Education

Election Day 101: Time for Some Runoff Live-Blogging

By Bethany Erickson / June 18, 2016 /

  10:00 p.m. No official statements yet from either District 2 candidate, but I will repeat what I said at the beginning of this evening: District 2 has been incredibly fortunate to have four people who were ready and willing to take on the ultimate volunteer task of sitting on the school board. Your district may…

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Election Day 101: Last Chance to Vote

By Bethany Erickson / June 18, 2016 /

Today Dallas Independent School District voters in District 2 will finally choose who will represent them as school board trustee. Will it be Mita Havlick, or will it be Dustin Marshall? Also up for runoff is the seat for Dallas County Community College District 4. If you still haven’t decided, here is a rundown of…

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BREAKING: D2 Candidate Dustin Marshall Endorsed by Suzanne Smith

By Bethany Erickson / June 11, 2016 /
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Early this week, a hot and heavy discussion broke out on a Lakewood-centric Facebook page regarding the Dallas ISD district 2 runoff between Dustin Marshall and Mita Havlick. At the time, third place finisher (by only 50 votes) Suzanne Smith indicated that she preferred to stay  publicly neutral. That has apparently changed. This afternoon I…

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Election Day 101: Early Voting for Runoff Begins Today

By Bethany Erickson / June 6, 2016 /

So we’re still working on getting District 2 representation on the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees because basically nobody voted in the election. Less than five percent voted in the election in May, forcing a runoff between Dustin Marshall and Mita Havlick. Remember this map? This is the map that showed how poorly…

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What You Didn’t Hear About Plano Senior High’s Graduation Attire

By Bethany Erickson / June 2, 2016 /

I had more than one person message me to ask what I thought of the story about Plano Senior High and the fact that the school does not use the National Honor Society stoles at graduation.  One person in the real estate business even asked me what kind of impact this might have on parents…

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