Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1996 Page: 2 of 14
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teachers,” Kouri said.
Last spring, die Legislature ap-
propriated $271 million to increase
teachers’ base pay. Districts where
salaries exceeded the state mini-
mum were not required to offer in-
creases.
Failing Students Promoted?
On another education front, the
president of a teachers group
said a survey shows that tens of
thousands of failing students are
being “socially promoted.”
John Cole, president of the Texas
Federation of Teachers, said that
social promotions — designed to
keep students with others their own
age — are widespread in Texas,
based on results of a poll the group
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Almost 40 percent of the 2,132
teachers who responded to the
survey said failing students were
promoted even though teachers
recommended they be retained.
“The results of that survey
confirm what many of us have sus-
ridc teachers’ grades and simply
promote students from one grade
to tlie next even though those stu-
dents have failed their classes,"
Cole said.
Cole estimated about 150,000 of
Texas 3.6 million public school
students were promoted last year
despite failing their courses.
But the survey findings are being
questioned by some administrators,
who dispute the contention that
social promotion is widespread.
“I think we have to keep in mind
that the number of respondents is
small compared to the number of
teachers in the state,” said Johnny
Vcsclka, executive director of the
Texas Association of School Ad-
ministrators. Texas school districts
employ more than 200,000 teach-
ers.
Vcsclka also noted that the survey
doesn’t break out whether students
failed one class, such as art, which
is not required for graduation, or
all classes.
Other Capital Highlights
■ Oklahoma sent 77 more
prisoners to private prisons in
Texas, bringing the total to 411,
officials said. Corrections Depart-
ment spokesman Jerry Massie said
37 inmates were transferred to the
Mansfield Law Enforcement Cen-
ter and 40 went to the Limestone
County Detention Center in Groes-
beck. Both arc medium-security fa-
cilities.
■ House Republicans in Okla-
homa say they want to revive prison
chain gangs to make prison so un-
bearable that convicts won’t want to
return. The bill’s sponsor said his
plan “would make it so difficult,
so bad, so hard that they will no
longer do the things that put them
in prison." Democrats have intro-
duced a similar bill.
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Laney said a revised tax structure conducted in November,
might include new state taxes on
businesses, such as a gross receipts
tax and a value-added tax, but
quipped, “Nobody ever came to me
and asked, ‘Please, I want you to
raise my taxes,’ ”
State Rep. Rob Juncll, D-San
Angelo, chairman of the House pected: School administrators over-
Appropriations Committee, which
writes the state budget, made his
concern plain: “Does anybody have
a clue what Washington is going to
do?"
Texas Teachers' Salaries Lag
Texas teachers’ salaries lagged
more than $5,000 behind the na-
tional average for 1994-95, the
president of the Texas State Teach-
ers Association, said last week.
Richard Kouri, TSTA president,
said a recent survey shows the
average annual salary of a Texas
teacher was $31,223, while the
national average was $36,874.
But Kouri pointed to a hopeful
sign for teachers in a preliminary
1995-96 survey. More than 900
Texas school districts have given
state-funded pay raises for the
current school year, ranging from
$100 a month to $600 a month, to
189,000 teachers.
“Our survey of 974 school dis-
tricts shows that most Texas school
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The Sanger High School
Science Club is sponsoring a
Sanger s Best Home Science
Video Contest.
Entrants must be able to
accurately answer a scientific
question, being creative and
using the best equipment
possible.
The club asks that
participants do nothing that
would harm themselves,
others or property, but
originality is stressed. Any-
thing that is protected by
copyright should not be '
used.
Entries should be under
10 minutes and should be
submitted on VHS format,
labeled with name, address
and phone number. A list of
all who worked on the tape
should be included. Tapes
will not be returned.
Send entries to Sanger
High School by Feb. 29.
Then, wait to hear if you’ve
won Sanger’s Most Scientific
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AUSTIN — Although it’s not
known if expected changes in
the federal budget may necessitate
changes in the state tax structure,
Gov. George W. Bush says he
doubts a tax hike will be needed
in 1998-99.
