DTEX 2024.001-4-1 Celebrating the Denton LULAC Legacy A Record of Our History, 1983-2012(
CELEBRATING THE
DENTON LULAC
LEGACY
A Record of
Our History
Consolidated and Organized
By
Dr. Isabella Pina Hinojosa
Denton LULAC Council
#4633
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from
FAMILIAS UNIDAS
To
Denton LULAC
Council #4366
established
April 9, 1981
1990 -to -2012 I
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LULA C scholarships
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Hispanics honor outstanding stude~ts
By FAITH GRAY Chancellor,' ,who lives • in Denton, has
Staff Writer bachelor's, mas~r's and doctoral degrees from
Challenging outstanding Hispanic students to Texas A&M Umversity. Miguel, who in two
return after graduation as members of the decades as an-educator has been · an ad-
League of United Latin American Citizens and ministralor, teacher, counselor and coach, has
help lheir fellows, LULAC regional vice presi-degrees from Sk>uthern Methodist University,
dent Jc.se Botello and other leaders honored five Southeastern State University and the Universi-
scholarship winners and 11 outstanding athletes ty of Minnesota.
al a banquet Thursday night at the Ramada Inn. Miguel challeneged the scholarship winners,
LULAC has made scholarship its No. l four from Dentpn High School and one from
priority since its founding in 1929, and the Lewisville High School, to explore all the options
national corpora lion will be awarding $.500,000 in available lo them in the new information age.
scholarship funds over the next three years, "High tech is t,he new buzzword." he said. "Il
Botello, of Dallas, said. Botello, a surprise gttesl will be giving us directions and opportunities we
at the festivities, is vice president of the have never had before." College graduates of
Southwest flcgion LULAC CTexas, New Mexico, 1988 will ha've lo ch.art their own courses,
Oklahoma, Colorado, Arkansas and Louisiana> because they will have no one to follow as
and a candidate for national president al an earlier genera~ons did, Miguel said. "The
upcoming Detroit convention. opportunities are so great, this is an exciting
While deploring President Ronald Reagan's time lo be living." •
failure to appoinl a Hispanic lo the Civil Rights Miguel's talk touched on super computers,
Commission and a looming immigration, law expansion in lellecommunicalions. conversion of
containing many provisions that Hispanics abandoned air$.rips into canals for growing
strongly oppose, Botello said Hispanics have· saltwater shrirqip, genetic engineering, and
made progress in housing, voling and voter robots.
registration as well as their No. l priority -The world of '"Star Wars" and "Return of the
education. Jedi" is not so far off as some might think,
But. Botello said, "recipients of many of our Miguel said. 8-Jl, he said, robots will not be
scholcJ r, 1·, • ps never came back." Botello replacing people -they will create new
challcr,.., ... , , hose receiving 1983 scholarships to opportunities f(J' people.
return 11, 1,,ur years as members of LULAC. He Chancellor waised LULAC for honoring its
also challeneged the council lo raise more scholars and athletes. reminding the assembly
scholarship funds in the next three years. that "Chance favors a prepared mind."
Keynote speakers were Dr. Samuel Migu~l of "As one's kl'¥)wledge and education expand,
Lewisville, a senior program officer for the so does one's responsibility. An educated person
Office of Education in Dallas, and Dr. Ray who is not res~sible in terms of human society
Chancellor, assistant superintendent of the is not educated," Chancellor said, challenging
Denton Independent School District. the scholarshrp winners to serve their fellow
man, rather than be like "so~ who flaunt their
master's and Ph.D.s." I
While moving into the world of high·
technology, Chancellor said. "'don't forget the
beauty of fine arts." The world will always need
, creative minds, and "The only deterrent lo your
life right now is the word 'can't,"' Chancellor
said.
Dr. Rudy Rodriguez. chairman of the educa-
tion committee. presented scholarships to
Miriam Hernandez, daughter of Tito Juvenlin<i
and Mrs. Yerula Ibarra; Mary Grace Lewis,
daughter of Tony D. Lewis and Maria Graciela
Lozano Lewis; Elizabeth Ann Longoria, daugh-
ter of Quirino and Gloria Longoria; Ted
Palacios, son of Guillermo and Hilaria
Palacios; and Sonja Ramirez, daughier of
James and Rosita Ramirez.
Miss Longoria, a Lewisville graduate, plans to
attend Texas Woman's University. Misses
Hernandez, Lewis and Ramirez will attend
North Texas State University. Palacios will
enter North Lake College in Dallas for the
spring 1984 semester after completing a lour of
duly with the U.S. Army Reserve.
Emilio (Popo) Gonzales presented awards lo
11 outstanding athletes. Alicia Garcia, a
Calhoun eighth· grader, was honored for her
cross-country running. Boys honored are Joe
Mata of OHS, Luis Sanchez of Strickland Junior
High, Emilio Leo Gonzalez and Adrian Mata of
Calhoun, football; Mark Chavez of OHS and
Gerardo Ruiz of Calhoun, baseball; Jose
Rodriguez of Calhoun, John A. Ramirez and
Roberto Lozano of OHS, soccer; and Nicholas
Perches of Robert E. Lee Elementary School,
boxing.
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LULAC offers
scholarships
\ Scholarships are being offered by the Denton
Council of LULAC, the League of United Latin
American Citizens, to Hispanic students
graduating this spring from Denton County high
schools. ,
Meetings for those interested will be held in
Denton Feb. 'Z1 at Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church in the Parish Center and in
Lewisville Feb. 28 at the Lupe Morin residence.
1368Apple&ate, phone214221-3227.
Roth meetinllS will start at 7 p.m.
1be scholanhi .. will ranp from ~ to $500,
according to Rudy Rodriquez, scholarship
chairman. They will be awarded on the basis of
merit and need to students planning to enter
college next fall.
To be eligible for a merit scholarship, the
applicant must place within the top 10 percent of
his or her graduating class and have a
Scholastic Achievement Test CSAT> score of
1,000 or higher or an American College Testing
<ACT> scoreof20orabove.
The scholarships based on need will be
awarded on the basis of financial need and
demonstrated potential. The Scholarship Com-
mittee will use standard evaluation criteria
based on the family's total annual income, the
student's earnings and institutional costs,
Rodriquez said.
Grades and academic performance will serve
as an indicator ot potenlial, he aaid, however,
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the student's motivation, sincerity and integrtt,,
as determined through interviews and rec<lllf
mendations from school personnel, will liil
strongly considered.
Community involvement and leadership also
will be considered.
The Denton council has raised more than
$3,500 for scholarships through donations and
fund-raising projects.
North Texas State and Texas Woman's
University will match $300 of the scholarship for
students who enroll at those schools. The Denton
Council is requesting an additional supplement
from the naijoaal LULAC scholarship program
in Washin~.
More information ii available from Popo or
Lupe Gonzalaa at 317-4184.
T be Fort Worth $tar-Telegram quoted Richard
A.rmey as describing bilingwil education i,.s.
"the dirtiest, rottenest trick YOIJ could play on
Hispanic Americans." Such pregrams, he continued,
"hamper the effort:; of Hispanic chilctren to mi,.ster
die tngliah language.'' In the same /rticle, he
attacks the social security system an criticizes
university professors for their lack of job commit-.......
Later, Mr. Armey makes a feeble attempt to
refute the latter two comment.a. (See the Oct. 2, 1984,
--of the North TeJUJS State University Daily.) He
says nothing, however, of hiJ :seri~ condenul4tion of bilingQ41 progr~.
'ftlis statement ~ most qnforbplate 4ncf t,-
NSponsible on the part of iJD individwu seelcinl
public office. It reflects a °)ense of ignorance of t.be
neture and objectives of bilinpal education and, at
worse, a form of cliltural chauvinism which assumt8
that the English exclusive school programs can only
faellltate mastery of English for children who are
DOIi-Speakers of that language. Over 100 years al •
experience in Texas with the English monolinp.l.
edcQation programs has shown that these programs
have generally not succeeded with language minori-
ty students (mainly of Mexican-American origin-
and contributed mightily to the groups' hilh
ineidenc:e of drop out,;, alienation and low achiev&-ment.
Bilingual education programs were implemented
in tbe early 1970'& in an attempt to correct tbe
inadeqlJ&cies of the English only programs. These
programs are designed to enhance learning of major
subject matter through the use of the student's
stronger language while English is developed
t,hrough lpeCial second language methods and
tecbniquea. Once the student bas achieved an
accept.able level of Edglisb proficiency be-she is
t,ben placed in the all English program.
The attitude toward these programs, as expressed
by Mr. Armey'J critical remarks, bas been the
greatest deterrant to the success of bilingual
ediication. Research bas shown without eqlJivocation
tut effective bilingual programs are found in
communities where both teachers and ad-
•trators support bilingual education and are
CGilllmitted to providing children with qwmt,
leaming experiences. Indeed, the attitudes of the
general community, including public officials, can
either make or break these programs.
• have reached a point in our history when it qs
ablelutely essential that we (and, most certainly,
our representatives) recognize the multiculllJra)
reaUties of our society and the importance of
ao,ernment at all levels which is responsive t.o •
._.ity of people. This is especialy true in Texas
wbere Hispanics are rapidly approaching one-third
of tbe state's population. Bilingual ed11cation muat
he maintained as a viable education alternative for
students whose first language is not English and
seek improved opportunities for success in school.
Why not allow these programs to operate to their
maximum capability by including English-speaking
students interested in developing other hJnguages
ud cultural experiences?
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The Denton chapter of the League of
United Latin American Citizens has
announced the inauguration of the 1985
scholarship program for Hispanic
students graduating this spring from
Denton County high schools.
The program also is for Deni.on
residents enrolled in Texas colleges
and universities. '
Awards this year range from $300 to
$600 depending on the need and
academic standing of the applicant,
said Rudy Rodriguez, LULAC presi-
dent.
P LULAC scholarships are made
possible through fund-raising projects,
contributions from local businesses,
LULAC members and other communi-
ty citizens.
A major contribution is provided by
the LULAC National Scholarship
Fund, which receives financial support
from U.S. corporations. '
• i North Texas State University and
Texas Woman's University provide a
maximum of $300 each for support of
the scholarship program.
Students unable to attend the meet-
ing should contact Rodriguez at 566-
1039 or 565-9507 for information.
. anguage program
·at Denton schools
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draws criticism
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'tbe'language rapidly.
-~"'•'l.anguage problems are a tem-
porary • situation in our experi-
,ence," said Superintendent Robert
'Mc:Xke. "Students make rapid
•progress in English as a Second
tanguage, so bilingual education
'fS not needed."
• • Dean Anthony, director of eie-
mentary education for the dis-
'frict, said a bilingual education
program, which provides instruc-
• UOn in a student's native language
·afid English, would be difficult to
implement.
,.--"The main problem is that the
•~naents (with limited English)
·are-so spread out," he said. "And
. the turnover is so heavy. Only
'one-third of them are returning
students."
, •--English as a Second Language
~an:d bilingual education programs
·,are different philosophically, said
--Reinon Magallanes, program di-
reetor for the Texas Education
Agency's bilingual education pro-
gram.
, -''While keyed to enhancing
i£nglish as the primary language, .e bilingual education program re-
)luires instruction in the native
!anguage while developing Eng-
lish language skills," Magallanes
~aid. '
• "Students are oriented to the
school environment in their ·na-
)ive language. Basic skills and
i earning ability are developed in
the native language and in Eng-
)ish.
• "In FSL, you develop English
~nd then work on basic skills,"
~agallanes said.
, State law requires bilingual ed-
:Ucation in kindergarten through
'Sixth grade if 20 students who
-5peak the same language in one
grade level are identified as "lim-
jted English proficient" (LEP).
• English as a Second Language
,is required if even one LEP stu-
dent is identified in any grade.
Of 148 LEP students the Denton
district reported in October 1984
to the Texas Education Agency,
109 are Spanish-speaking. The re-
mainder represent 13 other Ian-
caslons she-has had 16 students In
one class.
"Teachers have expressed a
sense of frustration in not being
able to adequately attend to the
needs of students," said Rudy Ro-
driguez. director of TWU's bilin-
gual education program and presi-
dent of Denton County LULAC.
Rodriguez said higher achieve-
ment standards required by the
~ew education reform bj.11 make it
more urgent to improve the dis-
trict's English language develop-
men t program.
"Students will be faced with .
the possibility of not meeting
achievement standards because of
liniited English proficiency," he
said.
Davila said English as a Second
Language students unable to func-
tion in mainstream classes also
are frustrated, which is reflected
in their low achievement scores
and high dropout rates.
"Many of the.m attend night
classes to augment what they get
in the public schools," he said.
Janet Orozco, 1S, attends the
English as a Second Language pre>-
gram at Calhoun Junior -High
School but also attends English
night classes funded by the TEA.
The Orozco family moved to
Denton from Colombia, South
America, 3½ years ago, and
• Janet's mother and seven broth-
ers and sisters -five of whom are
enrolled in Denton schools -also
attend the night English classes.
Mary Simbeck, who teaches a
night class. helped translate ques-
tions about Janet's ability to un-
derstand instruction in public
school classes where on,y English
is spoken.
"I understand others a little
bit," Janet said through Ms. Sim-
beck. "Sometimes I do not do the
lessons if I don't understand them.
... You only have to pass English
and math."
Anthony, the director of ele-
mentary education, agreed that
students who enter school with
limited or no English encounter
severe problems in regular
cl~.
.. They bave a bard time in
other courses. There is no ques-
tion about it. They do pretty well
in math, because the symbols are
the same," be said. .
Anthony said he has no statis-
tics to show whether language
problems are linked to the sc~ool
dropout rate, "but they ~ertamlr,
put another impediment m place.
