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Monday, August 4, 2014
Denton Record-Chronicle
CALENDAR
TODAY
CLUB MEETINGS
Chess Night at 6 p.m. at North
Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St.
Players of all ages and skill levels
welcome. Free. Call 940-349-8752.
Conservative Toastmasters
meets at 7 p.m. at Denton Regional
Medical Center's Educational Build-
ing, 3535-A I-35E. Email lebbo@
miaincusa.com or mzerger@earth
link.net.
Denton Senior Center exercise
classes are from 11 to 11:40 a.m. at
509 N. Bell Ave. Those age 50 and
older are invited. No advance sign-
up required. Call 940-349-8720 or
940-566-5242.
Denton Toastmasters public
speaking club meets from 7 to 8:30
p.m. at Lake Forest Good Samaritan,
3901 Montecito Drive, in the activity
building. Call 940-458-4669.
North Texas Toastmasters
public speaking club meets from
noon to 1 p.m. in Room 324 of
Chestnut Hall on the UNT campus.
Visit http://420.toastmasters
clubs.org or call Navin Singh at
940-595-1151.
SUPPORT GROUPS
Back to Basics Al-Anon, for
family and friends dealing with the
effects of someone's drinking,
meets at 7 p.m. at First Presbyteri-
an Church of Denton, 1114 W. Uni-
versity Drive. Call 940-368-3605 or
310-291-8243.
Compulsive Eaters Anonymous
meets at 7:30 p.m. Call 940-395-
3334.
Denton County Gamblers
Anonymous chapter meets from
10 to 11 a.m. in Room 214 at First
United Methodist Church of Denton,
201S. Locust St. Meetings are open
and nonsmoking. Call Waunita at
940-390-9419.
Drug Addicts Anonymous (Faith
in Action Group of Denton) meets at
8 p.m. at Solutions of North Texas'
Wilshire Hall, 2216 N. Bolivar St.
Visit www.sontx.org, www.sober
dorm.org or call 940-898-6202.
Memory Loss Support Group,
for family members of people with
Alzheimer's or dementia, meets at
6:30 p.m. on the first and third
Mondays of the month in the sec-
ond-floor meeting room at Dog-
wood Estates, 2820 Wind River
Lane. Call Jane Hale at 940-231-
2989.
NAMI Family Support Group
and Recovery International
Support Group meet from 7 to
8:30 p.m. in Room 202 at Cross-
roads Bible Church, 8101FM407 in
Double Oak. Sponsored by National
Alliance on Mental Illness Denton
County. Visit http://namidenton.
org, email generalinfo@nami
denton.org or call 469-248-8789.
Narcotics Anonymous meets at
7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew Presbyteri-
an Church, 300 W. Oak St.
Serenity Al-Anon, for family and
friends dealing with the effects of
someone's drinking, meets at noon
at First United Methodist Church,
201S. Locust St.
Shalom Today group of Alco-
holics Anonymous meets at
noon, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. for dis-
cussion at 5011W. University Drive.
Call 940-383-8252.
Show Me group of Alcoholics
Anonymous meets at 9 a.m.,
noon, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at 1622 W.
University Drive, Suite 104. Call
940-566-9989.
Unity group of Alcoholics
Anonymous meets from 6 to 7
p.m. at First Baptist Church of
Denton, 1100 Malone St. Call 940-
239-9238.
Way Out group of Alcoholics
Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. at
First Presbyterian Church, 1114 W.
University Drive. Call 940-367-7722
or 940-231-6267.
TUESDAY
EVENTS
6:45 to 8 a.m. — Rotary Club of
Denton South meets at Oakmont
Country Club, 1901 Oakmont Drive.
Call 940-368-3789.
10 a.m. — Preschool Science
Play: “Magnets” for ages 3-5 at
South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley
Lane. Free, but registration is re-
quired. Call 940-349-8752.
3 p.m. — Teen Crafting Club:
“Collage” at North Branch Library,
3020 N. Locust St. Upcycle used
objects into art. Free. Call 940-349-
8752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.
com.
6 to 7:30 p.m. — Select Reha-
bilitation Hospital in Denton
presents a free workshop and
dinner to offer information about
Parkinson's disease at 2620 Scrip-
ture St. To make reservations, call
940-297-6500.
