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LISD * Installing state-of-the-ar t tech. iarY employees.
nology labs at the three middle
schools; ~hesc raises will enable the dis-
· Purchasing additional graph- trict to continue to remain competi-
tive with Other districts in the
From lA, ic arts computers at the high Metr°plexand, inthecaseofteach.
coaches were added, along with school;
ers, (to be) above the state mini-
money for supplies and for rent- *Adding Latin as a foreign lan- mum pay schedules," Ecbols sa/d.
i,,~, practice facilities from guage offering at the high school . The budget assumes an
Carrollton-Farmers Branch lSD. and
increase of about 630 students
· Adding a math coordinator *Implementing a K-12 alt, rna- which is an 8.1 percent increa~
for third through 12th grades; rive school campus, from the previous year. This will
i~Hiring an English as Second The proposed budget also be the first lime the district has
image Coordinator to enhance includes a 3.3 percent to 6.5 per- n°t h.ad d.ouble-digit percentage
that growing program; . cent pay inCrease for teachers, a growta in the past 16 years.
2.4 Percent to 3.6 Percent pay
'Extending the summer early- increase for administrative
intervention program to include employees and a 3.4 percent to ¢onmca ~ vast R~m~t Evons ~
the second grade; 5.5 percent pay increase for auxil- ~72) a.~.&.q~, Ext. 1S2, o* ~t *-eno,
Show
From lA
a unicycle basketball game.
toAS a young reporter, I got a
ur of backstage. I'll tell you
about it.
Fa-st, Pete the stable manager
told us some facts about the
hippo. He said she is the only per-
forming hippo in the world and
weighs 4,700 peunds. Then we
had to bo really quiet while she
.,~k. ed by.
PJake
Next we went to -the animal No. 2 is the only ring that doesn't
area. The heaviest tiger in the cir-
cus is 450 pounds; the lightest is come apart because the tiger's
Cage is in there.
75 pounds. They had 10 baby ele- Tickets. for The Greatest Show
phants. The two new ones are
named Bobby and Juliet. . on Earth cost 816.50, 813.50 and
After the animals, we got to see in?~[50 .with special ringside seat-
~e school. The children in the ngavanable. They are avallable at
ctrcus go to school for three the box offices at Fbrt Worth
hours and then they work. Convention Center, Reunion
After that, we saw Clown A1/ey ,A~.ena and all Ticketmaster out.
where they dress.. · rets, including Foley's, Fiesta and
. ,Th.ere are three rings. Ring No. Tom Thumb stores, or by calling
x is farthest from the big door, (214) 373-8000 or Metro (9?2)
ring No. 2 is in the middle; Ring 647-5700. For group i/fformation,
No. 3 is closest to the door. Ring call (972) 868-2843.
In 1992, the city h/red a consul-
rant for the project, but actual
work on the road has been held
'We anticipate doing newsier.
ters and other kinds of press to
keep people intormed. This is
back. Griffin said, because of very high profile."
From lA dealings with Dallas. He said Griffin said that the pro-
Voters approved the use of 87 Dallas officials changed plans on once
trillion for the project in the 1991 the process of moving the water members will have little control
1/olld election. In addition, since line several times, ject begins, he and other c/ty staft
Dallas operates a water line that over its development.
m.~ alo.n.g .Sandy Lake, Dallas ,. Butnow:CoppellisclosetOget_ "We don't directly control how
ung startea on the project, which to build the roadway," he said.
, promae 81.3 million toward
is anticipated to take about two ~hey (contractors) will have to
paving, signal lights and the Water years.
~be done by a certain time, but we
,'ctf we weren't doing a road pro- "It's going to be very difficult at uon't have control over schedul.
~_.jec~ (Dallas) would have to deal time.s," Griffin said. 'We are
will~ traffic control and patching reqmring (the contractors) to lng and specifications and plans.
the?paving, anyway," Grfffin said. ~r~ctcaitno, two lanes of traffic. A lot of people don't understand
any is bad, and it wil/be that.
&bout 81.5 million of Coppell's worse. There's going to have to
~wa~fr revenue also will be used to be a high degree of patience with ¢onn~ca
ne~ fund the project, citizens.
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Circus Ben's stren s..o ever, When '"
asked what his favoffte ~ing is plays
about ~ang he said ~en his favoNte
you re finished."
e~n~y pl~
From lA Ben's mother, Becky ~len. 5fill, he
c~ le~n a lot ~d tell O~er ~ s~d she s~ted encou~g Ben ties ~d P~s t
plo about ~gs.'
to ~te once he showed ~ inter- liter~y
. In ~cond ~ade, one of his s~ est in ~e subj~t at ~hool. what he
nes was ~de ~ a ~ok for his "He enjoys i~' she ~d. ~en ly but is quick
c~ss. he's in ~hool ~d he is told to au~or~itd~
'~ sch~l, I leaned ~ ~te ~te a crea~ve ~r, 10 pages ~ me ~ do.
~d (~em) told us to ~te later he is done."
stories,' he ~d. "Now, I ~ a Her ~n's he~y ima~afion, c~ ~
lot when I get ~e chic,." she ~d, c~ ~ a~bo~d ~ ~s ~72) 4'- '
Creafi~ ~d ima~nafion ~e love of read~g. .
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Lake ~y Hubbard
16 Lakeway ~.
Heath, ~ 75~
Estate valued at $1,100,000
Realtor in attend~mce: Marilyn Hoffman
ffoffman International Properties: 214-698-1736
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