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Goose Creek CISD taking extra steps to stay ahead of requirements
together
Community and
police meeting
on Saturday
During his time
at Humanities Tex-
as, a nonprofit or-
ganization that pro-
motes educational
excellence, Gillette
raised almost $19
million in grants
and gifts, includ-
Board-certified cardiologist, Dr. Sami offers cardiac imaging, general cardiology, invasive and
interventional cardiology, peripheral artery diseases services, and diagnostic services.
rather than in city accounts.
The council had asked city
staff to find the reductions in a
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ing $4 million for the purchase
and restoration of the historic By-
rne-Reed House as the organiza-
tion’s headquarters.
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ready to focus on family.
The 1964 Robert E. Lee Gradu-
ate hopes to continue the work he
loves.
“I’m going to do some research
and writing. I am a historian by
training, and I have some books
that I want to write,” Gillette said.
Goose Creek CISD officials say safety is a high pri-
ority as the school year is set to begin.
School safety has been such a huge issue, even one
of the bills passed during the last Texas Legislative
session revolved around the topic. Gov. Greg Abbott
signed Senate Bill 11 in June. The bill instructs schools
to implement a “multi-hazard emergency operations
plan” and requires training for school resource officers,
ensures district employees (as well as substitutes) are
trained for emergencies, and establishes threat assess-
ment teams to identify potentially dangerous students
and how to intervene before they become violent. Ab-
bott had convened with lawmakers after the May 2018
shooting at Santa Fe High School, where 10 people
were killed, and another 13 were wounded to address
the issue.
Baytown Sun photo by Alan Dale
Goose Creek Memorial quarterback Emerson Haywood reads the defense as a Patriot lineman fires out to block a
defender during a practice Friday night. See how the team is progressing on Page 5A.
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Former Humanities
Texas director to focus
on family, writing
BY CHRISTOPHER JAMES
christopher.james@baytownsun.com
Photos by Carrie Pryor-Newman
Ruby Rivas with Goose Creek CISD welcomes new teach-
er Nicholas Brown on the first day of staff development.
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A safer city
Officer Morris provides
crime prevention tips
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BY MATT HOLLIS
matt.hollis@baytownsun.com
BY MARK FLEMING
mark.fleming@baytownsun.com
BY MARK FLEMING
mark.fleming@baytownsun.com
“Profound gratitude to Mike
Gillette for his extraordinary lead-
ership of Humanities Texas over
the past 16 years, during which
the organization has become
what is widely regarded as one of
the preeminent state humanities
councils in the nation,” John Kerr,
chairman of the Humanities Tex-
as board of directors, said of his
retirement.
Gillette had many significant
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The Baytown Mayor’s
Community Engagement
Advisory Committee will
hold its second public
meeting from noon-2 p.m.
Saturday at Second Bap-
tist Church, 6227 N. Main
Street.
The committee was
fonned in the wake of the
shooting death of an Afri-
can American woman by
a Baytown police officer
in May with the intent of
improving communication
between law enforcement
and the community.
The committee’s first
meeting was June 29 at
Mount Calvary Baptist
Church.
The committee was set
up at the request of Ma-
jor Brandon Capetillo and
is assisted by a facilitator
from the Justice Depart-
ment. Rev. Rafael Mont-
gomery chairs the commit-
tee.
Representatives from the
Baytown Police Depart-
ment as well as members of
the committee will be pres-
ent to answer questions.
Questions that cannot be
answered right away will
be written down and ad-
dressed at a future meeting.
The death of Pame-
la Turner near her apart-
ment on Garth Road has
prompted several demon-
strations, both near the site
of the shooting and at the
Baytown Police Station.
It also prompted her sis-
ter, her daughter and sev-
eral of their supporters to
attend the City Council
meeting Thursday to try to
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in about the same budget change. 60-90 days of operating costs will be slowed a bit, spending
However, he said that would in reserve. The original budget $200,000 on it next year instead
be difficult to implement since had proposed a 92-day reserve of $300,000.
property values have already that will be reduced to 90 days— Three other programs will be
been certified for the year. He about $555,000. reduced by $50,000 each: con-
said he would bring a proposal Another $395,000 comes from tract engineers to speed pennit
back for an exemption increase small reductions across a wide applications (to $150,00), high-
to consider for the next tax year. variety of departments and pro- way cleanup (to $200,000) and
About half of the savings will grams, he said. on-off ramp improvements (to
come from reducing planned re- A multi-year effort to convert -----------------------------
serves. It is city policy to have all city records to digital fonn -ss na F Lau
After 16 years as the director of “I want to spend time with my
Humanities Texas, and 31 years grandkids and kids that live in Se-
as an employee of the National attle, Houston and New York.”
Archives before that, Baytonian “My wife and I also want to
Michael Gillette is retired and travel some,” he added.
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Baytown property taxpayers previous meeting.
will see a 1-cent decrease in their Wade Nickerson, the city’s
tax rate next year after the City director of finance, said the oth-
Council approved the change er option council members had
Thursday, along with several asked to consider, raising the ex-
budget reductions to make up for emption for senior citizens and
the roughly $1.2 million that will disabled residents from $50,000
stay in the pockets of taxpayers to $75,000, would have resulted
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BIBLE VERSE
If my people, which are
called by my name, shall
humble themselves, and
pray, and seek my face,
and turn from their wicked
ways; then will I hear from
heaven, and will forgive
their sin, and will heal their
land. — 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Bloom, David. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 157, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 11, 2019, newspaper, August 11, 2019; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1467810/m1/1/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.