1. DISD announces that the number of schools ranked “exemplary” or “recognized” by the state will double to nearly 100. (I know one proud papa with a thinning head of hair who will be glad to see Hexter Elementary on that list.) As well, the number of schools rated “academically unacceptable” will decrease more than 20 percent, to about 20. District officials made appropriately reserved remarks, saying these are steps in the right direction. Editors at Belo-owned companies vowed to redouble their efforts to find small instances of chicanery at DISD schools or within the administration and blow them out of proportion. “We won’t rest until this school system is brought down,” they said, “or we win some sort of mid-level journalism award for trying, whichever comes first.”
2. Texas Democratic Party Chairman Boyd Richie says he and his wife will endorse Barack Obama. This is important because Richie is a superdelegate, although why he would reveal his secret identity to the press is a mystery to me. That’s not the way crime-fighting superdelegates did it in my day. Maybe he’s seen Iron Man.
3. Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief has a bobblehead. Please, let’s get to work on one for Tom Leppert. Please.
