Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 17, 1994 Page: 1 of 12
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emcntary campuses. Jerry Purvis takes over as
Palacios Junior High assistant principal where
Bob McMahan remains as principal. At Pala-
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All good—and fun—things must come to an dos High School, Richard Joyce becomes the
end. For teachers and students in the Palacios new principal after having served as principal
and Tidehaven ISDs, that means an end to their for the past several years at Central Elementary.
assistant principal is J. E. Todd.
and Tidehaven ISDs, that means
summer vacations.
Although teachers at both Palacios ISD and
Tidehaven ISD have already returned to class
for in-service and workshops, the first day of
the 1994-95 school year for students in both
districts will be this Thursday (Aug. 18).
In Palacios ISD, the classroom hours 1----
Kindergarten youngsters will be from 7:45- ___
10:45 a.m. for the morning session and 11:15 Junior High—Randy Taylor, assistant band
a.®.-?: 15 for the afternoon session. For director; Amy McAdams, Life Science, Earth
kindergarten and first grade students at Central Science, Computer Literacy; Yvette Huffman,
Elementary, classes will begin at 8 a.m. and math, girls athletics; Cliff Webb, computer liter-
dismiss at 2:15 p.m. Second grade students will Kyt and Don Porter, language arts, baseball
‘ tin class from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ^- ^ coach.
for the;
New teachers tofoe district include the fol-
lowing:
Central Elementary—Valerie Fence, Pre-K
thru second.
East Side Elementary—Christine Livezey,
forPrc- bilingual; and Lori O’Connor, special educa-
" ^ tion.
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The school day for students in grades 3-12 High School—Bondelyn Smith, Spanish;
(East Side Elementary, junior high and high Patricia Beck, art; Mary Kay Holt, English;
school) will run .from 8 ajn.-3:35 p.m. Thomas McAdams, biology, coach; Perry Far-
ia Tidehaven ISD, Pre-Kindergarten classes jcy> malh coach; and Arturo Hernandez, Span-
at Blessing Elementary will be from 8:15-11:15 j^, ^ familiar face returning to PISD as choral
a m. while those at Markham Elementary will is Mike Petrisky.
schooTday For\indergarien
Purvis, computer
Fire sweeps through residence
FLAMES barrel from the front of the house and engulf the front porch during a fire at a
God no one was hurt” (Beacon Photo by Nick West)
director is Mike Petrisky.
815 aJn NEW^ACULTY MEMBERS PISD VOtCrS glVC
In addition to a dozen new (and in one case, 1. , . i
Option 4 approval
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s at aU four PISD campuses. •
At East Side Elementary, Karen Soehnge is |U gpCCltU 616011011
me new principal and Vanessa Kunefke takes *
over the sane role at Central Elementary. Maria Despite a relatively small turnout m Satur-
Garza will be the assistant principal at both el- day’s special election Palacios ISD voters
overwhelmingly passed the Option 4 measure
of the school finance reform law.
A total of 149 voters cast ballots in the spe-
cial election, supporting Option 4 by a lopsided
144-5 count.
With the passage of Option 4, the nearly
$30-million in ‘excess’ tax revenue which the
PISD had been sending to the state for redistri-
bution to ‘less wealthy’ school districts will
now go to the Houston ISD. It is estimated that
the PISD will realize a savings of nearly
$600,000 through interest bearing accounts and
service fees by contracting with the HISD.
Under Senate Bill 7, Texas school districts
are limited to $280,000 per student in tax gen-
(See VOTE, Page 2)
Inside This
Week
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Police Reports.................Page 2
Early Fies...................Paoe 4
LiteSlyles .........Pages b-f
Sports.......................Pages 8-9
Classified.................Pages 10-11
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Drive safely
mrm THE start of the 1994-95 school
year on Thursday, motorists are reminded
to observe school acme traffic signs and to
be especially alert for youngsters walking
or riding their bikes to and from school
Some streets around campuses are limited
to one-way traffic during certain hours of
the school day. (Beacon Photo by Nick
West) _
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West, Nicholas M. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 17, 1994, newspaper, August 17, 1994; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth724709/m1/1/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.