IS DISD LEAVING TIES LOOSE?

-Holes in the DISD Screening Process (name of article):
(Dallas Newspaper Website) & Article By: TAWNELL D. HOBBS, KATIE FAIRBANK and TANYA EISERER
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/112606dnmetdisdcriminals.3381b6d.html

-Dallas Independent School District Website
http://www.dallasisd.org/

The Morning news has their own story on this obscene event, but DISD has nothing on the website. They have a screening on the website, that actually states the plan they have for the screening process and what iniatiatives they take when it is time to go through it. If you scroll down to the bottom of the screen on the DISD website. Click on search web and type in "Screening Process" everything that they have on the procss will pop up. To mak ea long story short, there is no way to compare stories. Unless, you go to the actuall article and refer back to what the reporters said about some DISD responses. Above are the websites you can refer to.

IS DISD LEAVING TIES LOOSE?

This is a problem that DISD will have to fix, before they sink under. As soon as people get a hold of this story, they are going to take it and run with it. It does not sit well with me that they would let an individual who has a past with sexual assault against children, slip in and come work for the school district. Edward Randolph had a past and now a current record with conduct of this sort, and now it is all up for catch. Dallas News says "they have some major holes, that need to be filled." and some of the responses that they recieved back from Superintendent Michael Hinojosa sounds like he knows alot of the things are going on with the district and some things are scandalous. He said "The bottom line is we need to have employees that we're proud of, and we need to have accountability when there are problems." I take it that they are accepting the blame for the school district not being careful on the choices they make.

When you are dealing with kids, all choices need to be made wisely, parents are trusting the district to take care of their kids. Not only did they have problem with the screening, but the news listed all other problems that were going on that they researched.The only person who is speaking on account of the school district are State Sen. Florence Shapiro, chairwoman of the education committee & Superintendent Michael Hinojosa. The two accounts are speaking on agreement terms, basically all in one they are saying that they are in the process of attempting to fill in open holes. The tone of the responses seem to be sympathetic, but at the same time kind of blowing it off. I feel like DISD kept this situation on the wraps and decided to hide it. No, they did not do a good job with feeling areas in that needed to be answered. I felt like it was good for some poeple to come out and speak on the topic. Which were the two names that were mentioned above. DISD has alot of issues to fix and I hope that they can fix it QUICK!

-Erica Sibley