KFDM COOP

Athletic Director Billy Tubbs Was in the Studio live at 6 PM and said he would like to have a Coach hired by the Summer. I hope to have video up later this evening.

LU will be playing in the SLC!

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ROOSEVELT might be in HUGE Trouble (From Ch.8) Brett Shipp strikes again. [Hidden Content] By BRETT SHIPP / WFAA-TV WFAA-TV DALLAS - A teacher revolt at a Dallas High School has reached a fever pitch, and the fallout could get messy. Teachers at Roosevelt High School are providing News 8 with evidence that they said shows failing students are being awarded passing grades. The uproar began last October when the new school principal issued an edict instructing teachers to give students grades they didn't deserve. One notable case involved one of Roosevelt's star football players, whose grade was evidently changed in the wake of the principal's new grading policy. Roosevelt's football team made it to the playoffs this year with the help of several talented players. But the eligibility of at least one of those players is in question following revelations from some high school teachers who say they were instructed to change grades of failing students as part of a policy implemented last December by first-year principal Myrtle Jean Dixon. "We have agreed to provide students a grade of 65 as the lowest grade for a grading period," read one edict allegedly made by Dixon. One apparent example provided to News 8 was a grade change form for one of the football team's star players in which his failing six-weeks grade of 60 was changed to a passing grade of 70. Principal Dixon authorized the change. However, Melinda Johnson, an English teacher at the school, said that is nothing new. She said she has been approached and asked to change a failing athlete's grades by four coaches and the vice principal. "... I refused and I said, 'Nope,' and, 'I'm not going to change the grade,'" she said. Johnson said she has been repeatedly harassed for standing up to the principal and her administration. In fact, she said it got so bad this week, she quit. "But, I told those administrators at the building yesterday, 'You will see me on the media because there are things going on at this building that are illegal and unethical,'" she said. But Johnson is not the only one who has come forward. Thirty-five teachers and school employees have signed a petition questioning what they called intolerable conditions at the school, and unprofessional treatment by Principal Dixon. Teachers Union representative Jeff Sherels said teachers have been begging district officials to investigate. "Teachers are frustrated," Sherels said. "Teachers have forwarded complaints and concerns to various individuals in administration and nothing has been done." Principal Dixon did not respond to News 8 calls. "The district is aware of the issues raised by this group of teachers at Roosevelt and is continuing to work to address them," said DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander in a statement. The grade-changing issue at Roosevelt is expected to come to a head at DISD's board meeting Thursday. Teachers said they will demand action until the grade-changing policy is reversed.

From oldcoach Twas the Morning of Realignment Twas the Morning of Realignment 'Twas the morning or realignment, when all through the State All the coaches were scrambling to find out their fate; Their non district foes in their pocket with care, In hopes their new district would not find them there; The coaches all nervous at their Educational Service Center, Were waiting for the dude with the packets to enter; Some in their visors, and I in my cap, Were nervously drawing up a new way to trap, When all around the room there arose such a clatter, I looked up from my notebook to see what was the matter. Away to the packets I flew like a flash, Tore open the booklet and looked through my stash. The light from the ceiling emmited it’s fluorescent glow And gave the lustre of mid-day to the districts below, When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But the name of my school in a district not near, With a belch from my taco, so putrid and thick, I knew in a moment I was going to be sick. More rapid than eagles the coaches they came, Looking for non districts and they called me by name; I need a zero! I need a third! the voices were humming Come play me week four! You’ll be my homecoming! I’ll check my schedule and give you a call! Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!" As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, I looked at my district and started to cry, Because I knew that some nights we’d have some long trips, And three of the teams had won championships. And then, in a twinkling, I heard on my cell, The ring tone was signaling a realignment heck. â€I can’t play you week two, I have a prior commit,†I told him succinctly, “that ain’t worth a [Censored]!â€. I looked at the numbers that separated class, To see what the UIL had brought to pass; I peeked at the 4A and suddenly knew, The top number, of course, was Highland Park plus TWO! I searched through the crowd for someone I knew, I had to find a game to fill up week two, His eyes – they were bloodshot! his dimples how scary! His cheeks were like sandpaper, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was filled with a chaw, And the front of his shirt was the worse thing I saw; The juice from the chew was staining his teeth, And the stain on his shirt was round like a wreath; He had a broad face and a big old round belly, That shook, when he cussed like a bowlful of jelly. He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself; A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread; He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled my last game; that I had lost to that jerk, And wiping some spittle from off of his chin, He left me standing there with a grin; I sprang to my car, and headed back home, And tried to call the school but my cell was on roam. And I heard myself say as I drove out of sight, “Happy Realignment to all, let’s have a good fight!â€

