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Several of the District 2 residents were shocked to leam there arc.
only eight or nine officers patrolling the streets on each shift. But
when officers call in sick or take vacations, sometimes replacements
Though several topics came up for discussion as Councilman can’t be found, leaving only four or five officers on the streets.
Rolland Pruett met with his District 2 constituents Monday, the “We can’t put a dollar value on a child’s life, on anyone’s life,
word heard most often was “police.” said Brenda Rouse. “I’d be glad to pay more taxes for more police.
About 45 people attended Baytown’s first districtwide meeting Pruett urged the people to be vocal about their wishes, making it
held since the city went to a 6-1 single-member district voting plan, clear to all the council members what they wanted and would be
Pruett urged those present to get involved, challenging them to willing to pay for.
form civic associations, to attend City Council meetings and to He also mentioned a volunteer program where citizens can help
make their concerns and demands known not only to him as their out at the station with computer postings and other tasks, thereby
representative, but to other council representatives and city officials, freeing officers for other duties.
“Civic associations have lots of clout, lots of power,” he said. Several residents also expressed concerns about drainage prob-
“Remember, I’m only one member of that council. . . just one lems; junk cars left for months, even years, on their streets: traffic
vote out of seven,” he told his listeners. problems; abandoned houses that offer enticing but dangerous
Several people expressed a wish for a greater police presence in playgrounds for neighborhood children; and the city’s slow trash
their district, but agreed that an overall shortage of police officers and brush pickup schedule,
made that difficult.
“What justification is needed to enlarge the police department,
asked Charles Huggins.
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of The Baytown Sun
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When some of the residents tried to blame it on city department
heads, Pruett defended the city employees.
“We just don’t give them enough money to do the job we ask
We not only need more manpower, but we need better facthnes. t0 do » he explained. «Would you * willing t0 pJay a
Those guys (m the detective dtvisron) are so jammed in back there tQV tn „at ’ „ „ v. 3 6 v 1 6
they can’t work and they are all severely underpaid. I’m willing to “ 0 g, monT service.s' .
pay a few more dollars on my taxes each year to pay for it” Several people voiced their assent. ...
“In our neighborhood,” said one woman, “they’re outgunned and “e reminded them that the council will be looking at the budget
they’re outmanned. We need more officers.” 30(1 setting a tax rate for the coming year after council work ses-
“And in the meantime,” said Wilbur Stephenson, “We need to sions in September,
support those officers we have.
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the class of 1992 failed to pass at least one tees also:
subject area and were not allowed to
graduate.
By Josh Daniel
of The Baytown Sun
MONT BELVIEU — The Barbers Hill
—Hired two high school, two middle
. , school and two intermediate school teachers,
. . h. Texas Education Agency spokesman one intermediate school librarian and one
school distnet Monday released results of said Tuesday that of nearly 19,000 Texas SDeech theranist
the April Texas Assessment of Academic 12th graders taking the test in April, 58 ^ F
~ percent met minimum expectations, passing
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Photo by Carrie Pryor
Robert E. Lee cheerleaders Gary Flores, Sara Allen and
Ashley Sorenson give a big yell for their Summer of '92
kickoff dance to be held from 7 p.m. to midnight Friday at
the Baytown Youth Fairgrounds. The Lost River Band will
be featured in the chemical-free dance. Proceeds will en-
able the cheerleaders to attend a summer camp in San
Marcos, where they will compete against squads from
over Texas for an opportunity to participate in the national
competition in Orlando, Fla. Dance tickets, for $5 per per-
son and $8 per couple, may be bought at the Community
Booth at San Jacinto Mall through Thursday or from any
cheerleader. For more information, all 427-7523.
Skills "(TAAS) test. ~ percent met minimum expectations, passing r f°f t?e ^UiUf.8
All students musf pass the TAAS test to all subject areas. Firm H^um 311(1 Start for the district s
graduate from a Texas public school. Stu- Barbers Hill juniors and seniors who fail 311111131 audlt at 3 cost 01 515,600.
dents are given two chances to pass the the exam may enroll in a new TAAS —Adopted a 1992-93 school calendar,
exam their junior year and two more summer tutorial, Ms. Sapp announced. The with 175 instructional days, including two
chances their senior year. students attend 22 daily study sessions half-days in the fall.
In April, 54 Barbers Hill juniors took the during the first half of the summer and then —OK’d a requirement that candidates for
TAAS test, according to Barbers Hill Cuni- retake the exam in mid-July. The program cheerleader maintain a grade point average
culum Director Pam Sapp. Thirty-five of costs $25, but Ms. Sapp said students earn 0f at jeast 75 ^ pass ^ classes in the
those students did not meet minimum $1 for each day they attend the tutorial and previous six-week period in order to practice
requirements, meaning that they failed at receive the entire $25 fee if they have „... - ... * ....
least one of toe three subject areas — perfect attendance. Ms. Sapp said toe district Wlt^ ,other can(liciates' Candidates may still
reading, writing or mathematics. also provides scholarships for toe program, audition regardless of GPA or class stand-
Ms. Sapp said approximately 2 percent of At Monday’s board meeting, school trus- ing.
.
