Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 35, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 29, 1984 Page: 4 of 12
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PAGE 4-PALACIOS BEACON, WED., AUG. 29, 1984
Panel
G
(final)
etters to the Editor
A view from the board..
To the Citizens concerned with
PISD:
I too would like to address the
subject of the school budget for
the year 1984-85 and add some
additional light to the subject.
Our school budget starts being
compiled shortly after school
opens its’ doors in the fall. Every
teacher and the non-academic
areas as well, are requested to
submit an estimate of their needs
to run their departments for the
following year. These lists of
requests are discussed and chan-
ged, some added to where
needed and others trimmed
down. Somewhere around the
first of the year, all of this
information is tabulated and
compiled. This information is
reviewed by the administration
and presented to the trustees at
least’one week before an open
meeting of the board, usually in
June or July. At the meeting, the
proposed budget is gone over
page by page and discussed. This
document is very in-depth, this
year containing 84 legal size
pages. At this time the board
usually makes any changes it
sees fit and tentatively approves
the Proposed Budget which gives
the administration the authority
to put it into the final form for a
public hearing and adoption at a
meeting prior to August 20, the
date required by law to be
adopted.
As to salaries, I think we are all
aware of our teachers situation
and the part the Texas Legisla-
ture has played. Concerning our
other employees, I checked with
a local company which covers a
wide area in this southern section
of Texas and asked how the
wages we pay our maintenance
men compared with their rates.
Their response was, “We don’t
try to pay the lowest wages nor
the highest wages in the area we
serve. If vou are hiring for $12
and less per hour, you are way
under the average wage.”
An ad in our county paper is
seeking secretaries. Salary offer-
ed: $1,200 per month. Secretary
salaries seem to be in line also.
Our principals, assistant super-
intendents, and superintendent’s
salaries are based on their
degrees and years of experience
teaching. We are very fortunate
in having a staff with a low
turnover in employment. Train-
ing personnel is expensive and
time consuming.
Is industry being gouged? No.
We have one of the lowest tax
rates in the state and they are
Had to be in our district. As to
[he future: with the projected
evaluation in our district and the
Completion of our building pre-
gram, we could possibly be
looking at as much as a 10 cent
cut in our tax rate for the 1985-86
year.
Of the three proposed budgets,
I voted for the budget recomm-
ended to the board by the
administration. Our administra-
tor functioned well during the
lean years and has always main-
tained a quality educational
program for our students. Pala-
cios 1SD is the only school in this
county and area which is acc-
redited by the Southern Asso-
ciation of Colleges and Schools,
K through 12 grades, and we
have had a regional accredited
High School continuously since
1916.
We can all take pride in that
fact, but we caniiot rest on the
past. As we a people progress,
we need to change and meet the
new challenges and opportunities
and go forward working together
for the benefit of the students,
school and our community.
May we put this subject to rest
and go foward united.
Sincerely,
Mason Holsworth
Police Reserves complete training
Dear Editor:
We, the members of the
Palacios Police Reserves, would
like to extend a big thank you to
everyone who has contributed to
our organization. We are a
volunteer organization and our
expenses are paid by contribu-
tions from the citizens of Pala-
cios. Donations have made it
possible to purchase uniforms for
the 14 Reserve Officers at
approx. $200 each. We have also
purchased two flashlights and
two Walkie Talkies.
All 14 members of our Unit
have completed the required 70
hr. Reserve Training School.
Gasses began on July 9, 1984
and ended on August 1, 1984
with all of our Reserves being
certified as Police Reserves.
They are: Kenneth Smith, Mich-
ael Viets, Ben Germer, Carlos
Ottino, Pat Jewell, Joe Frick,
Matilda Munoz, Larry Pena, Nell
Christmas, Dave Dawson, Linda
Dawson, Pete Dragicevich, Earl
White and Linda O’Connor.
The classes were held here in
Palacios at the high school by
W.C.J.C. Police Academy with
Instructor Scott Glass in charge.
The course included fire-arms
Where's the picture...?