After speaking at a meeting
of state agency directors last
week. Bush pointed to the “strong
performance" of the state budget
in the last biennium, and said,
“I don’t believe we need to raise
taxes. ”
Like Bush, Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock
and House Speaker Pete Laney
have spoken optimistically about
the possibility of producing another districts did pass through the bulk
budget with no new taxes. of the additional salary money ap-
Mcanwhilc, the state officials propriated by the Legislature for
arc awaiting a report from a task
force appointed by Bush to consider
a plan that would eliminate local
school property taxes. Bush said
the report should be released
within a month. Last biennium
local school property taxes pumped
about $9 billion into the state’s
coffers.
Bullock said that if the task
force’s report calls for a state tax
to replace tlie property tax, “then
that will require a tax bill.”
Bush and Laney both have said
that if the state were to kill local
scIkm)1 property taxes, some Texans
would pay more taxes than before
and some would pay less under a
new tax structure.
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My Lake Ray Roberts spy
tells me that before spring
arrives a Cowboy head coach
who has one Super Bowl
win, will christen a new
$400,000 yacht. That, of
course, will be the nicest,
sleekest boat on Ray Roberts.
Maybe the defensive
back/wide receiver/punt
returner/goal wearer for the
Cowboys will try to do him
one better.
Same spy tells me that
fishing is good very early in
the morning but overall is
not good. I can't blame the
fish. I would stay deep. If I
came to the surface I’d be
either sunburned or frozen.
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1 visited Ft. Worth last
Thursday and walked into a
computer store and there
stands David Moore. Moore,
late of Sanger and now the
computer czar of the Mineral
Wells ISD greeted me with a
big smile. I miss David,
Sanger ISD lost a good one.
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Former Sangerite and
Sanger Post Office Rural Mail
Carrier Jeff Krueger is
running for Commissioner in
the Precinct 1 area which
includes Pilot Point, Aubrey
and Denton.
Our Pilot Point neighbors
are proposing a $2.5 million
Lake Ray Roberts Lodge.
Texas Parks and Wildlife are
behind them on this project.
The development would
include many facilities not
available on the lake at the
present time. Lisa Hardy will
have a nice article on this in
next weeks Courier.
The city fathers of Pilot
Point, led by Mayor Allan
Groff, never give up.
Meetings held
weekly. Call for
more Information.
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The weather is not hot. If
you're a newcomer to north
Texas. appreciate the
weather while it’s here.
Because in all likelihood it’s
, probably going to change
before you get accustomed to
it. I can’t remember a
December-January with as
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I should have applied for
the new City Manager Job in
Sanger. I presumed wrong
that you had to have a
degree in Public
Administration and
experience in running a city
before your application was
accepted. As one candidate
for that Job told me Tuesday,
“I would take a cut in pay to
have the Sanger Job, it’s
going to be a real hot city."
Correction, it already is a hot
city.
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We are writing this letter
to ask for community
support in the Sanger High
School FHA/HERO Seat Belt
Safety Campaign. Traffic
crashes are the leading cause
of death for youth ages 5 to
18. Youth are less likely to
wear safety belts than adults.
During the week of Feb. 19 -
23. FHA/HERO will be
visiting all four Sanger
schools and the community
talking about the need to
wear safety belts at all times.
We will be making
banners, posters, taking
messages with treats to the
schools, distributing coloring
sheets to elementary
students and advertising our
message around the
community. If you would like
to help us with our efforts,
place your donations in cans
that we have placed at
Sanger businesses. Our goal
is to increase use of safety
belts by Sanger citizens.
Please support us in our
efforts.
We also request that
anyone who has been in an
accident and been saved by
safety belt usage to briefly tell
us your story by writing and
sending it to: Sanger High
School. Attn: FHA/HERO.
P.O. Box 188, Sanger. Texas,
76266.
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Hardy, Lisa. Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1996, newspaper, February 1, 1996; Sanger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1299996/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sanger Public Library.