A Helping Hand–And a Question–For DISD

The Merriman Park neighborhood association sent out an SOS: please donate any “retired,” relatively new computers to L.L. Hotchkiss Elementary School, which is trying to replace 30 ancient IBM 386’s  Pentium III’s that the teachers are using. We were more than happy to help out, especially in this giving season, but the plea raised a question. With all the taxes paid in to support the Dallas Independent School System–and with DISD’s billon-dollar-plus budget–how come it’s up to homeowners to supply schools with the likes of pencils, toilet paper and computers? Have a feeling that’s exactly the sort of question Bruce Parrott, our new District 3 board member, will begin asking soon.