Editor:
Did I miss it - Or did you? I
have not seen any ipention of our
new Police Reserve Officers. I
think you should have a group
picture in the paper.
The people of Palacios need to
training which was held on a gun
range near Wharton. All of the
Reserves did very well and were
highly commended by Instructor
Glass and Chief Jim Wilson. We
are required to put in 20 hours of
duty on patrol and/or dispatch-
ing per month. We are very
proud to be a part of the Paiacios
Police Department and our duty
is to assist the officer on duty.
At the present time, we have
our own gun range under con-
struction on Collins Drive. We
would like to extend a special
thank you to Abner Ussery for all
of the work and time he has
donated to this project. He used
his own equipment and donated
his time and did an excellent job.
Our Reserve Unit will still be
responsible for the expenses of
building a fence. Any donations
will be appreciated. You can
make your donation to: Palacios
Police Reserves, P.O. Box 845,
Palacios, Texas 77465.
Again, let us say we are proud
to serve the people of Palacios
and promise to give our best to
your protection and security.
The Palacios Police Reserves
know who these volunteer offi-
cers are and should appreciate
what they are doing to help our
regular officers to make Palacios
a safer place to live in.
Wallace Barrl
hunts'
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half that many,” Greene stated.
A lot of the tickets have also
been issued, Greene said, during
times there are shift changes at.
the STP plant. He also says a>
low-profile police car also contri-
butes to more motorists being
caught exceeding the speed
limits
"With t[je new patrol car, it
has low profile overheads (lights-
siren) that drivers can’t see until
the patrol car is right on top. It
makes a lot of difference,”
Greene pointed out. “1 think we,
are also having more traffic than
we used to. These people need to
oe more careful around school
zones.”
Except for the eight Palacios
drivers given tickets, the remain-
der resided throughout the South
Texas area including Houston,
San Antonio, El Campo, Bay-
town, Port Arthur, Bay City,
DeSoto, Galveston and Blessing.
Most of those motorists, appar-
ently, were taking advantage of
the weekend to travel.
“That’s when you have most of
your tickets,” Greene said, re-
ferring-■to the weekend. “They
come in on weekends when you
have your travellers.”
DEATHS
[Continued Froip Page One]
deaths in the state, 34 occurred
in rural areas as the result of 3ft
accidents. Twelve of the 30 fataD
accidents involved drivers who
had been drinking.
Two of the three rural fatal
pedestrian accidents involved
pedestrians who had been drink-
ing.
Nine of the 12 rural drivers
who had been drinking were
exceeding the legal speed limit,
when involved in fatal accidents.
There were 17 single vehicle
accidents in which 20 people
were killed. The drivers had no
“other driver” to blame.
“Perhaps the most significant
August is proclaimed
child support month
Palacios Mayor Leonard Lamar
issued a proclamation August 20
declaring August "Child Support
Month.”
Mayor Lamar said that child
support is an extremely impor-
tant issue and an issue that needs
to be recognized by the people of
Palacios.
Child support enforcement is a
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part of the Attorney General’s
Office. Attornev General Jim
Mattox initiated “Project Pay-
Up” August 1. “Project Pay-
Up” is a statewide effort to give
parents the chance to pay their
delinquent child support pay-
ments. The project will make a
strong push for parents to meet
their responsibilities, especially
since the school year began
recently.
Mayor Lamar stated that “the
City of Palacios is pleased to
assist the Attorney General’s
Office with this worthwhile pro-
ject.”
Attorney General Jim Mattox
said, "I am appreciative of local
efforts in support of ‘Project
Pay-Up' and because of commun-
ity support in the recent past,
child support collection in Texas
has increased 41 percent since
my office took over the program
in September 1983.
Garbage pickup
Monday, Council
meets Tuesday
City Hall will be closed
Monday in observance of
Labor Day. Garbage will be
picked up as usual.
The next regularly schedul-
ed City Council meeting will
be held next Tuesday at 7
p.m. because of the Labor Day
holiday Monday.
