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Information is currency for democracy.   - Thomas Jefferson

Welcome to Keep Eanes Informed.  Information is essential to public participation and open government.  This site, created in 2003, is maintained by parent volunteers as a community service and is a repository of public information, education news and community resources. More information about this site here.

Interested in a particular issue?  Visit links on the left of this page for more information.

 


NOW AVAILABLE - November 2, 2009 - 09/10 Eanes ISD Salary/Stipend Information


   Question of the Week -  Taxpayers want to know ...

November 2, 2009

Is it time to have more than a "conversation" with Eanes ISD superintendent Nola Wellman regarding (as a board member asserts) her "repeated violations" of the Texas Open Meetings Act? 

And another question: 

Why is it so difficult for the board members to access the information that they need to do their job?

LINK HERE.


  BREAKING NEWS --- Eanes ISD Proposed Bond

WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?

LINK HERE to learn more about the proposed bond ...


Eanes ISD appoints Dr. James (Kal) Kallison to open board position.

Audio recordings of interviews available here

 

ADA LAWSUIT:  Family sues Eanes ISD  - Updates here   


July 10, 2009 Westlake Picayune article regarding the anonymous email attack on an Eanes ISD parent.


Eanes ISD private law firm (Walsh Anderson) in the news ... and it isn't flattering.

News article cites Keep Eanes Informed website as resource.


June 8, 2009 -- An article that again highlights the familiar problems in Texas public school districts:

Throughout the months it has taken to piece together this miserable tale, school district officials have obfuscated and stonewalled, always waiting to take action until somebody else disclosed what they had known all along.

Why?

I have no idea. Maybe it was some misplaced sense of compassion for a popular coach who had won them a state title.

But maybe it was an arrogant, we're-the-boss sense that this was private business and nobody else's – their employee, their missing stuff – as if they weren't a government agency at all, as if taxpayers didn't pony up for all those oddly disappearing laptops and camcorders.

Maybe it was an attitude that if pesky reporters would just confine their coverage to sunny features about "striving for excellence" and "reaching for the stars," disagreeable problems would just resolve themselves.   Read full article here.


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   Dianna Pharr is an Austin, Texas native and has resided in the Eanes ISD District for over 15 years.  In addition to her job as mother, she volunteers as a Guardian ad Litem for CASA of Travis County, serves as an Advisory Board Member for Austin Gifted, is a Davidson Young Scholar mother, an active member of TOPAA, and holds a B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin.   She also maintains this site and appreciates hearing from parents, students, teachers and other community members who have comments or questions. 

Contact:  Dianna Pharr keepeanesinformed@gmail.com

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