Debbie Ratcliffe
Debbie Ratcliffe
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These are issues that we're still trying to work through. It may depend on what the U.S. Department of Education tells us about how to treat them.
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If recapture is in place still this fall and, if they haven't shared their wealth as they are required to do by law, then they become subject under Texas law to detachment and annexation, or consolidation.
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That certainly is not much of a consensus as when you have a 7-1 or 6-1 vote. And I know the board vote weighs heavily in that (TEA's) decision.
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If history is an indicator, our performance throughout the state improves every year.
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The parents and teachers need to know their reading scores in the next two weeks so that they can get some additional help or remedial intervention for those who didn't pass.