7 to 8 p.m. — Amazing YA Book
Club, for adult fans of young adult
books, meets at Emily Fowler
Central Library, 502 Oakland St.
This month, discuss If I Stay by
Gayle Forman. Free. Call 940-349-
8718 or email stacey.irish-keffer@
cityofdenton.com.
WEDNESDAY
EVENTS
2 to 3:30 p.m. — “Using a
Computer Mouse” class at South
Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane.
Free, but registration is required.
Call 940-349-8752.
8 p.m. — UNT guest artist
recital with Xiaojie “Nina” Sun in
Voertman Hall at the Music Build-
ing, at Avenue C and Chestnut
Street. Free. Call 940-565-2791 or
visit www.music.unt.edu.
To tell us about your event or
meeting, visit DentonRC.com and
click on “Let Us Know” for our
online forms; email to drc@
dentonrc.com; fax to 940-566-
6888; or mail to Page 2 Calendar,
Denton Record-Chronicle, 314 E.
Hickory St., Denton, TX 76201.
WEATHER
NBC 5’S DENTON 3-DAY OUTLOOK
ALMANAC
NBC 5 meteorolo-
gists (from left):
Rick Mitchell,
Remeisha Shade,
Lindsay Riley,
David Finfrock,
Samantha Davies,
Grant Johnston.
TODAY
Mostly sunny
and warm
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
High 94
Winds east at 5 to 10 mph
Mostly sunny and
warm
Hot and
dry
Overnight low: 70
High 96, low 72
High 97, low 75
Forecast for noon, Monday, Aug. 4,2014
High Low
Denton_89_66
PRECIPITATION
24 hours (ending 5 p.m.) 0.00”
Month to date - 0.00” Normal - 0.17”
Year to date -16.81” A year ago -19.81”
LAKE LEVELS
Ray Roberts Lake
7 a.m. today
626.65
Year ago
627.37
Lewisville Lake
516.86
515.78
Grapevine Lake
525.25
527.51
Lake Texoma
611.94
617.59
Lake Bridgeport
813.64
816.98
Gray bands indicate high temperature zones for the day.
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Albuquerque
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Amarillo
90
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Atlanta
87
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Austin
93
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Chicago
86
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78
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Denver
87
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87
62 pc
85
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Detroit
83
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83
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79
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El Paso
84
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Honolulu
90
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Houston
88
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Kansas City, Mo 86
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Las Vegas
83
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Los Angeles
82
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82
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Mpls/St. Paul
88
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New Orleans
93
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New York
76
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Orlando
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Philadelphia
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Phoenix
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Portland
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San Francisco
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Tulsa
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Washington, DC 85
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SOLAR & LUNAR
Sunrise today.................................. 6:44 a.m.
Sunset tonight .................................8:25 p.m.
Moonrise today................................2:38 p.m.
Moonset Tuesday ............................1:32 a.m.
Car went
into water
in Farmers
Branch
State troopers are still inves-
tigating the cause of a crash that
sent a motorist into a body of
water Sunday afternoon in
Farmers Branch.
Sgt. Lonny Haschel, a
spokesman for the Texas De-
partment of Public Safety, said a
911 call came in about 1 p.m.
about an accident involving a sil-
ver Mazda 3 traveling south-
bound on the Bush Turnpike
near Valley View Lane.
Haschel said the car went in-
to the grassy median between
the southbound and north-
bound lanes of the turnpike. The
car traveled 60 yards before go-
ing over an embankment, drop-
ping 35 feet, and traveling an-
other 30 yards to land in the wa-
ter, which Haschel said ap-
peared to be a retention pond.
The driver and his dog were
assisted out of the vehicle by by-
standers, who also notified first
responders.
The driver was taken by
Farmers Branch fire and EMS to
a hospital in Dallas, where he
was in unknown condition. The
dog was uninjured and being
cared for, Haschel said.
— Bj Lewis
Teacher survey gets little response
AT A GLANCE
The TELL Texas Survey of Teachers and Principals gave educators several
statements and asked if they agreed, strongly agreed, disagreed or
strongly disagreed. A sampling:
■ Class sizes are reasonable such that teachers have time to meet needs
of all students.