Davila quoted a study by the
National commission on _Sec~nd-
ary Schooling for Hispanics indi-
cating that more than one-third of
Hispanics 18 and 19 y~rs old do
not have high school diploma~.
Forty-five percent of Mexican-
American and Puerto Rican s!U·
dents who enter school never fin-
ish, and 40 percent of all Hispanic
students who leave school do so
before reaching the 10th grade,
the study says. .
Anthony said be is not sure if a
more intensive bilingual educa-
tion program is needed in Dent~n.
.. 1 don't know the community
well enough to answer that," be
said. "But I do think we have a bet•
ter program this year."
The first real assessment of the
• program will come in the spring,
when English as a Second Lan-
guage students will be given stan-
dard achievement tests and lan-
guage assessment tests to deter-
mine their progress in EngllSh, he
said. , In Denton's kindergarten and
:nrst-grade classes, the number of
• Spanish-speaking students ex-
: ceeds the 20-student requirem_e~t.
~but the TEA has waived the ~ilm•
. gual education requirement for
: the last three years, primarily be-
: cause the students are so spread
'out among different schools, said
: Dr: Ray Chancellor, director of
: cut.ricul um.
f.t one time, all of the district's
: English as a Second Language
: classes were concentrated at on~
i school, but that system was critl·
'. cized by a TEA monitoring team
·, because students bused to the ~ school lost an hour a day of class
~ time, Chancellor said. .
. "So rather than transporting
• students we made our teachers • • , itinerant," he said.
• The district has two full-time
: and two part-time instructors for
; the program. They teach at se~en
'elementary schools and one JUD·
: ior high school, officials said. •
Daisy Trevino-King, a full-time
; English as a Second Language
' teacher at Borman Elementary,
; said no more than 10 students
: with limited English profic~ency
1 can attend one of her classes 1f she
: is to provide the "one-on-one".
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Denton school :: •
bilingual aid
·draws · criticisni -.
By Nita Thurman
Denton Bureau of The News
DENTON -Five students who
know little or no English sprawled
on the classroom floor at Frank
Borman Elementary School and
painstakingly formed sentences in
their workbooks.
The students -four of whom
speak Spanish, the fifth French -
are studying in the Denton school
district's English as a Second Lan-
guage program, designed under
state guidelines to help students
in all grades who have limited
: English skills. I But leaders in the Hispanic
community argue that the pr~
gram doesn't help enough.
They say the Denton program
is understaffed, overcrowded and
. does not provide enough dual-lan•
guage instruction for the number
of Spanish-speaking students en-
rolled in the district
Students in the program study
English for one or. two periods a
day and spend the remaining peri•
ods in regularc~ . , , • ,~
''The students are getting
shortchanged," said Frank Davila,
program coordinator for the bilin•
gual education program at Texas
Woman's University U¥l~;a;~
ber or the Denton Countfcbaj,ter
of the I;eague of Ulitted =uttn
American Citizens. , ~ 1 .
"We are not necessarily pum-
ing a full bilingual program. We
are pushing a good language p~
gram, whatever the approach. The-
l?SL program might be fine if they
have additional teachers or more
tutorial programs available.
"The basic goal is to 10 from a
native to~e to English as
quickly as possible, but not at the
expense or losing content infor-
mation in other courses." ••
School district administrators •
defend the program, saying dual-
language lnstrutti(m ii not nece,.
sary because non-English speak-
ing students in the classes feirn
Please see LANGUAGE OD Pa,e 22A.
!QA/Denton~~-• IJa_y 19. 1991
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4A/Denton Record-Cbronicle/Saturday, April 27, 1991
LUI.AC .. ,. elate for
award b1111quet
'Die ~ of United Latin
American Citizens will have its
scholarship awards banquet at 7
p.m. Ma, 17 at Texas Woman's
University, said Annette Mulkey,
Education Committ.ee chairper-
son.
The keynote speaker will be
Rudy Rodriguez Jr., a 1983
graduat.e of Denton High School
and a 1987 graduate of Texas
A&M University. He graduated
in 1990 from Harvard University
Law School.
Mr. Rodriguez is an associate
attorney with the law firm of
Locke, Purnell, Rain and Harrell
in Dallas.
Tickets are $12 each for the
public and $9 each for high school
and university students. For
more information, call Emilio
1 Gonzalez at 387-4884 or Ms.
Mulkey at 387-1006.
DENTON COUNTY
LULAC COUNCIL
#4366
cordially invites you to join us in bonoriflg
Youths deserve
LULAC honors
F riday night, 13 young Denton people
were honored for their accomplish-
ments and challenged to continue to
contribute to their schools, city, state and na-
tion. Those students, by hard work and ap-
plication, met local and national academic
requirements and were each awarded a LULAC
scholarship to help further their educations.
The League of Latin American Citizens is the
nation's oldest organization of Mexican
Americans. It grew from three Mexican-
American civic organizations in 1929 and now
has councils in more than 36 states.
The Denton chapter,~ in 1981,
places emphasis on encouraging and helpinJ
students complete their primary and secondary
educations as well as to guide them into higher
education.
Those scholarship winners, who have such
bright futures, have made their elders proud
and serve as role models to the younger
generation. We congra~te them and the fine
organization that has contributed to the
cultural and educational life of this city.
our 1991-1992 scbolarsbip awardees May 17, 1991
at 7:00 p.m. at Texas Womans University's Hubbard Hall.
Tickets may be purchased at tbe cost of 112.00 by calling
Emilio Gonzalez at (817) 387-4884 or
Annette Mulkey at {817) 387-1006
RSVP by May 1991
Lulac honors •
Two young people from Denton were
featured at the League of United Latin
American Citizens awards banquet last
weekend. 1
Rudy Rodriguez Jr. gave the keynote ad-
dress and Christina Fernandez presented
musical selections.
GlortaBahamon and.Dorothy Martinez •
July 19, 1991
TO: Mr. Henry Martinez
FROM: Dr. Rudy Rodriguez
Denton LULAC Council
RE: What impact did the Hispanic community have on the
selection of the new assistant superintendent for DISD?
RESPONSE:
The series of events which led to the appointment of the
new assistant superintendent by Dr. Sonnenberg certainly
indicates that the Hispanic community influenced the
decision. I would not, however, want for us to make this a
major issue, since Dr. Tamez-???? (insert name of new
assistant superintendent) could be perceived by the
community and her colleagues in this district as a token
selection and, in the process, unfairly dimenish the
strength of her qualifications. I personally have not met
her, but I understand that she is a very competent and
dynamic administrator.
I should be quick to caution that Hispanic
underrepresentation in all professional positions in this
district continues to be a major concern. I believe that
the Board needs to conduct a thorough review of the
district's employment and promotion practices., particularly
those related to positions which are the least accessible to
Hispanics and other minority applicants, such as those in
central administration, principalships, assistant
principalships, and positions in counseling./There is a
continued concern about the unfair attd unjust treatment of
our only two Hispanic administrators. Both Ms. Nunez and
Mr. Davila have rendered outstanding service to this
district yet the district administration has continued to
deny them opportunities for professional advancement .
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Problems with the current system
1. "The growing your own concept" is working in favor of
the Anglo professionals (primarily women).
2. There is a very loose and imprecise system for hiring
and promoting professional personnel, particularly at the
administrative level. There is the perception that there
are different sets of standards at work in the employment
and promotion process. The standards tend to be very rigid
and inflexible for Hispanics and less rigid for Anglos.
Also, three systems appear to be in place in the selection
of personnel: the Board selects, as in the case of Mr.
Wallace; the superintendent appoints; and, campus-based
selection committees recommend.
3. Why don't we have any Hispanic counselors?
4. This district is making a hypocritical statement when
it claims to respect cultural diversity and sensitivity to
the changing demographics of this state.
Why the urgency to take a position
1. If not us, who? If not now, when?
2. The two major areas of concern which need to be
addressed adequately by this district deal with the question
of equality and accountability. There will be no equity and
no accountability if the district does not sense any ~oncern
or pressure from the Hispanic community. Current actions of
the school administration which demonstrate that officials
are sensitive to community pressure include: the promotion
of Mr. Wallace, opening up more employment opportunities for
Hispanic teachers, the hiring of Dr. Anita Spitnik, current
involvement of one Hispanic teacher in a leadership training
program.
3. Lastly, and, most important, how about the kids? Will
this district continue to deny positive role models for our
Hispanic youths. How about the direct involvement of
Hispanic administrators in the decisions which affect the
education and ultimate destiny of Hispanics?
Latin American Citizens mar-:k.ed the 10th
anniversary of the group at their annual
reception to welcome new hispanics to the
community.
The homemade tamales were the center of
attention until Elizabeth Carson got up to
sing. Then, guests forgot the food andjust
listened.
M~ Compean an.dEmaiaEscobeda
Daniel and Celina Hinojosa
Zach Bird and Renee Ramirez
._ Having a party?Call 381-9569
Daniel Hinojosa
Dining for dollars
More than 200 supporters of the Dent.on
County League of United Latin American
Citizens turned out for the annual scholarship
banquet in March.
Lulac awarded scholarships from $200 to
$1,000 to 22 area students, 14 of whom are
graduating high school seniors.
. Mayo and Becky Cantu
Tonnie Ramlrez, Lort Goin and Lisa Goin
Call fbr change is in the air
Minority hiring reviewed
ended several
w,adopted
the actual
since 1948.
But the principle thing is to have the desire
t.o hire minoritiea.
A possible solution ia for 1ibe people to peti-
tion a referendum to cbanp 1ibe Jaw or t.o write
t.o Mayor Castleberry, Chief Jez and Chief
Cook, asking that they review their hiring
practices and be more flnible.
Hector M. Lopes Sr.
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A. window of opportunity
0 n June 23, 1992, a name for the new
elementary IChool in southeast Den-
ton will be select.ed. Several local
groupa and individuals have proposed the name
of Tomas Rivm;L Following are several com-
pelling reasons why this name should be .
selected. He be his life as a migrant child
and worker= the time ofhis premature
death (age 49) he was chancellor at the Uni-
versity of California, Riverside. He received
numerous awards and recognitions from
educational orpnizations and institutions,
inclµiUng aeveral hono~ doct.orates from
various institqons of higher education.
He was ~d by various and diverse
groups for his ao.11tributions to public service,
such as the NAACP, Kiwanis International,
Carnegie Corporation and the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. He
has been recognized by several national
organizations for his scholarly and literary
contributions, such as Premio Quinto Sol
(National Literary award for best work). He
was appointed to serve on numerous boards at
the local, state and national levels, e.g.,
Southwest Board Regional Commission (gov-
emor's appointment, State of California), Allied
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AdvancementofTi-'""""A ~ numerous national directories •
Who's Who in America (1980), Directory
American &bolars (1978), International Who~
Whoin.Poetry(1974).
The list goes on .... Mr. Rivera exemplifies an
individual worthy of anyone's respect,
regardless of their ethnic background. His life,
his professional career and his literary ac-
complishments make Tomas Rivera a very
worthy consideration for the naming nf ~ new
school. Mr. Rivera was committed to education,
committed t.o his literary pursuits and com-
mitted t.o bridging a cultural gap so prevalent
in today's society.
He is a wonderful role-model for all children,
but especially Hispanic children. He ia
definitely someone we can all admire and
aspire to emulate. t
Such action, given the site of the new cam-
pus, would affirm DISD's commitment to
nurture all school children and to celebrate and
acknowledge the culturally diverse population
served. .
Emilio "Po • GonzaJea
president, Denton County L~ No. 4,86fJ
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Guest column
LULAC works for the dream
R ecently, the Denton chapter of the
League of United Latin American
Citizens (LULAC) awarded 14
scholarships to Hispanic high school
seniors of Denton County. This has become
an annual tradition in the spring in
Denton, for it is the
goal of LULAC to
raise scholarship
funds through garage
sales, Mexican
dinners, dances and
just plain asking for
donations in order to
award them to
Hispanic students
and help'them go to
college. Possibly
because of the
emphasis on
education, some have
called LULAC an
elitist organization.
It is a well known
Ramiro
Valdez
fact that Hispanics have the largest high
school dropout rate in the state. If it is
elitist to strive to reduce this number, and
ever increase the number of students who
will receive these scholarships, then
perhaps LULAC is elitist. And if it is elitist
to work toward helping young people stay
in college, graduate and become teachers,
nurses, doctors and engineers, then, again,
perhaps LULAC is elitist.
But if LULAC is elitist, so were the
forefath~s of these young people who sat
in the seat of honor. For these students are
a dream come tI:ue. They are the dream of
the field workers; of the ditch diggers, of
the dishwashers and busboys and of the
ladies changing the sheets at the hotels
throughout our state. But most of all they
are the dream of the migrant workers.
There is no doubt that each of these
Hispanic forefathers in their own time,
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while working long hours for less than
minimum wage, paused in their work with
aching backs and burning hands to wipe
the sweat off their brows and they said to
themselves, "Some day my children will not
have to work like this. Some day my
children will go to school and get a good
job."
And surely the ladies who rode the city
buses in our big cities, while waiting for a
certain bus to appear at a certain time,
said to themselves1 ''Some day my children
will be able to react the bus stop signs for
themselves." And it was for this purpose
that these people, perhaps one generation
or two behind us, worked so long and hard.
Because they dreamed that their children
would be al,le to have a better life than
they did.
So the young people sitting in the
prestigious halls of our local university,
receiving a scholarship that will enable
them to continue their educations and
become professionals in our state, each
represent at least one person1 maybe even
an entire family, of hard-working,
dedicated Hispanics who would not let go of
the dream that their children would be able
to read and write and work as
professionals.
