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Wednesday, February 23, 1994 — The Allen American — Page 7A
Wal-Mart
Pitstick said it could have a posi- “It bothers me,” she said. It on +
tive impact because the discount bothers me a lot. I like to stay in DC1CIL
store was popular with many resi- Allen. I don’t like to drive to Plano -----------------
From 1A dents and those residents will now with four little kids.”
be shopping elsewhere. Both Adam Thompson and Mar-
transfers to the new store, said “Sometimes they do even better sha Dougherty said they were fre- dents who make
Angie Lundy, Allen Wal-Mart store without Wal-Mart being their com- quent shoppers at the Allen location, outstanding con-
manager. petition,” he said. “I come here almost every day, tributions to the
@ “(I’m) not sure what will happen to There will be no moving sale when Thompson said. “I like having one community,
this location,” Lundy said. “Another the Allen location closes; the mer- this close.” Those receiv-
retail establishment is interested in chandise will just be relocated, Views on where they might shop ing awards were:
the location, but I don’t know the Reithemeyer said, after the relocation varied. Sally Terrell, the
details.” The Wal-Mart currently located at “I suppose (I’ll shop) in McKin- Allen Pacesetter
The direct impact on the local eco- 1300 Custer in Plano will also be ney. I don’t like going into Plano if I award; Sharon
nomyis difficult to calculate because relocated to the same site. don’t have to,” Bonner said.Sommers, Story
sales tax information from the state “We’re very excited about open- Thompson also said he would Elementary
about Wal-Mart is considered prop- ing the new store in Plano,” said probably shop in McKinney,
rietary. David Glass, Wal-Mart president Dougherty said when the store
But once the company has left the and chief executive officer. “Wal- relocates “I guess I’ll go to Plano.” ____,__________
ecity, that information will be made Mart will continue to be an active Lites was torn between the two. award and Barton
•available, said David Pitstick, direc- member of the community, working “Both stores are hard to get to, Black took home
tor of economic development in with other local merchants to in- he said. the first-ever
Allen. crease retail business in and around Store officials have made it clear Ambassador
“They have indicated they would the Plano area.” that the decision to move the opera- award.
not leave until they filled (the build- Although in the corporate world tions was “strictly a logistical deci- Some of the
ing) with another retail operation,” the store is moving for residents of sion,” Pitstick said. . , top ranking auc-
he said. “I’m assuming that whoever Allen, it will feel like the local store is It’s difficult to use the city’s eco- tion items in- .
takes their place will have as many closing. nomic incentives on retail business eluded a painting Sharon Sommers
employees.” "Good grief,” said Charles Lites because companies base their suc- b Marie Renfro
Pitstick said he hasn’t had direct of Allen, when he learned of the re- cess on accessibility, traffic counts which netted
contact with any retail companies location. “That’s about the stupidest and population within a given area, $1,270; a trip for J
Ond doesn’t know who will fill the thing I ever heard of.” he said., . two to Branson, i
vacancy. Lites said he shops at the Allen “It’s very difficult to affect deci- Mo., took
The Wal-Mart store has been lo- Wal-Mart “about every other day — sions through incentives,” he said. $500; the Barney
cated at the intersection of Greenvil- there’s always something that I “In the case of retail, there’s not doll drew bids up
le Avenue and McDermott Drive for need.” much you can do. We can provide to $200 and
15 years and some may wonder how Cheryl Bonner was not happy them with information and hope our i4ayor Joe Far-
the relocation will affect surrounding with news of the closing of the Allen demographics are in line with what mer splurged on
businesses. site. they need.” the $50 can of _—---. mwimJatu w.u ________
_============= Spam. Barton Black have any plans to reopen the case, issue of hazing.
a the iomhontar, nrin- j It was all in the name of charity Debbie Canterbury, the district pub- “Hopefully, we can take a pro-
wonting with the elementary prn- course, and remediation would begin and ACO Director Holly Walthall lic information coordinator, said the Stance with all of our coaches
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curriculum is being taught and school day, after school, in the even- She relayed two stories of resi- and this community ... will in no o n
through sixth and are still unable to learned." These audits also will ing, Saturdays and during the sum- dents who were able to get back on way allow hazing to be perpetrated,” buted to this report,
master the “essential elements,” in allow for adjustments to be made as mer. The plan said the courses could
seventh grade or higher. The essen- needed. be taught for credit by certified
tial elements are standards which Teachers from seventh and eighth teachers.
students are expected to master in grades also will meet in June to de- The academic progress of any stu-
every curriculum area. velop curriculums. dent considered at-risk of not gra-
■ Students who are two years be- Other parts of the plan call for duating on schedule would be re-
low grade level in reading and math, reducing the class sizes at middle ported to campus administration and
© ■ Students who have failed at schools to a standard of 22 students to parents by selected staff mem-
least two courses in high school and per class, which brought praise from bers.
are not expected to graduate within the school board. Olson said the plan also calls for “a
four years of ninth-grade entrance. “I think it’s a step forward,” said high profile of resources that are
■ Students who have failed at board member Worley Stein. available” and where these teaching
least one section of the Texas Teachers in grades nine through and learning aids for students will be
Academic Skills test, known as 12 will meet in June to develop kept.
