Dallas

Dallas Public Schools: So Are We In the Red Or Not?

By Bethany Erickson / June 3, 2015 /

There’s been much made of late about whether or not Dallas ISD is in the red. I’m not sure why – the budget (if you know how to read a public school district budget) has been discussed in two separate school board meetings – but for whatever reason, some media confuses how school funds are…

Dallas Public Schools: A Love Letter

By Bethany Erickson / June 2, 2015 /

In a news cycle that only lends itself to the worst and the very best of public education in Dallas, we rarely hear of the experience of the non-Harvard bound, magnet-school-attending student. Today, I’d like to tell you all about one of those students. I know this student, Chris, because I’ve fretted and worried and…

Help! Ebby’s Sweet Cat Lucy is Missing!

By Joanna England / May 21, 2015 /

Update 1:00 a.m.: Lucy is home and safe, says Kenneth. And Ebby is very happy to have her back! Ebby Halliday Realtor Kenneth Walters just alerted us that Ebby Halliday’s long-haired tortoise shell cat named Lucy has gone missing: Please help us find Lucy, Ebby Halliday’s cat. She is a long haired domestic tortoise shell cat. …

Dallas Public Schools: When Two People Realize the Same Thing

By Bethany Erickson / May 11, 2015 /

See this? This is the porch of shame. I’ll start with the porch of shame because it’s my porch of shame, and it’s also the start of what will be a series of renovations and improvements on our cute little Midway Hollow home. As we’ve talked about before, we have been weighing several schools, knowing…

Election Day in Dallas, the Live-Blog

By Bethany Erickson / May 9, 2015 /

As I mentioned last week, we will be live-blogging the election all day today. If you’re out and about, swing by your local polling place and punch a few buttons, won’t you, and then let us know how it went. If you’ve already voted, swing by anyway, and give those hardy souls volunteering for their…