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ELECTION: Results are in
ELECTION 2014
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budget and enabling teach-
ers with tools that will allow
CISD to improve student
performance on state testing
measurements, plus improve
4-year graduation rates and
college and career readiness
rates,” said Franklin of his
plans for the upcoming term.
The Place 3 race between
Dr. Prosanti Chowdhurry and
Rusty Norton for the seat va-
cated in November by Debo-
rah Alenius, saw Chowdhurry
getting the nod to continue
with the board. Chowdhurry
was appointed to fill the seat
after Alenius' departure. He
received 62 percent of the
1,932 votes cast, with Norton
earning 735 of those votes cast.
"I'm looking forward to help-
ing the district to move forward
in adding advanced academics
classes and dual credit courses,
as well as continuing our part-
nership with Tarrant County
College and Kansas State [Uni-
versity]," said Chowdhurry.
"With the completion of the
Chisholm Trail Parkway, we
can continue to plan for growth
and partner with developers to
attract the kind of taxpayers
into the district that we need to
continue moving forward."
Chowdhurry also said safe-
ty is a hot topic for him.
"We need to continue to
provide for a safe and nur-
turing environment for our
students. I didn't know until
I got on the school board just
how much the district has
done in the area of security,
but it's a lot," he said.
Of the 47,922 registered
Tarrant County voters in the
CISD boundaries, only 2,100,
or 4.38 percent, cast ballots.
In Johnson County, only 18
of the 650 registered voters
went to the polls.
For a complete breakdown
of election results, including
Tarrant County and Burle-
son city and ISD numbers see
graph to the right.
ARRESTED 2 Knife, pot found
FROM PAGE 1
and suspect Edwin Samuel
Ricketts were waiting.
"When I reached Williams,
she advised that, as I was ap-
proaching, Ricketts dropped
a small clear plastic baggie
containing a green leafy sub-
stance and a package of Kush
cigarillos, and handed them to
me," Perry said in the report,
which also said the substance
tested positive as marijuana.
Ricketts gave permission
for the vehicle to be searched,
said the report.
"[The dog handler] stated
her inspection revealed a plas-
tic baggie containing five ap-
proximately 2x2-inch plastic
baggies containing approxi-
mately 3-teaspoons of suspect-
ed marijuana and a scale con-
taining marijuana residue in
the passenger side trunk of the
vehicle," said Perry's report.
A search of the driver's
side door pocket turned up a
small jar containing suspect-
ed marijuana wax. A quar-
ter-inch marijuana cigarette
was found in the ashtray and
marijuana buds, stems and
flakes were found throughout
the car floor. One suspected
marijuana seed was located
on the passenger floor. An
approximately 4-inch knife
was found in the passenger
door pocket, said the report.
“Crowley ISD has a dis-
trict-wide contract with In-
terquest Detection Canines
as part of a comprehensive
detection and deterrence
program to reduce and elimi-
nate the presence of prohibit-
ed items on school property,”
said Public Information offi-
cer Anthony Kirchner. “Any
time a prohibited item is de-
tected on school property, we
adhere to the district code of
conduct, state laws and fed-
eral laws with an immediate
response.”
CISD: Growth plan in place
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need it.”
Although the district owns
land and has a plan, one ma-
jor part of the equation is still
unknown - money.
“There is a science to it, but
there are many factors the
developer and school district
cannot control. Interest rates,
unemployment, general econ-
omy, family income - right
now we’re in an economic re-
covery in this area of Texas.
Housing is hot right now, but
that can change over a period
of just a few months,” Powell
said, referring to the econom-
ic downturn of 2009.
Recent CISD history
proves that growth, and
the economic stimulus that
comes from it, can disappear
overnight.
“The district was growing
rapidly in 2008-09. Homes
were going up almost over-
night. Enrollment was going up
10 percent each year, then the
bubble burst. The bottom just
dropped out of the economy.