RSS gym tops list of needed renovations
Good
Afternoon
on May 25, approved toe replacement of
those pipes at a cost of $44,869.
Certain environmental studies under
way are also included on toe list.
The only other project to receive board
attention was 23rd on toe list of 30 — toe
renovation of toe West Town site. Trus-
tees, June 8, approved toe expenditure of
$323,800 for toe renovation of 10 class-
rooms and toe repair of toe parking lot.
The complete renovation of toe West
Town site has been estimated at more
than $1.2 million.
In addition to toe Winnie Brown gym
(rejects, toe replacement of toe chiller at
herring and a proposal to extend a bus
driveway at Carver Elementary, llto on
toe list, are also out for bid and will be
put before toe Goose Creek school board
at upcoming meetings.
The remaining 24 projects are on hold
because of a lack of funding, said Alan
King, assistant superintendent for busi-
ness services.
Projects that involve safety and sec-
urity issues are given priority, King
added.
The estimated cost of all 30 projects
was more than $25 million, though $17
million was for rebuilding Ashbel Smith
and Lamar Elementary schools and for
expanding Sterling and Robert. E. Lee
High School.
yems, as compiled by T.J. Tucker,
dirafcjor of maintenance and operations
for“e Goose Creek school district.
Other projects on toe top 10 list
include, in declining priority, replacing
the chiller at Sterling; repairing roofs
throughout the district; upgrading the
heating, cooling and ventilation systems
at various campuses; upgrading toe status
of fire extinguishers in toe district;
resurfacing and repairing various parking
lots; and renovating toe Ross S. Sterling
technology lab to meet Texas Education
Agency criteria.
Listed as seventh on toe list was the
replacement of corroded hot water pipes
at Gentry Junior School. School trustees,
By Betsy Claggett
of The Baytown Sun
During an April storm, wind ripped off
part of toe roof of toe Ross S. Sterling
High School Winnie Brown gym. Rain
water from toe storm saturated toe gym
floor.
The floor has been deemed unsalvage-
able and toe estimated cost of getting toe
facility in shape for toe 1992-93 school
year is $125,000. Bids are due Wednes-
day and a recommendation will likely
come before trustees Monday. _
The Winnie Brown gym projects top a
list of major renovations needed in the
district now and through toe next four
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WEATHER
Texas Avenue street
festival set for Sunday
TUESDAY NIGHT: Partly
cloudy, low in mid-70s.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny
and hot, high in mid-90s.
From 8 a.m. Monday to 8
a.m. Tuesday, high of 89, •
low of 78.
Recycle report
shows small
profit, big gain
District to schedule
series of meetings
The old downtown area will Miche; and toe Goose Creek
come alive Sunday on Father’s Repertory Players, whose mem-
Day as toe Historic Goose bers will offer Shakespearean
Creek Association hosts a street vignettes between toe musical
festival on Texas Avenue.
Association members hope
this family entertainment event Jimenez will broadcast his radio
will be toe first of many annual show from toe festival site,
affairs. Anyone interested in partici-
The festival’s center of activ- paring can still sign up for a
ity will be in toe 300 block of booth or a place on toe program.
West Texas and will include p0r information on crafts, call
continuous entertainment, arts Janet w^uim at 427-3336.
age ^tof Sd Tnmter" of Fofr fo°d ^ Average booth
exhibits information, call Lisa Zatopek
Entertainment will included 31 422-4053.
Stained Glass Window, a To be a part of toe entertain-
Christian Rock group; singers ment, call Chuck Whitley, 420-
Denny Kerbad and Kristi 1593, or Bill Wismar, 427-0561.
*- While they’re not making a
barrel of money, they’re saving
plenty for toe environment.
The Goose Creek school
board will hold a series of
public meetings in June and
July to review each of toe
eight strategies making up toe
Goose Creek Strategic Plan.
The controversial social
services strategy will be
tackled first, with a meeting
set for 7 p.m. June 25 in toe
auditorium of Ross S. Ster-
ling High School.
Representatives of toe 40-
member co
services will start toe meeting
with a review of toe plan.
The meeting will then be
open to questions from toe
audience.
Subsequent meetings will
include mastery learning,
June 30; technology, staff
development and grants, July
6; and outcome-based educa-
tion curriculum and out-
come-based education
practices, July 16.
At each meeting, commit-
tee members will explain toe
plans and concerned citizens
will be allowed to asked
questions.
All meetings will be held
in toe Ross S. Sterling High
School auditorium.
MINI-THOUGHTS
A secret is something
you know that you don’t
dare tell to more than
one friend at a time.
(And it’s no secret we
borrowed this from the
Kiwanis newsletter.)
spots.
Houston disc jockey J.J.
town Recycling Works’ first en-
vironmental impact report.
: For 20,440 pounds of news-
papers collected at toe Recy-
cling Works, toe profit was only
$58.25.
; However
: That many pounds of papers,
through recycling, is toe equiva-
lent of saving 71,540 gallons of
jvater, 3,884 gallons of oil,
42,106 kilowatts of electricity,
474 trees and 31 cubic yards of
landfill space.
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 196, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 16, 1992, newspaper, June 16, 1992; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1154198/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.