Really!? 35% percent? I would expect it to be near 90% if they were all “hungry for data they can’t get from the school district”.

And how does the Observer know the intent of visitors to his website?

This is not journalism: This is a hit piece on the district.

Public school districts make it very difficult, expensive and sometimes impossible to obtain public information that should be readily available online at no cost. One good example is the check register. Eanes ISD and LTISD both purchased BoardBook from TASB and could easily post the check register online at no additional cost. These public school districts spend our tax dollars not to provide, but to HIDE public information. Until we have true transparency, school districts are not accountable and children suffer.

The real problem is the abuse of power by public school district administrators. Teachers and parents risk retaliation if we ask too many questions or voice opinions that differ from the administrator/board position. Unfortunately, children can also be the target of the retaliation. This is especially true for children with special needs who are especially vulnerable.

As long as our tax dollars can be spent with no limit to retain aggressive private attorneys to battle the rights of taxpayers, parents and children, the harm will continue. An industry has grown up around denying rights to special needs children and protecting athletics over academics and the private attorneys and private “education” organizations such as TASB are laughing all the way to the bank.

Visit my website to learn more: http://www.keepeanesinformed.com. Don’t miss the “Connecting the Dots” page and the “Private Law Firms” page.

Dianna Pharr
http://www.keepeanesinformed.com

What other district have they done this to?

I am aware of the battle that is going on and can tell you that “legal eagle” is wrong, but what does the truth have to do with good fiction?

LTISD did not hand over information in a timely manner. They were initially dismissive to the Lovelace’s thus they created their own nightmare.

The Lovelace’s were ridiculous in open recording everthing from football to the cafeteria budget. They abused the law. Remember they did this in another school district so they obviously have a problem.

LTISd also has problems. Anyone who blames just one side has blinders on.

All of this has resulted in my tax dollars being pissed away and time and effort that could have gone somewhere else.

The saddest part of all this is that LTISD managed to get their high paid lobbyist to get the state law changed and everyone suffers because of this war between LTISd and the Lovelace’s.

Why does LTISd even have a paid lobbyist - that is wrong!

Shame on both sides for letting it get so far.

Shame on the legislature for changing the law to protect the record holer and make it more difficult for the requestor.

And in the end has anyone really won? NO! Tell that to our LTISD tecachers when they have to spend their own money on classroom supplies.

This is PATHETIC!

And they waste money in many places. They built a five million dollar indoor multi-purpose facility…but apparently only the football team gets to use it…not the Band and other student groups. They pay Superintendent Kirk over $200,000 per year…more than what Eanes pays its superintendent.

The district has not one but two high dollar law firms who routinely charge over $250 per hour for harassing the Lovelaces and lobbying the State legislature. LTISD refuses to post its checks online so the taxpayers and parents can see where its tax dollars are being spent. What a travesty.