TAAS. strategies for getting and keeping Classroom teachers would be
New criteria for identifying at-risk students off the at-risk list. And a assigned as mentors to at-risk stu-
students includes students who are minimum of 20 hours of the 1994-95 dents, and would meet with the stu-
homeless or who are pregnant. school year staff training will focus dent on a regular basis. The mentor
At last month’s board meeting, on effectively teaching the new would review and report the
• Allen High School Principal Patti AISD curriculum. academic progress of the student for
Barrett said 39 percent of the stu- The remediation plan for students each six-week grading period,
dents at AHS are classified as at- was presented to the board by David The last part of the plan calls for
risk. Olson, the district’s curriculum special training for staff members
“Though our school district has a director. The plan was presented for “regarding the interpretation of test
student at-risk percentage in grades information only, and will be refined results” and the practices to be used
nine through 12 at least 7 points low- before going for approval. when meeting with at-risk students,
er than the s tate a verage, this “This will help build a connection “This plan just talks about the link-
board, this administration and this between the high school and the age between the high school and the
community find that number too middle school,” Olson said, middle school,” Olson said. “The
high,” said Glenn Andrew, board The remediation plan calls for staff next plan will have to deal with the
@president. “. . . Now that this members at the middle schools to linkage between the elementary
board, the staff, parents and all stu- review records of students whose school and the middle school.”
dents know where we are and where “academic progress places them at-
we stand, they also understand the risk of not graduating with their
challenges that we face. We are all class.”
going to focus our collective efforts Olson said getting the parents in-
and attention on eliminating all stu- volved early also is a part of the plan,
dents from the at-risk list.” When students are enrolled at Allen
their feet from the ACO assistance for “believing in what we do.”
and reminded the audience that the ACO also received a $4,000 dona-
- effects are far-reaching. tion from TRW.
From 1A “These are two examples of peo- Chamber President Noel Crume,
ple we see everyday,” she said, master of ceremonies for the even-
“Both have families ... and our ing, said Allen has increased jobs by
efforts are farthering reaching (than 30 percent or 1,300 positions in the
that one individual). They are real last three years. He encouraged re-
people just like us.” sidents to "shop Allen and promote
Walthall also thanked the chamber Allen in our daily lives.”
spe-
cial education
teacher, received
the Spirit of Allen
Sally Terrell
TT. — . said Glenn Andrew, school board
Hlazing president
_______________C______________“Certainly, it’s not something we
From 1A condone," he said. "There are va-
e . . rious options in discipline manage-
for three district games. The stu- ment, ranging from those that were
dents were required to do a 36-page quoted to those that were handed
report on hazing, which they had to out. The five young men did incur
present before an administrative punishment.”
board. They were also referred to Athletic Director Ken Purcell said
the school s student-led mediation approximately 38 district coaches
group. . , .met last week and went over the
The proper punishment, we feel, report the students accused of haz-
was not given based on the guide- ing had to write
lines in the AISD book, Martmez One of the stances we’ve taken is
said. ., . tot .thatat the beginning of each season,
He said the AHS Handbook pro- and at the beginning of each off-
hibits hazing and assault, and tha season, coaches will sit down with
disciplinary management techniques each team and talk very directly ab-
include withdrawal of pnvileges, in- out the subject of hazing and the
eluding participation in extracurricu- punishments involved, and our
lar activities. He also said expulsion stance as a school district and as a
was another disciplinary manage- department on that issue,” Purcell
ment technique that could be util- said.
ized. ... u He also said that they were look-
Martinez said his son has left the ing into the issue of bus security. In
team on his own accord. , , addition, he said they will try tocom-
The board, however, does not municate with parents about the
urriculum
The approved curriculum plan is High School, parents would be noti-
one of the ways the district hopes to fied of students at-risk of not gra-
reduce the at-risk number. One of duating with their class, and both
a the major components of the curri- parents and students would be in-
• culum development plan is to have a vited to make an appointment with
teacher from every grade level at their counselor and grade-level prin-
each elementary school come cipal.
together in June to pull together the A series of general meetings
five elementary curriculums into one would be arranged for parents and
Allen Independent School District students about such things as testing
elementary curriculum. and learning, and the meetings
The curriculum “will be closely fo- would be lead by staff members.
cused on the state developed essen- Students who fail a portion of the
tial elements for each subject area.” TAAS test in the eighth grade would
_ The curriculum department, in be assigned to a TAAS remediation
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Epperson, Wayne. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 223, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 23, 1994, newspaper, February 23, 1994; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1670784/m1/7/: accessed June 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Allen Public Library.