Terry Abbott
Terry Abbott
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Our police department keeps a pretty close watch with their gang-intervention officers, and the police chief (John Blackburn) said we have not seen an increase in gang activity. Kids still fight like they do anywhere in the country, but that doesn't mean it's a gang-related issue.
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These saved seconds will reduce the number of delays in our busiest airports.
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He's a good educator who's done good things at that school. In this case he's made a mistake in judgment and he's been appropriately disciplined for it. It's appropriate for only the U.S. and Texas flags to fly in front of schools.
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Any student who engages in this kind of activity today can be suspended for up to three days, and may be removed from school outright. There also are severe academic consequences.
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Mr. Rios used taxpayer-funded school equipment to copy and distribute to children an offensive statement. The principal exercised his authority to remove Mr. Rios as junior varsity baseball coach, and it certainly was an appropriate decision.
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The action by our police department was immediate, as was the action by school officials.
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It's historically a successful program, but it's small, and we think we will get more efficiency at Blackshear.
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He ran out in the street and held his hands out and stopped the bus. He jumped on the hood and then climbed on the roof.
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Our office of inspector general is investigating inappropriate behavior at a school-sponsored event held off campus back in February.
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The student shouldn't have been, even though this was part of an active drug investigation, strip searched.
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If they get more than that, they don't get credit for their classes, so it could affect the promotion of students from grade to grade, and ultimately their ability to graduate on time.
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Everything went very smoothly today. We're very proud of the kids and the staff.
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All of these schools are big, and they all have doors around the campus, and obviously if a door is left ajar, certainly it is possible for someone to get in. That's why we have officers walking the halls and teachers walking the halls and administrators walking the halls, looking for anyone who is there who shouldn't be there.
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That's a class C misdemeanor with up to a $200 fine and they'll have to go to court with their parents.