Posts Tagged ‘Arlington Heights’
Community Leaders To Discuss The State Of Black Children
Jeff PrinceTiptoeing around the issue of race just isn’t Rev. Kyev Tatum’s style. In the past, he’s filed complaints that accused the Fort Worth Independent School District and Arlington Heights High School of establishing different...
Crying ‘bout the Chapel
The church that ate Arlington HeightsJEFF PRINCE
The contentious meeting was winding down; a church official and architect were wearying after listening to neighbors vent frustrations for an hour. Fort Worth’s Christ Chapel Bible Church is big and getting bigger, expanding ...
Leaving Heights
About a fourth of the troubled high school’s faculty is heading out the door.BETTY BRINK
The first to go was Tommy Elliott, the winning head baseball coach at Arlington Heights High School for the last 30 years. This year he put both his glove and his grading pencil (he also taught English) on the shelf, retiring a...
Fired FWISD Whistleblower Chavez Reinstated
betty.brinkAt last night’s Fort Worth school board meeting, Aracely Chavez, the former financial department employee who blew the whistle on the failed Tyler Industries payroll computer program that overpaid 2,000 employees (some lo...
Civil Rights Investigation in Progress at AHHS
betty.brinkOfficials from the United States Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights have confirmed that the office is investigating the allegations of disparate treatment of minority students at Arlington Heights High School ...
Palazzolo v FWISD Update
betty.brinkThe last day of the hearings on the former Arlington Heights High School assistant principal and noted whistleblower Joe Palazzolo’s appeal of his firing by the district was full of fireworks, the most explosive following the...
To No One’s Surprise, Whistleblower Gets the Axe
betty.brinkAfter numerous impassioned and emotional speeches on his behalf, the Fort Worth school board last night voted 6-3 to fire Joe Palazzolo, the embattled ex- assistant principal and whistleblower at Arlington Heights High School. ...
It’s Official: Palazzolo’s Head is on Johnson’s Platter
betty.brinkAt this coming Tuesday night’s school board meeting, Fort Worth schools superintendent Melody Johnson will recommend to the trustees that Joe Palazzolo, former assistant principal and the whistleblower in the Arlington Height...
FWISD Administrators Put on Administrative Leave in AHHS Investigation
betty.brinkIn the Fort Worth schools’ investigation of alleged wrongdoings at Arlington Heights High School that is reported in this week’s paper, “Powder Keg,” the school district has just announced that former Heights pr...