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School bells ring in new year for DISD
DALLAS—Thousands of Dallas ISD students joined schoolchildren across the state of Texas as the
2011-2012 school year got underway Monday, Aug 22.
Students arriving at the district’s 227 campuses found new schools, repurposed and renovated fa-
cilities, revitalized programs and rejuvenated neighborhoods.
The entire community of Wilmer-Hutchins celebrated the return of schools to their neighborhood
as Dallas ISD opened the new Wilmer-Hutchins Elementary School and reopened the newly-renovated
Kennedy-Curry Middle School and Wilmer-Hutchins High School.
The new George Herbert Walker Bush Elementary School opened in the City of Addison; Ebby
Halliday Elementary School welcomed students from Pleasant Grove; and the new Kathlyn Joy Gilliam
Collegiate Academy gave students, staff and parents a reason to celebrate with the opening of their new
campus located near the University of North Texas Dallas.
Students at the Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy at B.F. Darrell, the first all-male public
school in the state of Texas, and A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School found themselves surrounded
by renovated campuses as these repurposed schools opened with a new focus.
All the new schools, as well as the renovations and expansions to existing campuses, include envi-
ronmentally-friendly elements and construction features.
Prekindergarten students will start school Monday, Aug. 29.
(Photo Courtesy of Sue Hayes, Seagoville Elementary)
9.1 Percent Unemployment: Bad Luck or Bad Policies?
By U.S. Senator Kay Bailey
Hutchison
For the last 30 straight
months, unemployment has been
at 8 percent or higher and cur-
rently stands at a staggering 9.1
percent. Recent indicators point
to even higher jobless numbers
in coming months. This week,
President Obama cited “bad
luck” as the reason that eco-
nomic recovery is not occurring.
Does this mean the American
people and their elected officials
are merely helpless pawns at the
mercy of a stubborn strain of
bad luck? So what’s to blame for
joblessness in America: bad luck
or bad policies? Look no further
than the mammoth fortress of
Federal regulatory agencies.
Under President Obama,
while private businesses have
struggled to create jobs, one sec-
tor in particular has experienced
explosive growth: the Federal
government’s regulatory agen-
cies. During the last three years,
the U.S. economy has grown at
an anemic 5 percent. In contrast,
the budget growth for Federal
regulatory agencies was 16 per-
cent.
As reported by Investors
Business Daily, “If the Federal
government’s regulatory opera-
tion were a business, it would be
one of the 50 biggest in the coun-
try in terms of revenues, and the
third largest in terms of employ-
ees, with more people working
for it than McDonald’s, Ford,
Disney and Boeing combined.”
While we are only seven
months through 2011, there has
been an avalanche of 677 new
regulatory rules proposed or
enacted and more than 50,000
pages of new regulations added
to the Federal Register. The
cost of these new regulatory
burdens translates to a stagger-
ing $60.9 billion dollars. With
each new rule and page added
to the Federal Register, business
suffers. Complying with the
government’s new regulations
increases the costs of providing
goods and services, thus mak-
ing it more difficult to pay cur-
rent employees, much less create
new jobs. Is it any wonder that
business investment has ground
to a halt?
While no business or in-
dustry has managed to be un-
scathed by the onslaught of new
regulations, small businesses
have been hardest hit. The Small
Business Administration found
that small-sized companies now
spend 36 percent more per em-
ployee than large corporations to
comply with these new federal
rules. And consider: Small busi-
nesses are the largest employers
nationally, creating two out of
every three new jobs. Neverthe-
less, the Obama Administration
remains tone deaf to this statistic
- produced by their own agency.
From new rules for green-
house gas emissions that will
drive up electricity costs, to a
virtual halt on energy develop-
ment in the U.S. that will drive
the price of gasoline even high-
er, to an unprecedented move
to prohibit investments in new
manufacturing plants in right-
to-work states like Texas, these
endless reams of federal red tape
threaten the loss of 11.4 million
private sector jobs in America.
Also worth noting is that
many of the White’s House’s
job-killing policies, such as cap
and trade, which were blocked
by Congress, are now being en-
acted by political appointees and
unelected bureaucrats through
regulatory fiat.
You may not be able to find
a price tag for new regulations in
the federal budget, but we all are
Dragons - continued from pi
the area.
A new member to the ex-
plosive Dragon offensive attack
this year will be QB Roland Hy-
der. Coach G describes Roland
as an explosive player who can
stop and change direction on a
dime. Watching him in action
in the scrimmage against Fer-
ris, you could just what Coach G
was talking about as he made an
amazing run, was able to change
directions at the sideline and re-
verse field and take it all the way
in for a touchdown.
“We are going to hang our
hat on our defense early on,”
stated Coach Gutierrez. “Last
year our defense took a little
time to mesh but we were so tal-
ented on offense that we held our
own early. This year it is going to
be the other way around because
we are so young on offense and
experienced on defense and we
will count on our defense to hold
it down until we can get where
we need to be on offense.”
Ashton Rosebud, Montrail
McNeal, and Tyler “Tank” Hat-
ton all are key players returning
to the Dragon defense this sea-
son. Hatton is the anchor of the
Dragon defense line and is look-
ing forward to this season.