■ Teachers are protected from duties that interfere with essential role of
educating students.
■ Teachers have sufficient access to appropriate instructional materials.
■ The school environment is clean and well-maintained.
■ Parents know what is going on in this school.
■ School administrators support teachers’ efforts to maintain discipline in
the classroom.
■ The curriculum taught in this school is aligned with Texas Essential
Knowledge and Skills.
■ Overall, my school is a good place to work and learn.
SOURCE: Texas Education Agency
Fewer than 1 in 5
answer state’s
Web questionnaire
By Terrence Stutz
The Dallas Morning News
AUSTIN — The Legislature
and the Texas Education Agency
tried to survey the state’s teach-
ers and principals about their
classrooms and learning envi-
ronment. But the effort has been
largely ignored, and some edu-
cators see a silent protest at
work.
Fewer than 1 in 5 of the state’s
425,000 educators responded
to the TELL Texas Survey in
April, May and early June — de-
spite a big push by Education
Commissioner Michael Wil-
liams and his agency.
The Legislature ordered the
survey in its 2013 session. Wil-
liams called in several education
groups to enlist their coopera-
tion. But two leading groups, the
Texas Association of School
Boards and Texas Association of
School Administrators, turned
him down.
That ensured an unenthusi-
astic reception from local school
boards and principals — al-
though the state’s four teacher
organizations encouraged
teachers to take the 30-minute
online survey.
Texas State Teachers Associ-
ation spokesman Clay Robison,
whose group supported the ef-
fort, nonetheless said many edu-
cators were wary of a Legislature
and state government that they
view as “not teacher-friendly.”
“You have to remember that
teachers have been through
multiple rounds of budget cuts
that cost the jobs of about 11,000
teachers. Some may be afraid
that if they complain too much,
that may be used for more bud-
get cuts,” Robison said.
Teachers and principals were
guaranteed confidentiality for
their individual responses. But
the education agency said it
would make public the results
for every campus with a re-
sponse rate of 50 percent or
more. Every teacher and admin-
istrator was issued a confidential
access code to participate.
Some education leaders said
privately there were fears among
administrators that the results
might be used to draft legisla-
tion in the 2015 session that
would be adverse to school dis-
tricts.
Williams said in a letter to
schools that the goal was “to pro-
vide schools, districts, and the
state with data that can be used
to enhance school improvement
efforts.” The commissioner ex-
plained that the survey called on
educators “to voice their percep-
tions of the teaching and learn-
ing conditions in schools.”
For example, teachers were
asked whether they are protect-
ed from duties that interfere
with teaching students. They
were also asked whether parents
know what is going on on their
campus and whether their class
sizes are “reasonable.” They were
quizzed on whether administra-
tors support teachers in main-
taining classroom discipline.
The questions seemed rea-
sonable. But Robison of the state
teachers association said some
school employees “may have
been suspicious about what they
intended to do with the infor-
mation.”
Debbie Ratcliffe, a spokes-
woman for the education agen-
cy, said the survey “could have
been a great way to get some in-
sight from teachers about their
work environment.”
She acknowledged that most
schools won’t get any informa-
tion back because their partici-
pation rates didn’t reach the 50
percent threshold.
“The response was disap-
pointing,” she said. One factor
she noted was that the survey
was first made available just be-
fore statewide testing of stu-
dents.
“Teachers were really busy at
that point since it was a few
weeks before the STAAR was
administered,” she said. Also,
the survey contractor “got ahead
of schedule” by sending out sur-
vey packets to superintendents
before the agency had told them
about it.
Representatives for the
school boards and school ad-
ministrators associations said
they were asked to lend their
support to the project. But agen-
cy ofiicials rejected their sugges-
tions about what to ask educa-
tors.
“They basically ignored all
our concerns,” said Suzanne
Marchman of the school admin-
strators group. She added that
her organization declined to al-
low the use of its name when the
survey was transmitted to dis-
tricts.
An email from the group sent
out to superintendents and
school administrators noted
that the education agency and
the private contractor that han-
dled the survey instructed all
principals to hold a faculty
meeting on the survey in April.
