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UH gives food service contract to Aramark

June 8, 2005 Anne Linehan

UH has changed food service providers, kicking out Chartwells and bringing in Aramark. I would imagine this memorable moment from a Chartwells’ district manager didn’t help: However, Chartwells Resident District Manager Nick Iula said gloves

Whiplash editorials

June 8, 2005 Anne Linehan

Remember when the Chronicle‘s editorial board cheered the Supreme Court’s decision to limit states rights by abolishing the death penalty for juveniles? Well, today the board is bemoaning the Supreme Court getting involved in the

Performance bonuses proposed for teachers at struggling high schools

June 8, 2005 Anne Linehan

As part of the reform plan for three underperforming HISD high schools, Dr. Saavedra has proposed paying performance bonuses to teachers who agree to work at the schools: On Thursday, [Dr. Saavedra] will ask the

Bush Intercontinental's plan for future development

June 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Houston Airport System has a press release posted detailing a future expansion plan: The Houston Airport System (HAS) has adopted a preferred alternative for future development at Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). The selection of

Planned Parenthood op-ed

June 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

Peter J. Durkin, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas Inc., has an op-ed in today’s Chronicle headlined, “A world where every child is loved, cared for, wanted.” The column is

HISD's dropout prevention specialists fly into action

June 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

Following up on yesterday’s post about HISD aggressively trying to get 900 seniors to pass one or more TAKS tests to graduate, here are the details on how the first day of the summer program

Loren Steffy's blog

June 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

I just noticed Chron.com has added a blog by Loren Steffy, called “Full Disclosure“: Welcome to Full Disclosure, my new blog for business-related topics and perhaps a few other things. I hope to use this

Adult supervision required

June 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle ran a story last week in which Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal criticized HISD for conducting its own investigation into the Margaret Stroud mess. According to Jason Spencer’s story (uh oh), Rosenthal said

HISD goes all out to graduate 915 seniors who still need to pass TAKS

June 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

HISD has announced an intensive summer program for the 915 seniors who didn’t pass the TAKS test needed to graduate. HISD spokesman Terry Abbott sent out a release with the details: Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra ordered

The end of the downtown parking meter tryouts

June 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

In today’s Move It! column, Rad Sallee reports that the downtown parking meter tryouts are over. City council will decide in July which company gets the contract and the first meters should be in place