Jackson chastises MLB for 'ill-contrived questions' in background checks NEW YORK -- Jesse Jackson criticized Major League Baseball on Thursday for sending investigators to the hometowns of umpires to ask neighbors questions that include whether the umpire belongs to the Ku Klux Klan. "Major League Baseball has done a disservice to its progressive social history by equating southern whites with white supremacists," Jackson said in a statement. "I am surprised the professional league which helped change social attitudes in all sports leagues about segregation, by championing Jackie Robinson, would make such a destructive move." World Umpires Association president John Hirschbeck and union spokesman Lamell McMorris said Wednesday that Tom Christopher, the Milwaukee-based supervisor of security and investigations in the commissioner's office, had asked questions about Klan membership to neighbors of umpires Greg Gibson and Sam Holbrook, who reside in Kentucky. In addition, Hirschbeck said similar questions had been asked of neighbors of umpire Ron Kulpa, who lives in suburban St. Louis. "In a year with the injustice of Jena Six, nooses hung around the country and the Tiger Woods-Golfweek scandal, Major League Baseball's false impersonations of friendships and ill-contrived questions further press sensitive racial stereotypes, with no basis for suspicion," Jackson said. "They have essentially defamed their people in their own neighborhoods." Baseball stepped up background checks last August, after it became public that the FBI was investigating then-NBA referee Tim Donaghy for betting on games. Donaghy pleaded guilty to felony charges of conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting betting information through interstate commerce, and he awaits sentencing. He has since resigned from his job as a referee. MLB asked umpires to sign authorizations allowing the sport to conduct financial background checks, but umps balked. "We did not anticipate that they would approach neighbors posing as a close colleague and friend of the umpire's and asking them questions such as: Do you know if umpire 'X' is a member of the Ku Klux Klan? Does he grow marijuana plants? Does he beat his wife? Have you seen the police at his home? Does he throw wild parties?" McMorris said from India, where he was taking part in the tribute marking the 60th anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi. "To try to link our umpires to the Ku Klux Klan is highly offensive. It is essentially defaming the umpires in their communities by conducting a very strange and poorly executed investigation. It resembles kind of secret police in some kind of despotic nation." Contacted Wednesday, Christopher referred questions to Rob Manfred, baseball's executive vice president for labor relations. Manfred did not immediately return a call. "The claims of inappropriate questions by individuals conducting background checks was brought to our attention and looked into," Jimmie Lee Solomon, MLB's executive vice president of operations, said in a statement. "It was determined that these claims were inaccurate. Questioning was conducted with a written script consistent with common practice, and there was no inappropriate conduct on behalf of the investigators." Alison Rohan, who lives across the street from Kulpa in Maryland Heights, Mo., said Christopher knocked on her door two or three weeks ago and gave her his card. "He explained they were going to be talking to neighbors and friends because of the problems with the basketball league and that Ron knew about it," she said. "He listed about 10 different questions, the first one being did Ron live out of his means? For example, does he drive a Rolls-Royce?" Rohan said she told Christopher that Kulpa lived in a manner similar to that of his neighbors. "He asked if Ron belonged to any groups or organizations," she said. "Groups?" she remembered replying. "You know, like the KKK," she said Christopher told her. "We both laughed and I said no," Rohan said. "He belongs to a neighborhood Harley-riding group of dads." Hirschbeck, who lives in Poland, Ohio, said that shortly before Christmas, he encountered Christopher on a street in his own neighborhood. Hirschbeck said MLB was taking what the WUA considers to be a typical heavy-handed approach to umpires and that it would be brought up in negotiations for the next labor contract. The current deal expires after the 2009 season. "Once again, baseball's favorite way of doing things: Ready, fire, aim," Hirschbeck said. "It's not a good way to start the season." Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press

Should be a good one!

Good luck Seahawks!!

At least field Turf.

Hopefully some local kids will go and play at Lamar!!!!!!!!!!

[Hidden Content]

Thanks Coach.

RIM, do you see any problems getting money from Businesses?

Here's the video............... [Hidden Content]

Who would you guys like to see as the First HC?

football

79-21 it passes.

Lake Travis has ALOT of Money.

When it returns people have to go out and support them!!!

SETXsports.com will expand a little west this Baseball season to include the Crosby Cougars.

Fall of 2010!!!!!! 8)

I remember Beasley wasn't even on first Team a few years back, LOL.

Still have to have some donations from businesses.