So the dream continues today. For
LULAC has not lost sight of this dream:
LULAC has opened its arms to all who
would join us. No one will be excluded
because of their age, their color, their
language, or their name. They will only be
excluded if they do not share in the dream
of the field workers -the dream which
that group of 14 young people made into a
reality.
■ RAMIRO VALD~:z. a Denton resident. rceclvt.-d his Ph.D.
In psychology from Brandeis University. I le spt.-clall7.cs In
bchavor1al medicine. prlmartly working with chronJcally and
lennlnally lll patients. I le has otnccs In Denton. Arlington.
Bedford and Grand Pra.ltie.
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LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
DENTON COUNTY LU LAC COUNCIL, #4366
P.O. Box 981 • Denton. Texas 76202
July 1, 1993
TO THE EDITOR:
The Denton Independent School District has again rejected a well-
qualified Hispanic for the position of principal in one of our schools. The
latest applicant not only had a completed doctorate but at least 6 years of
principalship experience, including work experience with the Texas
Education Agency.
This district can now add yet one more Hispanic applicant to the long list
of outstanding Hispanic educators who have been denied administrative
positions. These district "rejects" are now contributing their expertise
and effecting meaningful improvements in such districts as Coppell,
Roma, Dallas and Fort Worth. How long is this district going to continue
this blatant policy of exclusion? Equally upsetting is the fact that this
district has yet to employ a Hispanic counselor. These inequities in the
hiring practices of the school system reflect an insensitivity on the part
of the administration and the Board of Education to the needs of a growing
linguistically and culturally diverse student population.
Census data compiled by the City of Denton clearly show that the Hispanic
population in our city is indeed increasing by leaps and bounds. Between
1980 and 1990 alone, the Hispanic populatfon in this community
increased by 115 percent. If this district continues its exlusionary
employment practices, our schools will soon be characterized· by a gross
imbalance between the proportion of Hispanic professionals and Hispanic
students. In the process, all of our youths will be denied access to
diverse role models. Very significantly, the Denton Hispanic co.mmunity
will not have adequate representation in the decisions affecting the
education of their children.
Although some efforts are now underway in the district which begin to
close the gap between minority professional educators and minority
students, we, in LULAC, see an immediate and urgent need for fur-ther
enlightened procedures to correct existing inequities, particularly in the
employment of Hispanics for key decision-making and counselorship
positions.
We urge Denton ISD Board of Education members, school administrators
and teachers to consider the facts presented here and to help . us in
effecting the changes necessary to ensure all citizens of this state enjoy
equal access to the employment and/or promotion opportunities available
in this district.
League of United Latin American Citizens
Denton County LULAC Council #4366
(817) 387-1778, ext. 314
All Far One -One For All
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1992-1993 Scholarship Recipients
Friday, March 27, 1992 at 7:00 p.m.
Texas Woman's University -Hubbard Hall
Denton, Texas
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LULAC honors youth
LULAC (League of United Latin American
Citizens) presented college schol~ships to
nine Denton County teens at its annual ban-
quet as family, friends and community leaders
watched. The festive event featured original
music by Howard Rosario.
Lupe Gonzalez and Rick .<;n1ouq-
Liio and Dorothy Marttnez
Pat Fisher, Yolanda Salinas, Susan Gonzalez
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Lopez, 7, investigates "Pancho Claus" with his. brother Man:o, 4, Sqtun;lay. IISIIIOII IIIICOIID-CBROIOCLS/IITBVBDa.Al'DU)
oncho Claus exhibits Spanish flair
oncho Claus, resplendent
his red sombrero topped
h jalapeno peppers and his
cho-styled red suit, speaks
anish when he visits
panic children in Denton.
• s bilingual talents draw
ung and old along the
radshaw Street
ighborhood he will visit
ain this year just before
·stmas.
Emilio "Popo" Gonzalez,
er of Popo 'Y' Lupe Hair
ling in Denton, transforms
to his holiday persona to
• g to Hispanic children the
hristmas tradition of
hispering gift wishes in
ta'sear.
He borrowed the idea from
a story in a San Antonio
newspaper about a man who
visited the city's barrios, or
Hispanic neighborhoods, each
Christmas as Poncho Claus.
"I thought it .was.neat that
kids could relate to Santa
Claus in their own language,"
he said. "I always thought
how neat it would be to do it
here in Denton in Hispanic
neighborhoods."
The article, he recalled,
described Hispanic children's
hesitancy to talk to Santa if
he didn't understand their
language -a sentiment he
believes is shared locally.
Last year's visit on Brad-
shaw Street and a senior cit,.
izens' home as Poncho Claus
began a tradition Mr. Gon-
zalez said he intended to
continue despite shaving his
beard
Mr. Gonzalez. kno~ in thP.
community for growing a
beard and dying it green to
commemorate the homecom-
ing game of the Mean Green
Eagles at the University of
North Texas, kept his beard
last year for the holidays. But
this year, Mrs. Gonzalez
would not hear of it.
And so, his costume now
also includes a white beard to
go along with the red-and-
white poncho, red sombrero
with red and green jalapenos,
l:>lack boots, red sweatpants
and red Christmas satchel.
This year he hopes to bring
the children more than
pocketfuls of candy.
"Last year, people· donated
a lot of candy," he said,
recalling the plentiful sweets
he passed around to eager
hands ..
"I would like Crayons, col-1
oring books, even if it is
second-hand stuff," he said.
School supplies -including
tablets, pencils and children's
books -also rank high on his
wish list for the 100 children
he • will visit in two weeks.
Small toys, even used toys no
longer favorites among
children in families' homes,
arewanted.
People interested in
donating can drop items by his
business, at 216 W. Collins
St., or call 387-4884, and he'll
pick up the donations.
LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
DENTON COUNTY LULAC COUNCIL, #4366
P.O. Box 981 • Denton. Texas 76202
November 29, 1993
To the Editor:
The prospective parents and children of the Tomas Rivera Elementary Sch ool can
take special pride in the selection of Mrs. Adela Nunez as principal of their school.
Mrs. Nunez is qualified by virtue of her outstanding academic preparedness and
extensive professional experience. Very importantly, she possesses the cultural
sensitivity and bilingual skills necessary to relate in an effective manner with the
various ethnic groups that will be represented in the new school.
No doubt that one of the big challenges facing the district and those community
people involved .Jn the redistricting effort is how to structure a plan that will
ensure the Tomas Rivera School, like other schools in the district, includes an
ethnically-balanced student body. Experience has shown us over the years that a
predominant minority school is just as socially unacceptable as an all majority
school. District officials are cognizant of the need to integrate minority and
majority students and, for that reason, have had a plan in effect over several years
requiring minority students to travel to majority schools for the purpose of
achieving ethnic balance.
We, in LUI.AC, are prepared to provide district officials and Mrs. Nunez whatever
support is needed in the planning of a school that includes high-quality staff and
superior educational programs. The school must be academically enticing not
only to children and families within the immediate service area of the school but
to those outside the immediate school community. The Tomas Rivera Elementary
School must be a first class instructional center and the source of pride for
everyone in the community if the integration goal of that school is to be realized.
Rick Salazar
President
League of United Latin American Citizens
Denton County LUIAC Council #4366
PO Box 981
Denton, Texas 76202
(817) 387-1778, ext. 314
LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
DENTON COUNTY LULAC COUNCIL, #4366
6 /23/97
Warren Whitson, Chair
Board of Commissioners
Denton Housing Authority
308 South Ruddell
Denton, Texas 76205
Dear Mr. Whitson,
P.O. Box 981 • Denton. Texas 76202
As president of The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Council
#4366 I am writing to express disappointment and to protest recent actions
taken by your Executive Director, Ms. Marion Hamilton and most recently the
Board of Commissioners. First, Ms. Martha Guerra's dismissal from her
position as Manager of the Phoenix Apartments is considered unwarranted and
not in the best interest of the Phoenix Apartment community. Second, the
Board's dismissal of Ms. Guerra's allegations and your failure to investigate
further are considered irresponsible. LULAC does not take these issues lightly
and after careful consideration the Executive Committee of LULAC-#4366 has
authorized me to make the following requests.
We request that Ms. Martha Guerra be reinstated in her position and that the
Board of Commissione rs undertake a thorough investigation of Ms. Marion
Hamilton's actions. We have lost confidence in the Board's and Ms. Hamilton's
ability to undertake the fiduciary responsibilities of the DHA. We further
request your acceptance of our invitation to meet with the LULAC #4366
Executive Committee on July 2nd at 6:00 p.m .. This special meeting is.
intended to offer you an opportunity to reinstate our confidence in your ability
to serve the needs of Denton County residents.
If we have not heard from you by July 2nd we will assume you have dismissed
our request. At that time we may be compelled to pursue this in the public
arena and/or other avenues. You can reach me at P.O. Box 981, Denton, TX
76202 or by phone at 565-4 715 to confirm your acceptance.
The DHA is a vital agency serving the interests of some of the most vulnerable
members of the Denton community. We cannot turn a blind eye to what
All For One -One For All
appears to be an abuse of authority and neglect of responsibility by both the
Executive Director and the Board of Commissioners.
Sincerely,
--~
Vincent Ramos, Ph.D.
President
cc: Bob Crouch, Board Member
Ralph Flesher, Board Member
Vicky Hill, Board Member
Tony Soto, Board Member
Denton City Council Members
Martha Guerra
TO THE EDITOR :
The recent action of the Board of Education to appoint Mr .
Milton Wallace to the principal 's position at Denton High
School demonstrates that racial politics continue to play a
major role in our community . Mr . Wallace, who happens to be
black and a former assistant grade level p r incipal at the
same high school , was selected over the more highly ranked
and experienced Associate Vice-Principal , Mrs . Adela Nunez .
In the same meeting , the Board promoted several other
district personnel to key administrative posts in blatant
violation of the DISD 's established affirmative action
(non-discriminatory employment and promotion) policies . It
was interesting that the four persons promoted to the
various administrative positions within the district were
anglos suggesting a possible compromise between the majority
anglo board members and leaders of the black commu nity .
This type of action (even without the suspicion of the
"behind the scenes politi cal manuve r i n g") i s morally and
ethically abhorrent and does not reflect concern for the
students and teachers nor does it promote unity among the
various community members .
TO THE EDITOR:
The selection of Mr . Milton Wallace over Mrs. Adela Nunez by
the Board of Education for principal of Denton High School
represents another grievious wrong heaped on the Hispanic
community by the school district . It is evident that racial
considerations strongly impacted the Board 's actions and
that the superior qualifications and experiences of Mrs.
Nunez were irrel evant factors in the decision-making
process. Interestingly, Dr . Ray Braswell, formerly an
associate pr incipal at the same high school, was elevated by
the Board to director of secondary education for the
district . In both instances involving significant
administrative changes , Mrs . Nunez ' ou t standing professional
qualifications were conspiciously ignored by the Trustees.
This Board action is again reflective of a historic pattern
of discrimination against Hispanics by the district . The
most telling statistic lending credence to racism 's impact
is the fact that only a handful of Hispanic teachers have
been hired by the district and even a smaller number of
Hispanics (2) hold administrative posts. The two latter
persons achieved their positions through community pressure
or the threat of court action against the school district .
So the problem is not that there are not enough"qualified"
( Hispanics as some of the advocates of the status quo like to
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believe . Cl early , Mrs . Nunez was "the best and most
qualified" person available for the high school principal 's
position. One s hould ask rather is the Board commit ted to
fairness a nd equal opportunity in its emp l oyment and
promotion practices .
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August 24 , 1 990
TO THE EDITOR :
At the Au g ust 14th meeting of t he School Board, Denton LULAC
members a nd other Hispanic parents appeared befor e the
trustees to exp r ess their interest in the education of their
children . It was, in effect , an emotional appeal from the
paren ts for greater sensitivity from the Board and
administration to the educational needs of their chi ldren .
Unfortunately , the Denton Record-Chr o n icl e did not see fit
to print this d i splay of concern; instead , in the August
1 7th edition , the Denton R-C print e d what amo unted to a
vu l gar , abusive , and strongly offensive editorial condemning
the Hispanic community for i ts lack of in t e l lectu al drive
a nd interest in education.
The decision to publish this false and repugnant commentary
while ignoring the plea from the local Hispanic parents for
a more r espons ible and respons i ve system of education
present s an e l oquent s tatement of the pr iorities of this
newspaper . This blatant over sight and t he article itself
(omino u sly titled 11The Failed Hispanic'') sought to chastise
and embarrass the Hispanic commu nity . Everi worse, the
editoria l lends unwarra nt ed credence to r acist attitu des
which wrongly characterize people of col or as intellect ua lly
inferior being s . This t ype of irresponsible journalism is
unacceptabl e and should not be tolerat ed by the community as
a whole .
De nton County Lea g u e of Uni ted Latin Ameri can Citizen s
Co unc il #4366
P .O. Box 981
Denton, Texas 76201
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Give our pupils
\their right .•
·of inclUSion ·
D espite the evidence of.t1:1e
. nightly news on tel~V1S1on,
most people live their lives
. to self-imposed standards
• of what is good and right. Those .
standards, whose manifestations in-
• elude hard work, consideration for
others ·and an appreciation oflife's
richness are our children's true legacy.
It is gj.ven freely, often simply.
If children see the successful em-.
bodiment of our ideals, they understand
those ideals have real consequen~es ill:
real lives. • · • ' • • '· • • • •• • • • • : .. ,
'The DISD board of trus~s has~~ ,
opportunity to give Denton children
that legacy through the naming of our
-newest school the Tomas Rivera
•. Elementary School. ' · •
· Mr. Rivera lived the American
·: Dream. His life is reflective of so many
generations of Americans whose
parents came to the United States, ~ worked hard at mostly.menial jobs,
saved their money and dreamed that
: their children would live better lives.