“That is a suggestion from
the contracted vendor. It is not a
requirement in law or a rule,” the
administrators group said in its
email.
The email also said the sur-
vey ignored questions on such
important topics as student test-
ing, current funding disparities
among schools and increased
state requirements for schools.
A spokesman for the school
boards association said that
group didn’t sign on to support
TELL Texas — short for Teach-
ing, Empowering, Leading and
Learning — because it came in
the midst of state testing of stu-
dents and would have just added
to the already heavy workload of
most teachers.
“It was one more survey
teachers had to fill out in addi-
tion to grading papers, prepar-
ing for classes and meeting oth-
er responsibilities,” said Dax
Gonzalez, a spokesman for the
group.
Report: Arrests rare in
campus assault cases
BRIEFLY
ACROSS THE STATE
AUSTIN (AP) - The recent
arrests of two Texas football play-
ers were a rare example of rapes
being reported on campus lead-
ing to police action, according to
a report published Sunday.
Kendall Sanders and Mon-
trel Meander are two of just six
people arrested in the last five
years following allegations of
sexual assault at the University
of Texas and five other Central
Texas colleges: Austin Commu-
nity College, St. Edward’s Uni-
versity, Southwestern Universi-
ty, Concordia University and
Huston-Tillotson University.
In that time, police have re-
sponded to reports of just 19 sex-
ual assaults on the six campuses,
which total more than 100,000
students, the Austin Amerimn-
Statesman and KVUE-TV re-
ported.
The report found that UT re-
ceived reports of 23 sexual as-
saults during 2010 and 2012, but
police in that time were given
notice of just five alleged attacks.
Both campus and police ofii-
cials cite the difficulty of getting
victims to pursue prosecutions.
Rose Luna, a spokeswoman
for Texas Association Against
Sexual Assault, said she consid-
ered the arrests of the two foot-
ball players to be a statement.
“To see this at UT was very en-
couraging, but, at the same time,
I feel for all the victims that never
have this happen,” Luna said.
Attorneys for both Sanders
and Meander have denied the
allegations against them.
Corpus Christi
Police: Suspected car
thief reports car stolen
Corpus Christi police say a
man who reported his car stolen
has been arrested on suspicion
of stealing it from someone else.
Juan Saenz, 20, told police
Saturday a man accompanied by
a woman pulled a gun on him
and demanded he surrender his
car. The couple subsequently
was picked up based on Saenz’s
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descriptions and he then identi-
fied them in a police lineup.
But Lt. Karl Wright told the
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
that oflicers determined the car
had been stolen from Saenz’s
former girlfriend. That led to
Saenz’s arrest on a felony charge
of suspicion of unauthorized use
of a motor vehicle.
— The Associated Press
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BLOTTER
Police respond to argument
that turned physical
A domestic disturbance that
sent one person to a hospital is
still under investigation by Den-
ton police.
Ofiicers received a call late
Saturday eveningffom a woman
who was arguing with her boy-
friend. The argument soon be-
came physical, and the woman
was transported to a hospital for
her injuries, according to a po-
lice report. No arrests were
made at the time of the incident.
Other reports
500 block of Cardinal
Drive — Ofiicers responded to
a report of an assault where the
suspect kicked the victim in the
face twice after he could not re-
pay money he owed.
800 block of South Inter-
state 35E — Denton ofiicers
were dispatched to a distur-
bance at a motel where a clerk
reported a lot of traffic coming
and going from a room.
Police made contact with the
resident of the room and found
him to be in possession of mari-
juana, according to a police re-
port. He was arrested and trans-
ported to the city jail.
4000 block of Interstate
35E — A man reported that he
had taken off his ring while
washing his hands in a public
bathroom and forgot it when he
walked out. When he returned,
the ring was gone. Denton offi-
cers filed a theft report.
— Bj Lewis
Denton County Crime Stoppers will
pay a reward of up to $1000 for
information leading to an arrest in
these or other crimes. Callers will
remain anonymous. Call
1-800-388-TIPS (8477). Reach the
Denton police narcotics tip line at
940-565-5801
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