DART Officials Perk Up When Hundreds Crash Committee Meeting. There was standing room only at the DART board meeting Tuesday evening when more than 200 people—many wearing green shirts that read “Can you dig it?”—filled the board room in an effort to promote an all-underground downtown rail expansion. The show of support caught the attention of at least one DART board member, Michelle Wong Krause, who asked for information on cutting back the Cotton Belt line to save for the D-2 subway. If you would like to read more about why a light rail expansion above ground is terrible for downtown Dallas, click here.
Special Ed Students Miss School Because Bus Never Showed. A bus meant to transport students to Multiple Careers Magnet Center in East Dallas, a school for special needs teens, has yet to pick up students this school year. A Dallas County Schools spokesperson blamed “paperwork and administration issues” for the kerfuffle, which caused a dozen students to miss the first two days of school. Just, three words for Dallas County transportation services: Get. It. Together.
North Texas Teach Gets Cred for Chucking Homework. Brandy Young, a teacher in Godley, Texas, sent a note home to parents saying their children wouldn’t have homework this year. Young said research does not show that homework equals successful student performance. She suggested that parents instead “eat dinner as a family, read together, play outside, and get your child to bed early.” The letter has made the rounds on the internet, earning articles in USA Today and the New York Times, not to mention a heck of a lot of kudos from exhausted parents.