· Tomas Rivera was born to immigrant
: parents who supported th~ ~yon
: the migrant farmworker Cll'Clllt,
Though bis transient life made little
. concession to schooling, Mr. Rivera
: learned English by the age of 5. He
: graduated from high school and even-
: tually earned advanced degrees, in-
• cludingaPh.D.
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: • His education was so important to
~ him, he himself became a teacher
: school administrator, holding the
: chancellor~p of the University of
. California at Riverside at his death in
: 1984. .
: Mr. Rivera was more than a fine
; educator. His commitment to and
; consideration for other people led him
: to devote much of his time to public
~ service. Such was his effect his name
: graces a national institute for policy
: studies on issues that affect the quality
~ of life of Hispanics in the United States
. is named The Tomas Rivera Center.
, His life enriched others in many
:. ways, none mo~ apparent than ,
: through his writings. He was a novelist,
• poet, short story writer and essayist.
We urge i;he PISD to give the
: Hispanic children of Denton the sense
~of pride, ·possibilities and inclusion of
~walking through the doors of someone
-like themselves, someone who has the
• opportunity to grasp the future.
• We join the.members ofLULAC, the
··Denton ISD Multi-Cultural Advisory
_ Committee, the Denton ISD Bilin-
gual-ESL Programs, the TWU Bilin-
gual-ESL Teacher Training Project, the
'TWU and UNT Student Associations
for Bilingual Education, the UNT
Organization of Latin American Stu-
dents, the UNT Hispanic Students for
Higher Education, the Denton Housing
Authority, the Hispanic Friends of the
University of North Texas and the
NAACP in urging the board to name
our new school The Tomas Rivera
Elementary School.
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Barriers can be overcollle
T he Denton Independent School
District board of trustees in electing t.o
name the new elementary school
Tomas Rivera has seized a wonderful oppor-
tunity to highlight in a most timely manner an
individual whose story needs t,0 reach all youth
and their parents. Tomas Rivera offers this
community a role model thr t represents how
barriers, in the midst of soci.:il despair, can be
overcome.
The boSJ"d's action clearly: Acknowledges the
diversity of the communit.v • and shows the
beginning of a commitme:i.; to culturally and
ethnically diversify the p".iolic educational in-
stitutions thay have beer. elected to serve.
This action comes at a time of great social
crisis when tremendous iJducational, family,
community, and other forms ,,f upheaval con-
front the American society. Obviously, our own
Denton community cannot eocupe the social
unrest of the times and the hoard's action is one
very positive step in the rig: 1t direction.
One of the most positive outcomes of this
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whole effort was the broad-based support
shown by very diverse groups in the com-
munity. The desire to name this school after
such a wonderful role model transcended racial,
ethnic, and social barriers. LULAC is very
appreciative of all of the caring advocates for
young people who made this possible.
Denton League of United Latin American
Citizens, Counp! 4366
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P.O. Box 369, Denton 76202.
A window of opportunity ' 0 n June 23, 1992, a name for the new
elementary school in southeast Den-
ton will be selected. Several local 1 groups and individuals have proposed the name
of Tomas Rivera. Following are several com-
pelling reasons why this name should be .
selected. He began his life as a migrant child
and worker and at the time of his premature
death (age 49) he was chancellor at the Uni-
versity of California, Riverside. He received
numerous awards and recognitions from
educational organizations and institutions,
including several honorary doctorates from
various institutions of higher education.
He was recognized by various and diverse
groups for his contributions to public service,
such as the NAACP, Kiwanis International,
Carnegie Corporation and the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. He
has been recognized by several national
organizations for his scholarly and literary
contributions, such as Premio Quinto Sol
(National Literary award for best work). He
was appointed to serve on numerous boards at
the local, state and national levels, e.g.,
Southwest Board Regional Commission (gov-
ernor's appointment, State of California), Allied
Health Professions' Coordinating Board
(Texas), Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for
Public Affairs (Minnesota), American Council
on Education, Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching and -is listed in
numerous national directories such as Marquis'
Who's Who in America (1980), Directory of
American Scholars (1978), International Who's
Who in Poetry (197 4).
The list goes on .... Mr. Rivera exemplifies an
individual worthy of anyone's respect,
regardless of their ethnic background. His life,
his professional career and his literary ac-
complishments make Tomas Rivera a very
worthy consideration for the naming of the new
school. Mr. Rivera was committed to education,
committed to his literary pursuits and com-
mitted to bridging a cultural gap so prevalent
in today's society.
He is a wonderful role-model for all children, I
but especially Hispanic children. He is 1 definitely someone we can all admire and
aspire to emulate. I
Such action, given the site of the new cam-I
pus, would affirm DISD's commitment to
nurture all school children and to celebrate and I l acknowledge the culturally diverse population J
served. •
. Emilio "Popo" Gonzales
president, Denton County LULAC No. 4366 '
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P.O. Box 369, Denton 76202. •
June 12, 1992
To the Editor:
The Denton Independent School District's Board of Education
is presented with yet another opportunity to name an
elementary school in honor of an outstanding Texas Hispanic.
Previous LULAC proposals were rejected by the Board in favor
of Hodge, McNair and Ryan.
To say that the Board owes the Hispanic community this
school is to understate the case considering the previous
unsuccessful LULAC efforts and the fact that this district
after more than 100 years of existence has yet to recognize
the strong Hispanic influence in this state and nation--an
influence which continues to increase as we quickly near the
end of a decade and enter a new century. Indeed, some of
the most outstanding early Tejanos such as Lorenzo de
Zavala, Antonio Navarro and Juan Seguin have been passed
over by such unsavory characters as Jefferson Davis,
Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. All associated with a
cause which flagrantly violated the American Constitution
and was predicated on the belief that Black Americans be
confined to a life of servitude.
Let there be no doubt that Tomas Rivera symbolizes the best
that this society has to offer and provides us with a worthy
name to grace our new elementary school. He was a humble
person who never forgot his roots. As impressive as his
resume is--and it is that, make no mistake--there is an
important entry prior to his high school teaching experience
with Texas' Clear Creek, Crystal City and Edgewood School
Districts: "Up to the time I started my teaching career, I
was part of the migrant stream that went from Texas to
various parts of the Midwest. I lived and worked in Iowa,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and North Dakota." According
to Rivera's close friend and confidant, Dr. Rolando
Hinojosa-Smith from the University of Texas: "Tomas did not
boast about his migratory life; to him, it was merely the
work he had done alongside his parents, Don Florencio Rivera
and Dona Josefa Hernandez de Rivera; something that provided
them a hard living, and ultimately, a reminder that,
educationally and socially, there remained much work to be
done for many youngsters from a similar background."
It is no secret either that Dr. Rivera's migrant life also
served as the basis for many of his literary works, such as
" ... y nose lo trago la tierra" as well as for some of the
other published work, poetry and prose pieces.
Tom~s Rivera's first university position was at Sam Houston
State University as a Spanish professor. In 1971, he took a
position at the University of Texas at San Antonio as
Director of Foreign Languages and Professor of Spanish
Literature. He subsequently served as Vice President for
Administration at UTSA before moving to the University of
Texas of Texas at El Paso as Acting Vice President for
Academic Affairs. At the time of his death in 1984, he was
serving as Chancellor of the University of California at
Riverside.
Tom~s Rivera's stay was all too short, but he did not fail
us. He left us much. Perhaps his greatest legacy, however,
was his dedication to the American Dream and the belief that
through education and hard work one can overcome the most
complex adversities of life. He is no doubt an outstanding
role model for our young people and a fine tribute to those
who have devoted their lives to the teaching profession.
Moreover, the choice of Tomas Rivera as the name for the new
elementary school would further demonstrate the district's
commitment to educational excellence and the value of
cultural diversity in our society.
~ Rudy Rodriguez
2616 Wellington
Denton, Texas 76201
565-9507
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June 12, 1992
To the Editor:
Let there be no doubt that Tomas Rivera symbolizes the best
that this society has to offer and provides us with a worthy
name to grace our new elementary school. As impressive as
his resume is--and it is that, make no mistake--there is an
important entry prior to his high school English and Spanish
teaching experience with Texas' Clear Creek, Crystal City
and Edgewood School Districts: "Up to the time I started my
teaching career, I was part of the migrant stream that went
from Texas to various parts of the Midwest. I lived and
worked in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and North
Dakota." According to Rivera's close friend and confidant,
Dr. Rolando Hinojosa-Smith from the University of Texas:
"Tomas did not boast about his migratory life; to him, it
was merely the work he had done alongside his parents, Don
Florencio Rivera and Dona Josefa Hernandez de Rivera;
something that provided them a hard living, and ultimately,
a reminder that, educationally and socially, there remained
much work to be done for many youngsters from a similar
background."
It is no secret either that Dr. Rivera's migrant life also
served as the basis for many of his literary works, such as
'' ••• y nose lo trago la tierra" as well as for some of the
other published work, poetry and prose pieces.
Tomas Rivera's first university position was at Sam Houston
State University as a Spanish professor. In 1971, he took a
position at the University of Texas at San Antonio as
Director of Foreign Languages and Professor of Spanish
Literature. He s~bsequently served as Vice President for
Administration at UTSA before moving to the University of
Texas of Texas at El Paso as Acting Vice President for
Academic Affairs. At the time of his death in 1984, he was .
serving as Chancellor of the University of California at
Riverside.
Tomas Rivera's stay was all too short, but he did not fail
us. He left us much. Perhaps his greatest legacy, however,
was his dedication to the American Dream and the belief that
through education and hard work one can overcome the most
complex adversities of life. He is an outstanding role
model for our young people and a fine tribute to those who
have devoted their lives to the teaching profession.
Clearly, he was a humble man and a person of great wisdom
The choice of Tomas Rivera as the name for the new
elementary school would also demonstrate in a tangible way
the district's commitment to educational excellence and the
value of cultural diversity in our society.
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Rudy Rodriguez
2616 Wellington
Denton, Texas 76201
565-9507
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I DON 'T LIKE TO COME BEFORE YOU IN THIS MANNER . I WOULD
RATHER BE DEALING WITH ISSUES WHICH PROMOTE THE GENERAL
INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY . BUT YOU HAVEN 'T GIVEN US
ANY CHOICE. THIS IS A SITUATION THAT YOU HAVE CREATED FOR
US . INDEED, THE DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS WITH
RESPECT TO THE MOVEMENT OF A NUMBER OF DISTRICT AND OUT OF
DISTRICT PERSONNEL INTO VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE POSTS HAVE
LEFT US WITH NO RECOURSE BUT TO RESPOND IN THIS MANNER .
I SAY THAT NOT AS APOLOGY BUT OUT OF A SENSE OF FRUSTRATION
OVER SYSTEM WHICH ON THE SURFACE APPEARS SO UNFAIR , SO
INFLEXIBLE AND SO DISCRIMINATORY . WHY WAS THIS COMMUNITY
l IGNORED IN EACH OF THE 12 MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS
DURING THE PAST WEEKS? NOT ONE HISPANIC WAS SELECTED TO
FILL THESE ADM I NISTRATIVE POSITIONS? ASK AGAIN WHY?
I WAS PLEASED TO BE PART OF A GROUP OF COMMUNITY CITIZENS
WHO MET WITH DENTON SCHOOL OFFICIALS IN APRIL TO HELP SHAPE
A MISSION STATEMENT AND FORMULATE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR ),
THIS DISTRICT. I JOINYWITH SEVERAL OF YOU INCLUDING DR.
SONNENBERG AND DR . PONDER TO ENSURE THAT THE MISSION
STATEMENT AND STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES INDEED REFLECTED A
CONCERN FOR ETHNIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY . I AM
DISAPPOINTED THAT THE ACTIONS OF THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT SINCE
THAT STATEMENT OF MISSION AND GOALS WAS COMPLETED, APPROVED
BY THIS BOARD AND PUBLISHED IN LAST SUNDAY'S PAPER HAVE BEEN
LESS THAN ADEQUATE AND NOT KEEPING WITH THE COMMITMENTS
FORMULATED AND AGREED UPON BY THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING GROUP
WHO DEVOTED SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY TO HELP THIS DISTRICT
MOVE IN A MORE POSITIVE DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO CURRICULUM
PLANNING , PERSONNEL SELECTION , ETC .
UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROBLEM IS NOT THAT HISPANIC
PROFESSIONALS HAVE NOT APPLIED DESPITE THE RUSH JOB OF THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CONDUCTING THE VARIOUS SEARCHES . I KNOW
OF AT LEAST TWO WELL QUALIFIED HISPANICS WHO TRIED TO GET
INTO THIS SYSTEM AS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND BOTH WERE
APPARENTLY REJECTED. ONE APPLIED FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL 'S POSITION THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING
TONIGHT .
AND THESE REJECTIONS OF PROFESSIONAL
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HISPANIC~ WHO HAVE
SOUGHT ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION IN THIS SYSTEM ARE NOT NEW
BUT PART OF A PATTERN ESTABLISHED OVER MANY YEARS . CHECK
YOUR RECORDS, SINCE ABOUT 1985 I CAN THINK OF AT LEAST 5
HISPANICS WHO HAVE TRIED TO BREAK INTO THIS SYSTEM .
ONE WHO TRIED TWICE AND WAS REJECTED EACH TIME IS NOW A
PRINCIPAL IN DALLAS
ANOTHER WHO APPLIED WITH ALL OF THE REQUIRED CREDENTIALS AND
EXPERIENCES AND WITH THE DOCTOR'S DEGREE IS NOW AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN DECATUR .
