbee,
Willa Deane Gates
Pending: Mrs. Robbie Franklin
Pumphrey Elementary meets AYP
Crockett Elementary meets AYP
Lorenzo de Zavala Elem. meets AYP
Deer Park ISD
Deer Park High School
Deer Park Junior High
Deer Park Elementary
Performance results are based on a combination of standard-
ized test results, attendance and graduation rates. For the TAKS
test, administered to grades 38 and 10,46.8 percent of students -
must perform at or above the “met standard’ level on the reading '
portion; 33.4 percent must meet or exceed the standard on the
math portion. Each district and campua must have 95 percent par-
ticipation In the test. The standard acceptable attendance rate Is
90 percent The standard acceptable graduation rate, defined aa
the percentage of ninth-graders who complete high school require- ;
ments In four years, Is 70 percent.
For more Information, visit the Web site www.tea.state.tx.ua/ayp. 1
push our students to new
achievement levels. 77
Robert Scott,
- TEA interfan director
if Improving reading and
math skills, as well as grad-
uation and attendance rates
are top priorities. This sys-
Gentry Junior School
Alamo Elementary
Stephen F. Austin Elem.
James Bowie Elem.
Carver Elementary
Harlem Elementary
Highlands Elementary
Lamar Elementary
By APRIL CASTRO
Associated Press
AUSTIN - Even before
most Texas students get their
first report cards of the semes-
ter, their schools Wednesday
got a grade of their own.
Almost 77 percent of Texas
school districts showed the
federally mandated "Adequate
Yearly Progress,” according to
a review released Wednesday
by the Texas Education
Agency. Eight percent, or 98
districts, failed to meet AYP
and now must develop a plan
of improvement.
Six schools and districts
which receive federal Title I
funds failed to show AYP for
two straight years and must
now pay for students’ trans-
portation to transfer to any
: other school in its district of
the parents’ choice. The
schools are required to notify
parents of their option to
switch schools.
"This new federal evaluation
i is a strong attempt to ensure
that all children get a good
meta AYP
needs improvement-mathematics
needs Improvement: reading
meets AYP
meets AYP
meets AYP
needs Improvement: mathematics
needs Improvement: mathematics
meets AYP
46.8 percent of their students
pass the new Texas Assessment
of Knowledge and Skills read-
ing test to make adequate year-
ly progress. Schools also must
have 33.4 percent of students
pass the TAKS math test.
Schools and districts that
failed to meet AYP must pre-
pare a school improvement
plan that outlines how they
will improve their education
program.
Failure to show AYP by any
one of six subgroups of stu-
dents — black, white,
Hispanic, poor students, spe-
cial education students, and
limited English proficient stu-
dents — would mean failure by
the school to meet AYP.
Graduation rate of 70 per-
How local schools fared:
This list does not Include campuses not evaluated by the state
education agency, including alternative education centers that did
not meet the minimum number of 30 students tested, and primary
which were not evaluated because testtntf hetfins at the ’
TEA releases results of school progress analysis
* ■ 8 percent need
improvement
tern, along with many state schools, which were not evaluated because testing begins at the
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------- complies with the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Anahuac ISD needs Improvement: reading
Anahuac High School meets AYP
Anahuac Middle School meets AYP
Anahuac Elementary meets AYP
Barbers Hill ISD meets AYP
Barbers Hill High School meets AYP
Barbers Hill Middle School meets AYP
Barbers Hill Intermediate meets AYP
Barbers Hill Elementary meets AYP
Crosby ISD
Crosby High School
Crosby Middle School
Drew Intermediate
Newport Elementary'
Goose Creek CISD
Lee High School
Sterling High School
Baytown Junior School __________
Cedar Bayou Junior Sch. meets AYP
Highlands Junior School meets AYP
Horace Mann Junior Sch. needs Improvement reading
meets AYP ' .
needs improvement: mathematics
I. meets AYP
needs improvement: reading
meets AYP
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San Jacinto Elementary meets AYP
Ashbel Smith Elem. meets AYP
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