There were foreclosures every-
where,” Powell said. Under the
leadership of then Superinten-
dent Greg Gibson, the district
had built Mary Harris and
Walker intermediate schools
and a middle school at the cor-
ner of McCart and FM1187.
“But because of the worst
recession since the Great
Depression, they couldn’t af-
ford to pay to furnish or staff
them,” Powell said.
The schools were shuttered,
Gibson moved on to another
position outside the district
and Powell was brought in as
interim superintendent.
“We worked through the
spring of 2010 to get our fi-
nances in order to open those
schools,” he recalled. “The
district had planned with the
2007 bond to build a CTE
center near the agriculture
barn so it would be between
the two high schools. We
needed a CTE center, but
with slowed growth, our so-
lution was to make modifi-
cations to the middle school
building and turned it into
the Bill R. Johnson CTE cen-
ter,” Powell said.
Because of additional state
funding for the career and
technology center and its pro-
grams, the district was able
to pay the operating costs of
the CTE center and one of the
intermediate schools.
“We had two needs - to
implement a CTE and to
identify operating capital to
open these shuttered schools.
Using the middle school as
a CTE was our resolution,”
Powell said.
Make no mistake. Powell
doesn’t see himself as a hero
or a savior.
“And it’s not fair to blame
the former superinten-
dent for not opening those
schools. None of us had a
crystal ball. No one knew the
bottom would fall out of the
market,” he said.
With economic recovery
heating up, Powell said he
is mindful of the past, but
hopeful for the future.
"Everything depends on
how fast those developments
go in and the value range of the
homes in them. We can pretty
much tell how many students
and at what grade level a
neighborhood will contribute.
We're keeping an eye on it."
MORE MOTHER'S DAY AT DALLAS PARK ELEMENTARY
CROWLEY STAR/KYP SHILLAM
Moms get a laugh from the cards written by their children at the Tea with a Lovely Lady event. Keisha Hurd
poses for a picture with daughter Chloe Calvin. Albina and Elry Cooper show off the card he made for her.
Kylie Hernandez and aunt Ashley Hollis both wore hats for the big event.
Following are results from May 10 municipal and school district elections:
City of Crowley
City Council, Place 5
Tina Pace
206
Jesse D. Johnson
99
Lezo "Lee" Foley
62
Crowley ISD
Trustee, Place 1
Jay Hinton
1,206
Misty Whitley
719
Trustee, Place 2
Thedrick J. Franklin
1,184
Jerry Nugent
718
Trustee, Place 3
P.K. Chowdhury
1J97
Rusty Norton
735
City of Burleson
Mayor
John Glen Garrison
151
Ken Shetter
613
City Council, Place 2
Rick Green
626
City Council, Place 4
Matt Aiken
627
City Council, Place 6
Robert Gray
183
Ronnie Johnson
514
Burleson ISD
Trustee, Place 3
Ryan Richardson
353
Dr. Kim Tyler
239
30.3%
Paul Keese
196
24.9%
56.1%
Trustee, Place 4
27.0%
Rick Pettijohn
231
30.3%
16.9%
Andy Pickens
531
69.7%
City of Fort Worth
62.6%
Prop. 1 (Transportation, infrastructure)
37-4%
Yes
11,814
83.3%
No
2,369
16.7%
62.3%
Prop. 2 (Parks, community services)
37-7%
Yes
11,123
78.4%
No
3,059
21.6%
62.0%
Prop. 3 (Libraries)
38.0%
Yes
n,033
78.1%
No
3,ioo
21.9%
Prop. 4 (New fire stations)
Yes
11,633
82.3%
19.8%
No
2,509
17.7%
80.2%
Prop. 5 (Municipal court renovations)
Yes
9,538
67.8%
100.0%
No
4,524
32.2%
Prop. 6 (Facility-related expenses)
100.0%
Yes
9,576
68.2%
No
4,464
31.8%
26.3%
Prop. 7 (Animal care, control)
73-7%
Yes
10,991
77.8%
No
3443
22.2%
Crime Control District
Yes 12,062 84.6%
44.8% No 2,188 15.4%
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