Dallas

Dallas Public Schools: Miles to Resign Today

By Bethany Erickson / June 23, 2015 /

Multiple news outlets are reporting that Dallas ISD superintendent Mike Miles will resign at a 9:30 a.m. press conference. Frankly, I don’t blame him. Even more frankly, I’m a little stunned he didn’t flip everyone the double bird months ago, and walk out backwards just to make sure we got the longest view of that…

That ‘City of Dallas’ Sewer Line Warranty You Got in The Mail: Is it Worth The Money?

By Joanna England / June 4, 2015 /

When we opened an envelope emblazoned with the City of Dallas logo, our first thought was that it was our water bill or some other city awareness campaign about fees and services. But my husband was a little perplexed when he opened it only to find a pitch for a warranty on our sewer line.…

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. …