Celso Martinez told Sarah Dodd he has the God-given right to live wherever he wanted. Yeah, tell it to the boss, Celso. Celso Martinez was kind enough to call and give me the news personally. Superintendent Michael Hinojosa has denied the DISD spokesperson and associate superintendent’s waiver request to continue…
Last week we outed Celso Martinez. Now, as evidenced by Channel 11’s report and a DMN piece, he’s become quite the media sensation — like Carrot Top. Really, we’d be done with Celso Martinez by now were it not for his recurring issues with the truth. On Tuesday, four days…
This may seem like we’re being petty here, but bear with us: Celso Martinez, the DISD flak who said I may have broken the law when I toured a public school with a parent, is himself in violation of school policy. Martinez, hired by the DISD in June, lives in…
Uh, note to DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa: You’d best tell your spokesperson the definition of “legal” before this gets ugly. Oh, wait. Too late. Our bad. Breaking news: The Dallas Independent School District is investigating whether a crime was committed at Preston Hollow Elementary School in the wake of a…
Teresa Parker: the (former?) principal at Preston Hollow Elementary You remember Teresa Parker, right? She was the principal at Preston Hollow Elementary School — the one U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay said in his November 16 ruling had “unlawfully segregated [students] at Preston Hollow based on race and national origin”…
The Texas Association of School Boards and the Texas Association of School Administrators released a joint study yesterday revealing how much teachers are making across the state — and for the first time, Region XI (which would be Fort Worth) has the heighest average salary, at least for the 2006-’07…
Trustees gone wild! Actually, the video of DISD Trustee Jerome Garza isn’t all that exciting. But it sure is interesting. Exactly one month ago, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about how the DISD finally decided how to divvy up the School District Formerly Known as Wilmer-Hutchins. Contained within…