ANOTHER WHO FELT SHE WOULD IMPROVE HER CHANCES BY DOING AN
INTERNSHIP IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE AND WITH CREDENTIASL AND
EXPERIENCES EXCEEDDING THOSE OF THE PERSON WHO IS NOW A
PRINCIPAL IN DECATUR WAS ALSO TURNED AWAY . IF THIS PERSON
WAS STILL ALIVE TODAY SHE WOULD BE TEACHING THE COLLEGE OF
EDUCATION AT TWU .
A FOURTH PERSON APPLYING FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION IN
DENTON IS NOW THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE RIO GRANDE ISD .
YOU MAY TAKE SOME COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT THE DISTRICT DID
SELECT TWO HISPANIC ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE DOING AN
OUTSTANDING JOB AS ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL AND DIRECTOR OF THE
BILINGUAL PROGRAM . WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW, HOWEVER, ARE THE
CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH LED TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT . ONE ACHIEVED
THE POSITION AFTER THREATENING TO SUE THE DISTRICT AND THE
{ OTHER AFTER COMMUNITY PEOPLE MOBLIZED TO SUPPORT HIS
INTEREST TO WORK AS AN ADMINISTRATOR IN THIS DISTRICT .
SO THE QUESTION REGARDING AVAILABILITY OR LACK OF
AVAILABILITY OF "QUALIFIED" HISPANICS IS IRRELEVANT AND
INAPPROPRIATE. THE EVIDENCE CERTAINLY INDICATES THAT THIS
DISTRICT HAS HAD THE OPPORUNITY TO DIVERSIFY ITS
ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL. SO I ASK AGAIN WHY HAVE YOU
IGNORED MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY?
THESE ARE TAX PAYING COMMUNITY MEMBERS? THEY TOO SUPPORT OUR
SCHOOLS . THEIR MEMBERS THEREFORE DESERVE TO BE TREATED
FAIRLY .
I KNOW MOST OF YOU PERSONALLY WHO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AS
BOARD MEMBERS. I ALSO TAKE SPECIAL PRIDE IN KNOWING ALL OF
THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE AND PRINCIPALS IN
THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. I ALSO KNOW MANY OF
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THE TEACHERS . THIS MAY SOUND PATRONIZING , BUT IT IS NOT THE
~ ~ ~ w-. NATURE OF~THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DISCRIMINATE . WHY THEN
ARE THE REWARDS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS TO
OFFER LIMITED ONLY TO ONE GROUP? WHY SO LITTLEJ.._COMPASSION
r--,~ ~
AND SENSITIVITY? AND SENSE OF WHAT IS RIGHT A~G?
THE BIGGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION NOW THAT YOU ARE IN
THE VERGE OF FILLING THE 11TH OR 12 TH ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSIGNMENT , WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO RESPOND TO THE
CONCERNS EXPRESSED TONIGHT?
LET ME SUGGEST THAT YOU CONSIDER FORMING A COMMUNITY GROUP
THAT CAN WORK WITH YOU IN SCREENING APPICANTS FOR THE
SUPERINTENDENT 'S POSITION . IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE HAVE A
PERSON IN THAT CRITICAL POSITION WHO IS COMMITTED TO THE
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FORMULATED BY THE STRATEGIC PLANNING
COMMITTEE INCLUDING THOSE GOALS DEALING WITH PROMOTING
CULTURAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSIFICATION . YOU OBIVOUSLY WOULD
HAVE THE ULTIMATE SAY IN THE SELECTION OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT . MEMBERS OF THE HISPANIC AND BLACK COMMUNITY
COULD PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN HELPING YOU SECURE THE BES T
PERSON FOR THE POSITION . THAT RECOMMENDATION I BELIEVE IS
NOT UNREASONABLE IN VIEW OF YOUR INTEREST TO STRENTHEN
RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY .
THERE ARE OTHER AREAS WHICH NEED TO BE ADDRESSED
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ADVANCE PLANNING SO AS TO AVOID THE CRISIS SITUATION THAT WE
SAW DURING TIIE PAST FEW WEEKS IN IDENTIFYING PERSONNEL FOR
THE VARIOUS ADMINSITRATIVE POSITIONS
MORE TIME NEEDS TO BE DEVOTED TO THE SEARCH PROCESS SO AS
TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A DIVERSE POOL OF APPLICANT TO DRAW .
THESE SEARCHES NEED TO BE CONDUCTED DURING A TIME OF TllE
YEAR WHEN ELIGIBLE PERSONNEL ARE MOST AVAILABLE
-PP1A>~ y ~ ~
GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT TO THE MINORITY APPLICANTS
WHO SEEMED TO LACK ALL OF THE REQUIRED CREDENTIALS AND WHOSE
REFERENCE INFORMATION MAY NOT BE AS ADEQUATE AS NON MINORITY
?PLICANTS . HERE I AM ASKING THAT YOU EXTEND THE SAME
CONSIDERATION THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO SEVERAL PEOPLE PROMOTED
TO AD11INISTRATIVE POSITIONS IN THE PAST WEEKS WITH
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCES WHICH WERE INCOMPATIBLE WITH
THE RE~UIREMENTfa OF _THEIR ASSIGNED POSITIONS .
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WHAT IS BEEN ASKED IS NOT UNREASONABLE . ALL WE ARE ASKING
THAT YOU DELIVER ON THOSE COMMITMENTS WHICH WE AGREED BACK
IN APRIL WOULD HELP STRENTIIEN TIIE (JUALITY OF OUR SCHOOLS AND
THE RESPONSIVENESS OF THIS DISTRICT TO THE VARIOUS COMrIUNITY
MEMBERS . THAT IS THE CHALLENGE BEFORE YOU AND WE AGAIH
STAND READY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT
INPORTANT EFFORT .
4A/Denton Reconl-Chronicle/Saturday, May 18, 1991
LULAC awards 13 scholarships
Three students
hail from DHS
By Heb.ry Martinez
StaffWritcr
Thirteen students, including
three from Denton High School
received scholarships Friday from th~
League of United Latin American
Citizens, Denton Council No. 4366.
The Denton High students who
received LULAC scholarships were
Eric C. Corum, Christopher John
Garcia and Juanita Iris Ramirez.
Other students who received
scholarships were Rafael Rivera of
Lake Dallas High School; Christal
Anne Morales, Jose Juan Renteria
and Luis Frank Torres of the Uni-
versity of North Texas; and Martha
Ruth Hotema and Renee Fuentez
Corum Garcia
Ramirez of Texas Woman's Univer-
sity.
The other recipients were Rebecca
Lynn Cantu, Ramon M. Delgado III
and Gerald Ruiz of Texas A&M
University and Maria Samantha
Valenciana of Cooke County College.
The scholarships were awarded
during an awards banquet at Texas
Ramires
Woman's Uni-
versity. The
keynote speaker
was Rudy
Rodriguez Jr., an
associate in the
law offices of
Locke, Purnell,
Rain and Harrell
in Dallas since
January.
Among those in
attendance were
Mayor Bob
Castleberry,
DISD Superintendent Tim Son-
nenberg, several school board
members and officials from both
universities.
Rodriguez, a 1983 honors graduate
from Denton High School, is a Har-
vard Law School graduate and
worked last year as a briefing at-
torney for Justice Lloyd Doggett in
the Texas Supreme Court.
He said Mexican-Americans have
had to overcome many obstacles and
cited events in the 1960s as pivotal
for progress in the United States
saying, ''In the 1960s, there wer~
heroes working to change the situa-
tion for minorities in this country
and with the passage of the Civil
Rights Act, their efforts began to bear
fruit."
He said organizations such as
LULAC and the Mexican-American
Legal Defense and Education Fund
contributed to that success, although
he added that much work remains to
be done.
LULAC was formed in 1929 by tht>
merger of three Mexican-American
civic organizations in Texas and is the
oldest existing organization of Mex-
ican-Americans in the United States.
The Denton County council was
chartered in 1981, with Frank S.
Davila Jr. serving as the :first presi-
dent.
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Push to continue
By Stephen Hadeler
StaffWrtter
Although they support an alter-
native 4-2-1 redistricting plan, stu-
dents and some minority leaders say
they plan to continue pushing for a
change in Denton's voting district
makeup.
Frank Davila, chairman of the
League of United Latin American
Citizens' public affairs and political
awareness committee, along with
Winn Walton, a University of North
Texas student leader, and Carl
Young, a man who said he represents
Southeast Denton and has served as
a minority advocate on a county
redistricting committee, all said they
would continue pushing for a revision
in the city's voting district makeup.
The move would require a city
charter revision, a process that city
officials have said was long and time
consuming and would eventually
'We want the council to
start thinking ahead.'
Frank Davila
LULAC official
require voter approval in a public
referendum.
Mssrs. Davila, Walton and Young
have said their organizations favored
a 6-1 redistricting plan where all
council members would be elected
from single-member districts except
the mayor.
Currently, the city has a 4-2-1 plan
where four council members are
elected from single member districts,
the mayor is elected at-large citywide
and the remaining two members, one
from the east side and one from the
west, are elected at-large.
''We want the council to start
thinking ahead," said Mr. Davila.
"We've got to think in terms of what
the city will be like by the year 2000,
not how it is in 1991."
He said if growth trends that oc-
curred during the last five years
continued, the city's minorities would
be best represented by a voting
district system with six single-
member districts.
''The most important thing is that
our students have one person they
can go to on the City Council," said
Mr. Walton, chairman of the UNT
Student Association's external affairs
committee. The UNT campus is now
split among three voting districts.
Mr. Young said he believed a 6-1
plan would be best because it would
allow both students and minorities to
have a voting district.
He said he now believed a 6-1 plan
could be drawn up to give minorities a
51 percent majority in one district.
Federal guidelines for drawing
minority voting districts suggest a 65
percent majority.
Mr. Young said the current voting
district system diluted the percentage
of minority voters and violated the
federal Voting Rights law. Two
redistricting plans being considered
by the council Tuesday have districts
where the minorities in District 1
comprise either 29.4 percent or 35
percent. District 1 is where the
largest number of minorities live.
Mssrs. Young and Davila said they
also were open to eupporting a 6-2-1
plan suggested by Carl Williams,
president of Denton's National
Association for the Advancement
Colored People chapter. The plan, a
variation on the 4-2-1 system, would
have a nine-member council with six
members elected from voting districts
rather than four.
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LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
DENTON COUNTY LULAC COUNCIL, #4366
April 29, 1992
Ms. Dorothy Martinez
Chairperson
P.O. Box 981 • Denton. Texas 76202
Multi-Cultural Advisory Committee
Denton Independent School District
1307 N. Locust
Denton, Texas 76201
Dear Ms. Martinez:
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Council
#4366 is pleased to submit the name of Dr. Tomas Rivera as
our nominee for the name of the new elementary school to be
built in the Denton ISD.
After an exhaustive review of several candidates, our LULAC
council voted between two very good finalists with Dr. Rivera
being selected as the first choice. The other candidates we
reviewed illustrate the depth of Hispanic role models that
are available to all of our children.
The enclosed materials are for the review of the MAC with the
request that the MAC endorse Dr. Rivera as the candidate for
the name of the new school.
Please let me know if your committee needs additional data.
We hope to work with the MAC in this effort.
Sinceramente,
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Emilio "Popo" Gonzalez
President
Encls.
All Far One -One For All
May 26, 1992
Dr. Gerald Ponder, President
Denton Board of Trustees
2900 Hartlee Field Rd.
Denton, TX 76201
Dear Dr. Ponder:
On Monday, May 4, 1992, at the regularly scheduled meeting of the
Multicultural Advisory Committee (MAC) the following recommendation
was made and approved.
That the proposed new elementary school to be built in southeast
Denton be named after Dr. Tomas Rivera. Dr. Rivera meets all the
qualifications/criteria stipulated in order for such an honor.
Enclosed you will find a packet of information delineating Dr. Rivera's
qualifications and accomplishments. It is with a great deal of pride that
we extend this recommendation.
Martinez,
Multicultural Advisory
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LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
DENTON COUNTY LULAC COUNCIL, #4366
April 28, 1992
Dr. Tim Sonnenberg
Superintendent
P.O. Box 981 • Denton. Texas 76202
Denton Independent School district
1307 North Locust
Denton, Texas 76201
Dear Dr. Sonnenberg:
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Council
#4366 is pleased to respond to the Board's request for
nominations for naming the new elementary school. To that
end, we respectfully and proudly present the name of Dr.
Tomas Rivera as our nominee for the name of the elementary
school to be built in Denton ISD.
After an exhaustive review of potential candidates for
nomina tions, our LULAC council voted between two finalists
with Dr. Rivera being selected as the first choice. The
other candidates that we considered illustrate the depth of
Hispanic role models available to all of our children.
The enclosed materials provide detail information related to
Dr. Tomas Rivera to include his biographical data, his
contributions to society and the rationale for asking the
Board to consider naming the new elementary school the Tomas
Rivera Elementary School. 1~~
Please let us know if you need more data. We are available
to present this information at the appropriate time to the
entire Board of Trustees of the Denton ISD.
We look forward to positive results regarding this request .
Sincerament e,
Emi l i o "Po po " Gonz alez
Preside nt
Encls.
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LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMEKICAN CITIZENS
DENTON COUNTY LULAC COUNCIL, #4366
April 28, 1992
Dr. Tim Sonnenberg
Superintendent
P.O. Box 981 • Den!On. Texas 76202
Denton Independent School district
1307 North Locust
Denton, Texas 76201
Dear Dr. Sonnenberg:
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Council
#4366 is pleased to respond to the Board's request for
nominations for naming the new elementary school. To that
end, we respectfully and proudly present the name of Dr.
Tomas Rivera as o ur nominee for the name of the e lementary
schoo l to be built in Denton !SD.
After an exhaustive review of potential candidates for
nominations, our LULAC council voted between two finalists
with Dr. Rivera being selected as the first choice. The
other candidates that we considered illustrate the depth of
Hispanic role models available to all of our children.