PISD Today
BY DONNIE HORTON
Information Director
thing in the analysis of last year’s
Labor Day statistics is that in
every rural fatal accident, at least
one violation was apparently a
contributing factor.”
“So it might follow that if we
can reduce the violations, we can
reduce the death and destruction
on the highways on Texas.”
The Regional Commander said
additional troopers from the
Department’s other uniformed
services will augment the High-
way Patrol force during the three
day operation holiday beginning
at 6 p.m. Friday, August 31 and
ending at midnight Monday,
September 3.
By this time most parents are
aware that students will no
longer be bringing home “d’s”
on their report cards. Grades will
be recorded as “c” or above for
passing. All grades will be
recorded in numerical values for
all classes except kindergarten
and grade one. The numerical
score of “70” is the bottom line
for passing.
At the end of the third week of
each six-weeks grading period,
teachers will issue an unsatis-
factory progress report on all
students whose performance is
below the standard for passing.
At any other time during the
grading period a teacher feels a
student’s progress is in jeopardy,
the parent also may receive
notice the student’s progress is
unsatisfactory so the parent can
schedule a conference with the
teacher to obtain guidance in
giving assistance to the student
to help improve his/her grades.
New report cards have been
designed to provide teachers
with a way to schedule regular
conferences with parents. Since
all report cards must be signed
and returned to the school each
su weeks, the parent can indi-
cate on the report card the
preferred choice of conference
times.
Teachers will be required to
have on record a minimum of six
grades wheu determining grades
for reporting periods unless the
subject area is exejr.pt from this
requirement. Students must pass
the final six-weeks grading peri-
od in the semester in order to
receive credit for the first semes-
Six-weeks or semester exams
will be given only on be. House ;>
Bill 72 mandates thsit all stu-;l
dents wiii take exams lin any classjjj
where exams are given. In other I;
words, students may not be!;
exempt from exams wlhich other!;
students in the class muist take. ';
Teachers of elemen tary level ji;
students (k-5) will inot give!;
semester exams but will give;
six-weeks exams in grades 3,4”:
and 5 which will determine'!
one-fourth of the grade for that;
six-weeks period. Then the grad-;':
es for the three six-weel;s periods,
will be averaged to arrilve at the;:
grade for the semester.
K-5 students will receive letter;-
grades in conduct and parents";
who do not understand the];
meaning of the grade, may:
contact the teacher for an ex-
planation.
In senior and junior ihigh, the;
six-weeks exams given in the
first and second six-weeks peri-
ods will count one-third of thej
six-weeks grade. The third six-1
weeks grade will be the average
of the daily grades and test
grades for that period and q
semester exam will be gi ven. The
semester exam will count one;
fourth of the semester grade!
Students must earn at least fout
grade points in the last semes!
ter to earn credit for the entire
year.
When a student fails one
semester and wishes to avoid
retaking the entire course, credit
can be earned through summer
school or by correspondence;
This must be completed by the
beginning of the fall seme ster.
Happy Birthday
BIRTHDAYS
AUGUST 29
Lana Zieglee, Houston
Bruce Hart, Palacios
Cleddie G. Harvey, Palacios
AUGUST 30
Matilda Munoz, Palacios
Linda Flores, Palacios
Frank Rickaway, Blessing
Darryl Gallardo, Houston
AUGUST31
Andy Johnson, Palacios
Ronny Lawson, Palacios
Cheryl H. Crain, Austin
SEPTEMBER 1
Meloni Wells, Palacios
Dave Hiltabrand, Naperville, IL
Jennifer Parrish, Olivia
SEPTEMBER 3
Jerome Flint, Blessing
Brandy Gurka, Palacios
SEPTEMBER 4
Jon Richards, Palacios
Victor Longoria
Vincent Longoria
ANNIVERSARIES
AUGUST 30
Mr. and Mrs. Benny Farley, Brazoria
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Munoz, Palacios
AUGUST 31
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kilgore, Palacios
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Viets, Palacios
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