Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says Mike Rawlings “heart in right place” with DISD home rule pla

[TexasTowelie]

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Wednesday praised Mayor Mike Rawlings for pushing a controversial home rule initiative for the Dallas Independent School District.

“What I perceived the mayor is trying to do is what we’re all trying to do in the state of Texas and that is to try to find solutions that would assure more local control, greater flexibility to improve education,” Abbott said after touting his own public school proposals at Kipp Truth Academy in southern Dallas. “His goal is consistent with where parents in this state and communities are, and where most leaders in this state are and that is we want to improve failing schools.”

Rawlings’ effort at public school reform has been hampered by the poorly executed public campaign to change DISD from state control to a new local form of governance.

The group pushing campaign, called Support Our Public Schools, has been widely criticized for the unpopularity of the idea.

More at http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/04/texas-attorney-general-greg-abbott-says-mike-rawlings-heart-in-right-place-with-disd-home-rule-plan.html/ .

[DhhD]

1. I believe Rawlings is a con-man for the business community/Chamber of Commerce.

Just think, if DISD moved from public rule to private/home rule, then Rawlings must be going to resign as Mayor to run a business. Parents would realize that they have no control over their child's education anymore and would blame Rawlings. So he must be planning to become a principal character of a charter. It would be payback time with a big salary.

How about $203,556.00 with a $5,000.00 car allowance?

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/local_school_principals_pay_re.html

[DhhD]

2. Charter and Private Principals do not need to have State Administrator's Certificates; they have no

accountability to the State of Texas or to parents. They run a private business.