The enclosed materials provide detail information related to
Dr. Tomas Rivera to include his biographical data, his
contributions to society and the rationale for asking the
Board to consider naming the new elementary school the Tomas
Rivera Elementary School.
Please let us know if you need more data. We are available
to present this information at the appropriate time to the
entire Board of Trustees of the Denton !SD.
We look forward to positive results regarding this request.
Sinceramente,
Emilio "Popo" Gonzalez
President
Encls.
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Tomas Rivera
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of California, Riverside
TOH.AS RIVERA
Poet;, Schol.ar, Rol.e Model.
A. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Earl.y Background
Tomas Rivera was born in Crystal City, Texas on the 22nd of
December, 1935. His parents, Florencio Rivera and Josefa
Hernandez, were migrant workers picking fruits and vegetables in
Utah, Minnesota, Michigan and other states. His father emigrated
from the state of Aguascalientes in Mexico at the age of fifteen.
His mother was from the state of Coahuila. The two were married in
Crystal City, Texas in 1930.
Tomas also worked as a migrant worker and later wrote about
his experiences. He learned to speak English at the age of five
despite his irregular school attendance because of the family's
need to follow the crop season.
Education
He finished high school in Crystal City and began his college
studies at Southwest Junior College in Uvalde, Texas. He later
transferred to Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos where
he majored in English and received a B.A. degree in 1958. His
career in teaching began as a high school English teacher in the
Edgewood School District. He went on to hold various teaching and
administrative positions in Texas public school systems as we ll as
Southwest Texas Jr. College while continuing his studies at
Southwest Texas State University. He received a Masters in
Educational Administration in 1964. In 1969, he earned a Master of
Arts degree in Spanish literature and a PhD in Romance Languages
from the University of Oklahoma.
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Family
In the late 1950s, Tomas married the former Concepcion
(Concha) Garza from Coahuila, Mexico. They were married in Crystal
City, Texas and had three children--Ileana Rivera Liberatore,
Irasema Rivera, and Javier Rivera. He has two brothers who live in
Crystal City Texas--Henry Rivera and Antonio Rivera, MD.
Career
His first university position was at Sam Houston State
University as a Spanish professor (1969-1971). In 1971, he took a
position at the University of Texas at San Antonio as Director of
the Division of Foreign Languages, Literature and Linguistics and
Professor of Spanish Literature. In 1973, he was named Associate
Dean of the College of Multidisciplinary Studies and in 1976 was
promoted to Vice President for Administration. In 1978, he was
named Executive Vice President and Acting Vice President for
Academic Mfairs at the University of Texas at El Paso. In July,
1979, he went to the University of California at Riverside as
Chancellor of that institution. He remained in that position until
his death in 1984.
Professional. Organizations
Tomas Rivera was a member of numerous professional and civic
organizations. He served on the Bo_ard of Trustees for the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching from 1978-1982; he,was
a founding member of the National Council of Chicanos in Higher
Education (1976), and he received a presidential appointment to the
Board of Foreign Scholarships responsible for administering the
Fulbright Program (1978-1981). Other notable memberships include
serving as a Board Member for the Educational Testing Service and
a corporate officer of the Times Mirror Company.
Awards
He received numerous awards for his public service, his
scholarship, his literary works, and his contributions to the
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field. Among these are the
--NAACP'er of the Year Award (1984) in Riverside ,
California;
--First Robert D. Clark Distinguished Visiting Professor at
San Jose State University (1983);
--Honorary doctorates from Western New Mexico Univ. and
University of Santa Clara ( 1982 & ·-1980);
--Premio Quinto Sol (1970) for his most notable work"
y nose lo trag6 la tierra" (" ... and the earth did not
devour him")
--Texas Association of Chicanos for Higher Education (TACHE)
"TACHE Educator of the Year" in 1981.
Literary Works
Tomas Rivera wrote several books, short stories, poems, and
essays. The majority of his literary collection focus on the
migrant worker. Below is a sample of his work:
The Searchers
We are not alone
after many centuries
How could we .. be alone
We searched together
We were searchers
And we will continue
to search
because our eyes
still have
the passion of prophecy.
The Tomas Rivera Cent:er
The Tomas Rivera Center is a national institute for policy
studies that focuses on issues affecting the quality of life of
Mexican Americans and the larger Hispanic population of the
United States. The Center was founded in January, 1985 with the
support of major grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York
and the Times-Mirror Foundation, among others. The Center is
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located in Claremont, California with a satellite Center in San
Antonio, Texas.
The mission of The Tomas Rivera Center is to:
1. promote discussion and understanding of vital issues facing
Hispanic Americans;
2. conduct research on and analysis of social and institutional
policies and practices that affect bhe Hispanic communities
of the United States; and
3. produce timely, accurate and useful information on the
Hispanic population of the United States.
B. R A T I O N A L E
There are multiple reasons to support the rationale for
naming the new elementary school after an Hispanic. Some of
these are listed below.
cultural diversicy: A public institution has the responsibility
for celebrating and acknowledging the population served.
Role model: Dr. Rivera represents the commitment to education
and to the work ethic necessary to empower students to be
successful, contributing members of society.
Commi.t:menc co his heritage: Through his literary works, the
visual and performing arts, and his professional accomplishments,
he embraced and cultivated the essence of being bilingual and
bicultural.
Leadership: Recognition of his skills as a professional
transcended ethnic barriers having served on national boards for
the Carnegie Foundation, the Fulbright Program, and the National
Chicano Council on Higher Education.
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Human being: Tomas Rivera typifies a successful individual, yet
caring and energetic and proud of his "roots". His aspirations
tempered by his love of a people have earned him the respect and
admiration of those who knew him and those that regret never
having met him.
The students of this new elementary -~chool would be proud to
receive an education in a facility named after an individual
whose heart was in education and who provided avenues for young
people to be successful.
The lay community would be proud to have a public
institution named for such a well-rounded, diverse, intelligent,
and creative individual.
The education community would appreciate his achievements
given his initial environment of a migrant worker to chancellor
of a major institution of higher education.
The WLAC, members of the Hispanic community especially the
parents of the Hispanic youth in the schools, and other concerned
advocates would feel honored and proud to have had an active
voice in the naming of this campus. Such action, given the site
of the new campus, would be an aff_:j..rmation of commitment by the
Denton Independent School District and its Board to nurture all
school children.
Tomas Rivera Elementary School would be a fitting tribute to
a native Texan and a bilingual/bicultural citizen and educator
that all of us in the Denton Community could be proud of.
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C SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS/INSTITUTIONS
The following groups, organizations, and institutions have
eagerly requested to be included in sponsoring this effort of
naming the next elementary school in Denton, the Tomas Rivera
Elementary School.
Denton County League of United Latin American Citizens (WLAC)
Council #4366
Denton ISD Multi-Cultural Advisory Committee (MAC)
Denton ISD Bilingual/ESL Programs
Title VII Bilingual/ESL Teacher Training Project, TWU
Student Association for Bilingual Education (SABE), TWU
AZTECAS, UNT
Organization of Latin American students, UNT
Hispanic Students for Higher Education (HSHE), UNT
Denton Housing Authority (Phoenix Apartments)
Hispanic Friends of the University of North Texas
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP)
References
Ms. Concepcion Rivera
5337 Milize Court
Claremont, California 92506
(714) 787-4787
Dr. Ricardo Romo
Vice-President and Director
The Tomas Rivera Center, San Antonio
715 Stadium Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78212
(512) 736-8376
Widow
Personal Friend
Dr. Frank Longoria Personal Friend
Professor and Chair of De partme nt
of English, S peech, and Foreign Languages
Texas Woman's University
P.O. Box 23972
De nton, TX 76204
(817) 898-2324
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Dr. Irma Guadarrama Former Student
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Bilingual Education and Reading
Texas Woman's Univers ity
P.O. Box 23972
Denton, TX 76204
(817) 898-2040
Locat;ions of current; Schools NB111ed for Dr. Tomas Rivera
Crystal City ISD
crystal City, Texas
Valverde Schools
Moreno Valley, California
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DISD na mes elementary schoolfor R ivera
By Laura Lambeth
Stair Writer
It was standing room only
at the Denton Independent
School District trustee's
meeting Tuesday night as
residents came out in droves
to support the naming of
Denton's 16th school campus
after a Hispanic.
Their efforts were not in
vain.
The T o mas R i v era
Elementary School, scheduled
to open in fall 1993, will bear
the name of a role model for
the ethnic group that wtll
largely populate the southeast
Denton school.
Tomas Rivera was a native
Texan who grew up as a
mi~ant worker, moving with
DISD
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culture community, but, in-
deed, a community comprised
of different ethnic groups,"
Mr. Rodriguez said.
But the district atill has
needa to address.
"The challenge before us
now is to ensure that the
commitment to diversity ex-
pressed by the board ,this
evening manifests itaelf in
other ways.•
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budget plan/4A
the crop seasons and atten-
ding school erratically. He
eventually went on to become
the chancellor at the Univer-
sity of California at Riverside
and a man known for his
public service and literary
works about life as a migrant
worker.
His nomination was en-
dorsed by the Denton County
chapter of the League of
United Latin American Citi-
zens and the National
Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People.
LULAC president E .L.
"Popo" Gonzalez called the
Hispanics are severely
underrepresented as
counselors and school ad-
ministrators, be said.
Others at the meeting
wed the board to consider
renaming the Robert E. Lee
Elementary school, saying the
nam esake has become a symbol for racial oppression
and is an unfitting example to
children.
Parent Laura Drumb
naming of the school exciting.
'"I'bis ia history-making to ua,"
be said after the new name
was announced.
Nine residents asked the
board of trustees to name the
school for Mr. Rivera Tuesday
night, concluding a succession
of requests that began weeks
ago.
"We feel that this is im-
portant for us," said Romeo
Munguia, who is studying to
be a bilingual elementary
teacher at Texas Woman'g
Univerejty. '"l'be name that
we have chosen is from a very
prominent Hispanic figure -
someone that bas done
something that we are all very
proud of." Mr. Mangu.ia encouraged
bia classmates to join him at
brought a box of letters to the
meeting from the Rutherford
Institute, a r eligi:iu a
organization set up to protect
First Amendment righta. The
letters were signed in support
of Denton High School-Ryan
Campus students who were
involved in a oontroversy last
year over the playing of
religious songs at school She
asked fo r assistance in
distributing the letters to
students.
the Central Services Building.
Lydia Auglada, Aida Campos,
Juan Reyes and Betsy Reyes,
all bilingual education stu-
dents at TWU, drove in from
Keene to show their support.
The school will be the first
in the district to be named for
a Hispanic, though not for
lack of previous efforts.
Rudy Rodriguez. a LUI.AC
member, r ecalled t hree
previous efforts to have a
Denton school named for a
Hispanic.
He called the decision to
name the school a.ft.er Mr.
Rivera a positive step.
"It is a recognition that this
is not a one race or a one
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Speaker urges Hispanic pride
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By Leslie Huehdt
Staff Writer
Tomas Rivera Elementary
School was named for a man
who left behind an inspiring
legacy for Hispanic children,
the keynote speaker said at a
League of United Latin Ameri-
can Citizens banquet.
Dr. Rudy Rodriguez, profes-
sor and chairman of the De-
partment of Reading and Bilin-
gual Education at Texas
Woman's University, stressed
the importance of Hispanic
heritage, pride and education
at LULAC's annual scholarship
awards banquet Friday.
More than 130 people, in-
cluding a group of young sing-
ers, attended the event at Tex-
as Woman's University.
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Dr. Rodriguez, a member of
LULAC, said the late Tomas
Rivera "discovered himself' at
a young age and learned to use
his talents. Dr. Rodriguez said
it is important for children to
have a clear vision of what
they want in life and the deter-
mination to pursue that vision.
During the banquet , the Den-
ton Independent School Dis-
trict received the Tejano Heri-
tage Award for the naming of
the school for Dr. Rivera. Dr.
Albert Thomas, superinten-
dent, and several school trust-
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Tomas Rivera
The late Dr. Rivera was a
nationally known Hispanic
educator and
school
administrator.
His parents
were migrant
farmers.
Though he had
a transient
early life, he
learned English
at a young age
and
concentrated on his schooling.
A native Texan, Dr. Rivera
received a degree in English from
Southwest Texas State University
In San Marcos and began his
teaching career In the Edgewood
schools. He went on to hold
various teaching and
administrative positions in Texas
public schools as well as
Southwest Texas Junior College.
He earned a master of arts
degree in Spanish literature and a
doctorate In romance languages
from the University of Oklahoma.
He taught at Sam Houston State
University and the University of
Texas at Sari Antonio. He was an
administrator at UT-El Paso and
later became chancellor at the
University of California at
Riverside.
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ees were present to accept the
honor.
Dr. Rivera was a poet, educa-
tor and community leader who
was born in Crystal City, Tex-
as. The school, expected to
open in mid-June, is the first
school in the Denton Indepen-
dent School District named for
a Hispanic.
Years of efforts by members
of the community to have a
Denton school named for a His-
panic culminated in the school
being named for Dr. Rivera.
The name serves as a re-
minder of accomplishments
and contributions by Hispanic
people, said Rick Salazar, pres-
ident of the Denton County
chapter ofLULAC.
"I think it will bring about a
cultural sense of awareness for
all non-Hispanics," Mr. Salazar
said.
Dr. Rodriguez said it is criti-
cal that ethnic minorities con-
tinue with their schooling, cit-
ing a need for educated
minorities to contribute to an
increasingly diverse society.
In the year 2026, Anglo-
Americans in Texas are expec-
ted to become a minority, he
added.
