fortbend.k12.tx.us · Domains

Pissed off? by Anonymous Coward · 2007-05-03 00:24 · Score: 0 · on Student Arrested for Making Videogame Map of School

Let them know. Here is a Distribuation List. ;)

Re:Understood... by Anonymous Coward · 2007-05-02 10:01 · Score: 3, Informative · on Student Arrested for Making Videogame Map of School

The Alternative "Education" Center has a webpage.

It shows it is a boot camp:

http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/campuses/mrw/about.c fm
http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/campuses/documents/a bout/about_20070102_0911.pdf

The PDF shows the restrictions. Here is a PARTIAL example. Extreme dress code, no jewelry, decorative items, enforced uniform, hair must be cut, no backpacks, etc (even the see-thru ones would be disallowed), denied extracurricular/co-curricular activities, not allowed to drive to school, assigned bus seats, not allowed to have more than $5 on them (forget cab fare if you miss the bus), not allowed to talk at lunch (!). Everything except being outfitted with a GPS + electric shock ankle bracelet. That's a temporary oversight.

Oh, there is a mandatory re-education class so the students know not to buck the system anymore:

Character Education (You are bad. System is good. Follow system to be good)
Understanding the Decision Making Process (Deciding to oppose system is wrong. Proper understanding leads to proper behavior)
Goal Setting (Proper goal is to follow system to achieve success. Goals not in harmony with system are bad.)
Study Skills (ok)
Organizational Skills (ok)
Anger Management (Don't be angry, opposition to the system is anger, follow rules and look happy, dammit!)
Boy's Town Interactive Model (Boys Town Educational Model is what they meant - it is an interactive model for ethics - don't want to attack this since Boys Town seems legit)

Students get increasingly less unfree Responsibility Levels for following the system.

You can get out early in some cases by following some rules: community services, suck-up-to-the-system speech, etc.

Its not Alternative education, it is a prison with education in it. Some prisons have education and/or programs where prisoners only spend certain times at the prison (weekend sentences, etc). This is just another such prison. No I take that back. You have more freedom in prison. You can talk at lunch, decide who to hang with, etc. Way more freedom in prison. Plus orange is a much nicer color than maroon.

Re:Understood... by Anonymous Coward · 2007-05-02 10:01 · Score: 3, Informative · on Student Arrested for Making Videogame Map of School

The Alternative "Education" Center has a webpage.

It shows it is a boot camp:

http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/campuses/mrw/about.c fm
http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/campuses/documents/a bout/about_20070102_0911.pdf

The PDF shows the restrictions. Here is a PARTIAL example. Extreme dress code, no jewelry, decorative items, enforced uniform, hair must be cut, no backpacks, etc (even the see-thru ones would be disallowed), denied extracurricular/co-curricular activities, not allowed to drive to school, assigned bus seats, not allowed to have more than $5 on them (forget cab fare if you miss the bus), not allowed to talk at lunch (!). Everything except being outfitted with a GPS + electric shock ankle bracelet. That's a temporary oversight.

Oh, there is a mandatory re-education class so the students know not to buck the system anymore:

Character Education (You are bad. System is good. Follow system to be good)
Understanding the Decision Making Process (Deciding to oppose system is wrong. Proper understanding leads to proper behavior)
Goal Setting (Proper goal is to follow system to achieve success. Goals not in harmony with system are bad.)
Study Skills (ok)
Organizational Skills (ok)
Anger Management (Don't be angry, opposition to the system is anger, follow rules and look happy, dammit!)
Boy's Town Interactive Model (Boys Town Educational Model is what they meant - it is an interactive model for ethics - don't want to attack this since Boys Town seems legit)

Students get increasingly less unfree Responsibility Levels for following the system.

You can get out early in some cases by following some rules: community services, suck-up-to-the-system speech, etc.

Its not Alternative education, it is a prison with education in it. Some prisons have education and/or programs where prisoners only spend certain times at the prison (weekend sentences, etc). This is just another such prison. No I take that back. You have more freedom in prison. You can talk at lunch, decide who to hang with, etc. Way more freedom in prison. Plus orange is a much nicer color than maroon.

Contact Information by nobodyman · 2007-05-02 10:00 · Score: 3, Informative · on Student Arrested for Making Videogame Map of School

Per the article, there was a special meeting that could expedites the resolution of the case. However, the meeting was cancelled due to lack of attendance. Here is the contact info for the board members that did not attend, taken from the Board Bios page on the
the board website

NOTE: DO NOT HARASS THESE PEOPLE. It will have the opposite effect you wish to achieve. Simply let them know of your approval/disapproval of their actions

STEVE SMELLEY, PRESIDENT - DID NOT ATTEND
Quote:(from article) "Smelley, the board president, said the special meeting circumvents the normal disciplinary process and that is why he did not attend."

2818 Winter Lakes
Missouri City, TX 77459
Home:281-261-6856
steve.smelley@fortbendisd.com

LAURIE CALDWELL, SECRETARY - DID NOT ATTEND
2610 Planters View Lane
Missouri City, TX 77459
Home:281-416-0074
laurie.caldwell@fortbendisd.com

SONAL BHUCHAR - DID NOT ATTEND (out of country)
4306 Keating Court
Sugar Land, TX 77479
Home:281-265-9468
sonal.bhuchar@fortbendisd.com

CYNTHIA KNOX - DID NOT ATTEND
3127 East Hickory Park Circle
Sugar Land, TX 77479
Home:281-265-1191
cynthia.knox@fortbendisd.com

And here is the info for the public relations department for the school district:

Fort Bend Independent School District Administration Building
16431 Lexington Blvd
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
business line: 281-634-1104
cr@fortbend.k12.tx.us

Mary Ann Simpson spokesperson
Quote: "Sometimes schools are criticized for overreacting to a situation," Simpson said. "Unfortunately, the days are past when we can just take things lightly and just say, 'Oh well, they were just joking.' "

Kudos to those who at least attended the meeting:

KEN BRYANT, VICE-PRESIDENT - ATTENDED
Quote: "I don't want to fault our police for trying to protect us. But once the evidence was found and looked at, I see no compelling reason why this child should not have been sent back to his original campus"

STAN MAGEE - ATTENDED
quote: "He did it at his house. Never took anything to school. Never wrote an ugly letter, never said anything strange to a student or a teacher, nothing"

LISA RICKERT - ATTENDED