Well, as it turns out, Dallas Independent School District superintendent Michael Hinojosa was far more engaged than we all thought. We just received the superintendent's annual evaluation of Eric Anderson, the district's former chief operating officer who has been widely blamed for DISD's epic financial crisis. Long story short: Hinojosa thought Anderson was absolutely terrible at his job.The entire evaluation is after the jump, and this week's cover story on the super in the paper version of U
Last month, while working on this profile of Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, I met DISD board of trustees president Jack Lowe for coffee at the La Madeline by SMU. Lowe, as you may recall, said upon the revelation of the district's initial $64-million budget shortfall in September that he was, ya know, "very embarrassed." But two months later, Lowe, who is pictured at right, orchestrated the vote to suspend next year's
elections and keep his pro-Hinojosa bloc
Last month, while reporting last week's cover story on Dallas Independent Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, I had two long interviews with school board trustee Leigh Ann Ellis, pictured at right. Most people consider the soft-spoken Ellis one of Hinojosa's most reliable supporters on the board, but I found her more ambivalent about his capabilities and future with the district.It's not that Ellis thinks he should lose his job, but she's far less gushing about the supe than board president Jack Lo