"We as Hispanic..Americans
live in a world of great duali-
ty," said Dr. Rodriguez. "One is
in the world of our own heri-
tage and pride in our bilingual
and bicultural experience. The
other deals with the bigger eco-
nomic and social issues of the
state -a transitioning econo-
my, a transitioning decision-
making inclusiveness and the
concern for troubled families
and youths and the challenges
that that presents for the peo-
ple of the state.
"And, for that world, talents,
sheer skills and compassion for
people will need to rise to the
surface," he said.
Also at Friday's banquet,
Adela Nunez, principal of Rive-
ra Elementary, received the
Outstanding Hispanic Image
Award for her contributions.
"I feel very, very honored,
and I certainly will be working
very hard t.o live up to all of its
expectations," she said.
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Guest column
Fiesta de Quince Anos
L ast Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Hernandez officiated a bi fiesta in
the honor of one of their 1aughters on
the occasion of her 15th birthday. Mr. and
• Mrs. Hernandez have three beautiful
daughters,· and for each one they have
celebrated their 15th
birthday in the
traditional Mexican
custom.
Last Saturday,
their daughter,
Karina, dressed in an
exquisite pink gown,
celebrated her
birthday by attending
a special mass of
thanks before God
and the virgin Mary
for her health and
well-being, and to ask
for guidance
throughout the
beginning of her
Francisca
Ryan
womanhood, which is what this fiesta
represents.
After the tender and heartwarming
ceremony and the blessing of her parents,
Karina and a!l the guests headed toward
the reception hall at Texas Woman's
University to continue participating in the
celebration. The reception, also consisting
of many symbolic gestures, was exciting
and full of joy. It consisted of a delicious
Mexican dinner served to all the guests, a
special toast in honor of Karina and a
waltz, which she danced with her father.
She also graced the guests by
entertaining them by dancing to Mexican
folk music in a beautiful traditional
costume. After all the business of the
rituals was over, which also included the
cutting and sharing of a tiered birthday
cake, Mr. and Mrs. Hernandez invited
everyone to dance and become part of the
festivities and the joy bf the celebration. All
the guests danced and had a wonderful
time. The dance was open to everyone who
might happen to walk through the door and
cared to dance their shoes off. What a .
beautiful celebration oflife that was.
Denton is a unique and special city with
all the qualities and flavors of the many
different cultures that exist in a larger city,
yet keeping its small suburban
atmosphere. Thank you, Mr. and Mrs.
Hernandez for bringing our culture to our
city and thus enriching it further.
And to Karina Hernandez, Denton
welcomes you as· a young woman and
wishes your dream of becoming a
pediatrician become reality. Karina is a
graduate student of the English as a
second language program fron:i Strickland
Middle School and now attends regular
English courses at Ryan High School, of
which some are honor courses.
Karina is a student who is not only
bilingual, but bicultural as well, which is
the goal of the school for all students who
attend the program.
I sincerely believe that in order to reach
global understanding we must all sooner or
later learn about cultures and languages in
order to live in peace. Aren't all languages
and cultures beautiful and unique? This is
what America is.
■ FRANCISCAN. RYAN Is an !,;SI,. English a& second
language. lcacher at StJickland Middle S<·hool and taught Karina
two years ago. Mrs. Ryan, a wife and mother, holds a bachelor of
sclcnre degree from Texas Woman's UnJvcrsily.
From one school to another
Bilingual kindergarten teacher Daisy King, right, and DISD employees Da·
vid Byrom, center, and Cindy Madding load books written in Spanish. The
Sunday, July 24, 1994/Denton Record-Chronicle/lEA
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books werll.,clona:ted by lhe i ingua ep~t at Texas Woman's Uni-
versity to the new To~ Rivera Elementary School.
~uest column. SA/Denton Record-Chronicle/Friday, April 29, 1994 :~
Evolution of Cinco ae 1r1ayo . c inco de Mayo means the fifth of May
in Spanish. On this day there was an
• obscure battle in the Franco-Mexican
war of the 1860s. It is the lesser of the two
major Mexican national holidays. In
Mexico, they refer to holidays as calendar
days. For instance,
Mother's Day is never
called "Dia de las
Madres," but rather
''Diez de Mayo" or
"The Tenth of May."
While Cinco de Mayo
• is a lesser holiday in
Mexico it has grown
popular among
Mexican-Americans
and other Americans,
perhaps because it is
easier for
English-speaking
people to say than
diez y seis de
septiem.bre, the dt:1ier,'
Ramiro
Valdez
more important, national holiday.
Sept. 16 is the biggest holiday in Mexico.
It represents the day of the "grito," or cry of
agony that began an 11-year war to end
300 years of Spanish enslavement. The
Spaniards were cruel and vicious tyrants
and even today, 184 years later, the
Mexicans still celebrate being free from
them.
Cinco de Mayo is the day of the Battle of
Puebla. On this date a group of Mexican
soldiers, out-gunned three-to-one, kept a
battalion of Frenchmen from taking the
fort. They eventually lost the war and
Maxi.millian was made emperor from 1864
to 1867. His dictatorship came about with
the blessing of a powerful group of
conservative Mexicans who could not, of
their own, oust the populist Benito Juarez.
Further, Maximillian did not commit the
atrocities the Spaniards did. Thus, Cinco
de Mayo is not quite as visceral to the
Mexican people.
For this reason, Cinco de Mayo tends to
be disregarded and even forgotten in
Mexico. Also, because for the past 50 years,
May 10 has been Mother's Day in Mexico.
Being just a few hours ahead of such a
major day has watered down the value of
celebrating a minor battle. ~e it used to
be a bigger day at the turn of the century,
today they do not even get a day off from
work for Cinco de Mayo!
Why then is it observed here, in another
country? I believe it is due to a culture of
nostalgia. When people leave their
"homeland" for another, some of the old
country customs that were not valued as
much "back home" may be evolving and
changing, so that the food, music, or
customs that were endeared several
decades ago are now old hat. But not to the
immigrants who wish to preserve their
land exactly as they remember it.
Oftentimes the immigrant culture and the
original become very different, thus one is
real and the other mere nostalgia.
This is what may have happened with
Cinco de Mayo. People in Mexico used tp
celebrate it more fervently at the turn of
the century, but lost interest as the years.
went by. However, people who immigrated
to this country still remember the days ·
gone by and value this holiday much more
than Mexicans do.
As it happens with countries and
cultures, so too does it happen with
families. When we leave home we carry
with us memories of the way "home" used
to be. Then, when we return for a visit and
find things changed we feel a sense of loss
and regret. For this reason we try and
continue the same roles and rituals that we
knew back "home." This is where traditions
originate and what makes them dear to us.
They recall a time when we were young
and the world was new.
Perhaps what we can keep in mind as we
observe traditions and holidays is both
what they meant a long time ago and what
they mean today to our own children:
Married or single, rich or poor, city or
country, they are creating similar
memories and traditions for themselves.
Cinco do Mayo may not mean so much to
the people of Mexico, but it means a lot to
Mexican-Americans. And it may have not
meant a lot to some of us as we were
growing up, but our children are making it
a part of their own traditions. Right here in
our town, in this day and age, they are
beginning to learn about the traditions of
Cinco de Mayo. Viva!
■ DR. RAMIRO VALDEZ la a psychologist who pracUcea 1n
Denton and the Mctroplcx.
.Br.ea.ki1ig ground together
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N~ighbors ·
welcome
new school
By Holly Beeb
Staff Writer . .
• Symb~lizing the southeast
Denton community's eager-
ness to see a new school in the
neighborhood~ children from ·.
the area shoveled soil Tuesday
evening during a ground-• .
breaking ceremony for Tomas
Rivera Elementary School
Children excitedly grabbed
shovels to help school board
members scoop mounds of
earth into a pile while several
of the children's parents stood
by in support. •; .~ 1 •
The· other school in south-
east Denton is Fred Moore
Learning Center, Denton In-
dependent School District's fa-
cility for at-risk students.
The concrete foundation of
. Rivera, which currently con-
sists of acres of uneven ground .
and a few gnarled oak tre s, •• ,;
should be poured within• ;;he~\!
next few. weeks. The school isi,1"
1,cbedule to open in fall 1994. • ..
The trees, near tlu:i front of
the site, will be in -';;he kinder-
garten playground area. •
Many of the roughly 60 peo-,
ple gathered for the ground-
breaking ceremony said a
foundation of another kind
had been aet Tuesday evening. •.
"How the ground was bro-
ken today set a precedent for
the future," said Denton resi-
dent Robert Hicks. "The fact
that Hispanic and Black chil-
dren helped break the ground
for the new school, that lets
the kids know that they are DDTOK ucORD-OB110~/DDl'01' WWll'I tc:HOOL IIISl1lltT
part of the history of this , Netyhborhooo. children help school board ton County chapters of the NAACP aad
school. The groundbreaking • members tum ground TI.Lesday at the stte of League of Untted Latin Amertcan Cttfzff",S,
was for the Irids; it glorified,.' Tomas R ivE ra Elementary SchooL About 60 were on hand for the ground-brealdng cere-
tbem. • • , • ' ·, people, including representatives of the Den-monies.
The school bears the name . ,
of a nationally ~ Hispan-• Though Dr. Rivera had a fecting Hispanics in the Unit-
ic educator and school admin-traneiEmt li/e early on, he ed States shares hie name.
istrator who was a Texas na-learned Eng 'sh and concen-The school's name will
tive. Dr. Rivera's parents were trated on hiu schooling. Such mean a great deal to children
immigrant farm workers who was his impact in public ser-searching for a place within
moved with the growing sea,-vice hat i. nati~nal institute the community and looking for
sons. ' -' for policy studie1 on iseues af. role models, said Rick Salazar,
president of Denton County's
chapter of the League of Unit-
ed Latin American Citizens.
·Dr. Rudy Rodrigue:,, a LU-
LAC member, said the SCfool
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was a milestone and offered
hope for the entire community.
"It's symbolic of the unity in
the city of Denton and the
commitment citizens have to
ensure we are responsive to
the various cultural ~oups
here,'' Dr. Rodriguez said. "We
hope and aspire to be a model
of how cultural diversity
should be implemented and
practiced in a community, the
state and the nation."
The school could be a
springboard for various volun-
teer efforts and the answer for
parents wanting to become
more involved in their chil-
Iguana--
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ing out from. the ropf,· and my
neighbors were trying to get it
down. Catching hiin ·was th~
hard part. IJe's .a quick little
guy," said Mr. Pervis.
Neighbor Don Culver said
he saw the iguana sea-le the
tree.
''I was across the street and
I saw him scamper up the
tree. I knew immediately it
was an iguana," said Mr. Cul-
vPr ::\4.
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'Now we need to make sure we integrate Superintendent Tim Son-
nenberg said the new elemen-
tary school had been a dream
of his for three years. • ourselves into the school $ystem and make
ourselves available to volunteer in the In the wake of a community
meeting . Monday where jail
breaks and school safety was
• .-• • • discussed, Charles Stafford, CalVln Evans school board president, told
schools.' •• •
dren's eftlcation, s~d Calvin
Evans, iPfuember of the Den-
ton ·County chapter of NAACP
and a former school board can-
. didate.
. "If it's staffed with the best
mix possible of all cultures
and there's an open, giving at-
mosphere toward the commu-
nity, I see. the_ potential for
G s .
great things," he said. "But it
has to go both ways -from
wi~ and from outside in the
community.
''Now we need to make ·sure
we integrate ourselves into the
school system and make our-
selves available to volunteer
in the .schools."
residents he talked to the
sheriff and police chief Tues-
day. The school ·and county
jail are within a mile of each
.other.
• "There will be a crisis man-
agement plan in place well be-
fore the school opens to deal
with the eventuality of people
getting out of jail," Mr. Staf-
ford said. •
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Thomas Rivera Elementary School principal Adela Nunez works among
boxes in what will be her offu:e. Construction. ts completed and school sup-
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plies are being moved into the buil.diJ'lg. The school will hold an open house
for Rivera parents and studentsjrom 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
(Tomas River~
After a year o cons uc school a realit now
months of redistricting discussions,
Sylvia Chavez was impressed with
the newly· .completed school her
daughter, Fabiola, will attend this
fall.
The Chavezes were one of about 200
familie1:1 that toured the newly com-
pleted Tomas Rivera Elementary
School. Tuesday was the school's first
open house.
Ms. Chavez said she was glad to see
the school finally opening, effectively
closing off the bitter debate over re-
districting.
"After all the talk and all that I
read, I began to wonder if it'd ever ac-
tually open," Ms. Chavez said, walk-
ing her 7-year-old daughter through
the new library with half-empty, wal-
nut-stained hardwood shelves.
Fillipg those shelves is librarian
Peggy Farris' job. Almost 3,000 vol-
umes already-are on~the shelver.
Eventually, the library will have
8,000 books available for young read-
ers to sharpen their literary teeth on,
cataloged entirely on computer.
Fabiola already knows what she
wants to read.
"Horses. I like books with horses,"
she said. .
Contractors finished work on the
nearly $5 million school almost a
month ago, but items such as air con-
ditioning and minor finish work need
to be completed.
Students in lower grades will be
able to walk out their classroom doors Eight-year-old Lucy Tn.ytllo struggles with a word on an
into a bricked-off play area. irifonnation sheet about Tomas Rivera Elementary at The building has 33 classrooms, a
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the new school's open house Tuesday night. Lucy wilJ.
be in the .first third-grade class at Tomas Rivera.
cafeteria/auditorium with a stage, ac-
tivity center/gym, library, art room,
music room, speech room, computer
lab, science room, publications room,
gifted and talented classroom and a
literacy room:
In addition to the new building, stu-
dents also will get the benefit of a spe-
cial student teaching program. The
school has been designated as a new
teacher training site. Student teach-
ers will spend an entire school year at
the school, giving their help in the
classroom and observing student's
progress.