“My expectations for this
team are great and I want to go
deep into the playoffs,” said Hat-
ton. “I have been up here work-
ing out during the summer get-
ting ready for the season. I hope
we do great.”
The Dragons also have a
few new players move in this
picking up the tab, in the form
of fewer jobs and higher costs.
This year alone regulations will
cost American taxpayers $2.8
trillion. This cost translates to
77 days of labor this year for
the average worker. Think of it:
the American people work more
than two months a year just to
pay the bills for rules enacted by
unelected bureaucrats at govern-
ment agencies.
Americans continue to suf-
fer persistently high unemploy-
ment, investor and consumer
confidence has hit historical
lows and the specter of a double-
dip recession looms. That’s why
it is essential that the President
and Congress act immediately
to halt all new regulations and
eliminate current regulations
that are holding back job cre-
ators. For instance, Congress’
first act of business after the Au-
gust recess should be to pass the
Regulation Moratorium and Job
Preservation Act, of which I am a
cosponsor. The bill would place
a moratorium on burdensome
federal regulations until the na-
tional unemployment rate falls
to 7.7 percent - below where it
was when President Obama was
sworn into office.
What fundamentally ails
the US economy is not a symp-
tom of bad luck, but rather bad
policy. Are the trillions of dol-
lars in federal deficits, higher
taxes on businesses and work-
ers, tens of thousands of para-
lyzing pages of new federal
regulations, and a government
takeover of Americans’ health
care, all a matter of bad luck?
Certainly not. I am willing to
bet that when our policies start
changing, our luck will im-
prove.
Kay Bailey Hutchison is the
senior U.S. Senator from Texas
season that should play key roles
for Seagoville this season. Wil-
liam Stokes, Keonte Grant, and
Brandon Johnson are all new to
the Dragon squad.
Kimball and South Oak
Cliff are picked to be the top
two teams in the district. Coach
Gutierrez stated that both of
those teams are loaded and
Carter also should be tough as
usual. He went on to state that
he believes it will be the Drag-
ons and Molina fighting out in
the last game of the season to
see who gets the final playoff
spot.
Seagoville begins there
season next Friday night, Sept.
2, against the Sunset Bisons at
Kincaide Stadium. Kickoff is
set for 7:30 p.m.
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DISD to host district-wide college fair
DALLAS-The Dallas Inde-
pendent School District invites
all 11th and 12th grade students
and their parents to attend the
fifth annual Districtwide Col-
lege Fair Tuesday, September
13, at 5:30 p.m., at the Dallas
Convention Center, Hall A, 650
S. Griffin St.
The free fair will provide
students and parents the oppor-
tunity to meet college and uni-
versity representatives. Also,
the Career Education and Work-
force Partnerships Department
will sponsor various career
clusters to provide information
about the different careers that
students can pursue.
To pre-register, students
must see their school counselor.
Pre-registration deadline is Fri-
day, September 2. Registration
will also be available on-site.
Transportation to and from the
Convention Center will be pro-
vided.
Seagoville FD receives grant
By Leslie Radford
The Seagoville Fire De-
partment received a $1,000
grant from Wal-Mart of Seago-
ville recently to aid their new
program “Everybody Gets Out
Alive.”
The money will go to buy
smoke detectors and batter-
ies that will be distributed to
citizens who do not have one in
their homes.
“We don’t want anyone to
get hurt or die from a fire just
because they couldn’t afford a
$16 smoke detector,” said Fire
Chief Tommy Lemond.
He said the FD is target-
ing the elderly and the needy,
but anyone who needs a smoke
detector can call the FD at 972-
287-3330 for information on
how to get one.
Landlords should provide
for renters, “but if they don’t
we can probably help them out,
too,” said Lemond.
“A thousand dollars will
help a lot of people,” he said.
The Seagoville Fire De-
partment applied for the grant
online after Lemond spoke to
Wal-Mart Store Manager Me-
gan Hammer at a Dallas char-
ity event. Wal-Mart has grants
available for local organizations
such as those in public safety.
“Tommy is so great with
helping out the community,”
said Hammer, “This is a great
program. We (Wal-Mart) just
wanted to help the tire depart-
ment out because they are so in-
volved with the community.”
Wal-Mart donated 10 smoke
detectors for the program and
will be placing the order for ad-
ditional smoke detectors and
batteries for the fire department
with their grant money.
Lemond said the tire de-
partment collaborates with Wal-
Mart for many events. “They’re
a great partner.”
The fire department will
also come to your home to as-
sess the best place to put smoke
detectors and aid in a fire escape
plan for free.
Adult basic education class registration available
DALLAS-Dallas Indepen-
dent School District’s Adult Ba-
sic Education Department will
register students for ESL and
GED classes on Monday, Aug.
29.
Registration times are as fol-
lows:
9 a.m. for the morning class-
es (9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.)
12 p.m. for the afternoon
classes (12 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.)
6 p.m. for the evening class-
es (6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.)
Students must start an ori-
entation immediately follow-
ing registration. For locations,
please call Adult Basic Educa-
tion at (972) 749-2400.
The Adult Basic Educa-
tion program is open for adults
throughout Dallas and Rockwall
counties.
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