Teachers began preparing their.
classrooms July 5 for the approxi-
mately 740 students who will walk
througll. the 68,000-square-foot
school's doors when classes begin
Aug.16. •
School can't start soon enough for
Daisy L.T. King, who teaches prekin-
dergarten and kindergarten bilingual
classes. Ms. King has taught classes
in most of the Denton Independent
School District elementary schools.
Teaching at Rivera gives her a chance
to fit the class to her style rather than
step into another teacher's shoes.
"It's nice to just kind of start out
fresh," she said.
COR.R:i:DO DE TOMAS RIVERA
Lyr ics: Emilio ''Pbp011 Gonzalez
Sotero Lozatio
Music:
Isabella Pifia-Hinbjosa
Isabella Pina-Hinojesa
Arrange«tefit: Daniel & Isabella Hihejosa
f'rank Davila
El 23 de juni o
hesente lo tengo yo
Au\ique era noche lluviosa
JJiJ gente s e reuhio
EditinO by:
Pidiendole al cuerpo e scolar
Que una escuela se n ombrara
En memoria de un hi&pano
Que en crystal City nacie ra
tti ~~mbre que de s d e abajo
c:flffi esfuerzo, paso s e abrio
ebstaculos todos vencio
lY.· alta figura llego
ORGULLOSOS LOS HISPANOS
POR ESTE GRANDIOSO DIA
Y VIVA TOMAS RIVERA
EL HOMBRE DE CRYSTAL CITY
VIVA TOMAS RIVERA
VIVA LA EDUCACION
QUE ESTE HOMENAJE PRUEBA
•No. SE LO TRAGO LA TIERRA"
Glori a Bahamon
OUE ~'IVA RIVERA
Y LA EDCJCACI ON
QUE VXVA RIVERA
Y LA EDUCACI ON
Y asi es como de comun acuer do voto el cuerpo escolar
Dr. Gerald Ponder si
Charles Staffor d si
Vicki Holt si
Guy Jones si
Jeff Krueger si
Dr. Jean Schaake si
Llego a ser canciller
En la Universidad de California
Fue conocido por todos
Como h.ombre de pleno honor
Mq 1, 1993
LULAC speal~er urges learning
By Dan Bledsoe
Stafl'Writer . ,
At Friday's 11th annual Denton
. County LULAC Scholarship and
Awards Banquet, area high school se-
niors were told that learning to man-
age their time and being dedicated to
learning were the keys to a successful
college life.
Rene Castilla, president of the Dal-
las Independent School District board
and journalism professor at North
Lake Community College, addressed
the nine League of United Latin
American Citizens scholarship win-
ners before about 250 people.
His speech came the night before to-
day's Cinco De Mayo celebration from
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Civic Center
Park, Bell Avenue at Withers Street.
Cinco De Mayo commemorates the
victory of the Mexican army in one of
its initial battles against French forc-
es in the 1860s.
The nine students received scholar-
ships ranging between $400 and
$1,000.
The scholarship recipients are Ja-
son Derek Abt, Andrea Flores An-
guiano, Jessica Kristine Arrambidez,
Marisol Sarria and Celestina Vigil, all
from Lewisville High School; Melissa
Michelle Long, of Edward S. Marcus
High School; and Sandra Sanchez,
Christina Montoya and George Jason
Silva from Denton High School.
Mr. Castilla's inspirational message
was directed toward the students,
whom he said have proven them-
se~!es scholastically.
"Personally, you've shown yourself
:as a competitor," Mr. Castilla said.
''Now, you're moving into the next
p~ase of your life -college."
He said college would test them to
"see how disciplined you are." Mr.
Castilla said the high school support
system of parents, principals and
peers is not present in college. ,
"They all worked together to get you
to this point," he said. ''In college, you
are your own support system. Getting
into college is easy. Getting out is
hard. Only those who truly want a
.coll~ge education get one."
The students will develop a philoso-.
phy, he said, of whether to go to class
or go to the library and whether to
study for an exam or go partying.
He said the secret is to set aside
time for studying .
"At the end of a semester, you'll be
able to see how much time you've
spent," he said.
Prior to awarding the scholarshilll,
LULAC president Rick Ba]aur asked
the audience to observe ·a moment of
silence in honor of labor leader Cesar
Chavez, organizer of tbe United Farm
Workers in the 1960s who' died April
23.
Mr. Salazar said he had the plea-
sure of meeting Mr. Chaves, whose
• death came almost tbne :,eare-to the
day after he visited.Denton.
Chavez wa...-: ~ Denton in 1990,
stopping at t he University of North
Te~as on a tour of Texas promoting a
ban on California table grapes.
Newest administrator,
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gets warm welcom~
By Stella Wlnsett
Staff Writer
1
1 ~one of Denton Independent
&hool District's newest admin-
1 istrators says the reception
she's received in Denton has
convinced her that she was
meant for this city.
"'The people here are so
warm and friendly," said Laura
Rodriguez, DISD's new director
of English as a Second Lan-
'"A'&al!i"" and bilingual education
rogram. "Both the people of
Denton and the administrators
have made me feel very wel-
come. It's as though I've be-
longed here all along; my path
myself as a facilitator and my
ultimate goal is to support the
best bilingual and ESL pro-
gram in the state and to let ev-
erybody know it's the best," she
said.
One of the things that Ms.
Rodriguez looks forward to is
getting back into the class-
room, something she's missed
lince leaving it for administra-
tive and consulting duties.
She will, with her new du-
ties, be able to work directly
with teachers as they are
was just confused until I got
here."
Ms. Rodri-
guez has
spent 20 years
in the field of
bilingual edu-
cation.
She earned
a B.S. degree
in elementary
education,
Rodriguez with a minor
in Spanish, from Texas A&I
University in Laredo and a
M.Ed. in reading from the Uni-
versity of Texas at Austin.
She entered her chosen field
Ms. Rodriguez came to the
Metroplex area when her hus-
band, John Matthew Cooper,
was transferred to the area
with his insurance company,
allowing her to accept a job of-
fer from the DISD.
While much of Ms. Rodri-
guez' creativity centers on her
job, she has enough left to be a
children's book author. Her
first book, published by Hough-
ton Mifflin, is "El baile de las
memorias," or "The Dance of
_,.bing. I -SO, 111 be back, but in a dif-/
ferent way," she said.
as a classroom bilingual teach-\
er "in the ·Austin Independent
School district and has worked
as a college professor and u a
consultant, including her lut
position before joining DISD u
a education consultant for tut-
book publisher Houghton Miff-
lin in San Antonio.
Her goals now, as throughout
h.er career, have remained the
same.
"My goals and what I bring
to the position have always
been the same: I want to pro-
vide the best educational sup-
port for bilingual and ESl 1
teachers and students. I see
the Memories." The book,
about her memories of her
grandfather, is in Spanish on-
ly, but she thinks future chil-
dren's books might be written
in both Spanish and English.
That might be one of her bil,\
gest assignments. ,
"Children are a tougher audi-
ence than adults," she said. "If
they don't like it, they'll tell
you. They don't piddle around."
Neither, it seems, does Ms.
Rodriguez.
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DISD selection process questioned'
T he rocky road to diversity is not a
pleasant journey for minorities seeking
employment with the Denton
Independent School District, as
mentioned in the July 20 editorial in the
Denton Record-Chronicle. The current
frustration of Hispanic leaders in the
community surrounds the flawed hiring process
used by DISD. The editorial assumes that a
qualified search committee.was formed to select
an assistant principal for Tomas Rivera
, Elementary School.
Texas Education
Code 11.251 requires
the establishment of
committees at the
district and campus
levels. TEC 11.253
requires that the
school principal
Rick
Salazar
regularly involve the campus committee in
planning, budgeting, setting the curriculum,
hiring, training and developing, and performing
administrative duties.
A site-based committee is an advisory
committee, called a Campus Leadership Team
(CLT) within DISD and chaired by the
principal. This committee is to be
representative of professional staff, parents,
community members and business
representatives. Procedures for the composition
and selection of this committee are to be set by
policies established by the board of trustees.
The Tomas Rivera committee does not
constitute a qualified search committee.
The CLT should counsel the principal, and
the principal could override its advice. A
principal cannot hire, but can only recommend
a candidate as an assistant principal or a
teacher. The superintendent can accept or
decline the recommendation of the principal.
Within the structure of DISD, an assistant
principal position must have approval from the
board. The board can either accept or decline
this recommendation.
In this current instance, the assistant
principal's approval from the board was hidden
within the board's posted agenda and listed
under the consent item list and a subcategory of
hiring. Past assistant principal hiring
approvals were listeq. as a separate item within
the agenda and named the position and the
campus. Was this board approval process
rushed through and added to a posted agenda?
Was this item properly listed, and what was the
rush?
The superintendent can appoint an assistant
principal with the consent of the principal. The
superintendent can request the principal to
submit multiple candidates for an assistant
principal position and then select an applicant
from the list. A principal may be asked to call
on the CLT to help advise the principal in a
selection process.
. What process does DISD use to select an
assistant principal or principal? All of the
above! Before this recent assistant principal
hiring at Tomas Rivera, the superintendent
appointed all past assistant principals for this
school. The vacancy was created by a
transfer/appointment of the former assistant
principal to another location without a CLT
committee's advice on either campus.
So why is the Hispanic community upset?
Several qualified Hispanics applied for this
position. They are bilingual and bicultural.
Each Hispanic applicant had his or her
emergency administrative certificate at the
time of the interview process, which is a
requirement for all administrative positions.
Guess who didn't have their certificate but
could get theirs by the beginning of the school
year?
In May of this year, the League of United
Latin American Citizens was brought in to a
meeting at Tomas Rivera. Approximately 30
Hispanic parents of Tomas Rivera students
showed up at a requested meeting by concerned
parents. This meeting was requested almost 60
days earlier, but was scheduled at the end of
the school year by Tomas Rivera's
administration. These parents took a brave step
in coming forward to complain about the lack of
sensitivity at the school. They do not feel
welcomed at the school. The parents feel
isolated after the bilingual parent liaison was
replaced with a monolingual family coordinator
by the school's administration. The assistant
principal, at that time, and the principal
apologized for their actions and promised to
open the door to Hispanic parents, and the
meeting ended with parents accepting the
promises made by the principal and assistant
principal.
So how does Tomas Rivera's school
administration follow up on their promises? It
hires a monolingual assistant principal to work
with the parents of the students.
To add insult to injury, Tomas Rivera was to
be a model school. The name was proposed ·by
LULAC and opened for the 1994 school year. It
was the first school built in Southeast Denton
since the closing of Fred Moore School during
mandated desegregation. The school
redistricting for Tomas Rivera removed the
Denton busing area in Southeast Denton that
stood intact fo~ mere than 20 years. The
original job description for principal of Tomas
Rivera listed bilingual as a requirement.
Bilingual was a factor because of DISD's
concern for the students and parents served by
Tomas Rivera. And now, there are none!
NOTE: This article is intended to question
the DISD selection process. It is not intended to
degrade the Tomas Rivera teacher that was
selected to serve as assistant principal. This
person is a fine teacher and a community asset.
SOURCE: ''The Educator's Guide to Texas
School Law," by Frank Kemerer and Jim
Walsh.
■ RICK SALAZAR Is a resident of Aubrey. He Is the
treasurer of the Lea.l!ue of United Latin American Citizens and has also !lerved as tfie LUI.AC president. He Is a long-time
volunteer With the Denton Independent School District.
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DENTON LEAGUE OF UNITED AMERICAN CITIZENS
COUNCIL #4366
PRESS RELEASE
MARCH 18, 1997
Denton LULAC Council Urges Governor to Appoint An
Hispanic to TWU Board of Regents
We, in the Denton LULAC Council #4366, are disappointed that an Hispanic was not
appointed to at least one of the three TWU Regents' positions filled by the Governor's
office earlier this month. With the withdrawal of Mr. Perry N. Bolin from the original list
of appointees, a second opportunity is presented to him to rectify this apparent oversight.
We should note, at the outset, that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, whose
members are appointed by the governor, has promulgated the following goal for colleges
and universities through the Access and Equity 2(X)() P/,an:
(To) Increase the Number of of Minoriites and Women on Governing Boards of Texas
Public Institutions of Higher &lucation.
We, in LULAC, urge Governor Bush in the strongest possible terms to exercise the state's
commitment to diversity in Texas' governing boards by appointing an Hispanic to the
TWU Board of Regents. And, in this manner, he will help create a greater ethnic mix in a
Board which, at this time, does not include a Latino group member. Women and African
Americans are represented in the present Board. •
Texas Woman's University, as other colleges and universities in the state, is striving to
find ways of addressing such critical issues as increasing minority student representation in
undergraduate and graduate academic programs and in professional positions at all levels of
the institution, in accordance with the THECB' s Access and Equity Plan. The addition of
an Hispanic to the Board is essential to fostering meaningful dialogue regarding these
critical issues in higher education. A Latino/a voice is especially important in these
discussions (as in all discussions regarding the role of the university in a diverse society) in
light of the increasing presence of Hispanics in Texas and the threat presented by the •
Hopwood court ruling and subsequent legal opinion rendered by the Attorney General's
office regarding minority access to higher education.
Equal opportunity is essential to the future of Texas. It is therefore incumbent upon all of
us, most assuredly the leadership of the state, to vigorously pursue the goals of access and
equity for all Texans. As stated in the Access and Equity Plan, Texas faces a moral
imperative to ensure improved opportunities for all of its citizens.
Ultimately, an increase in the representation of women and minorities on university
governing boards can only be accomplished by the governor. Accommodating diversity at
all levels of higher education is an absolute imperative. The appointment of an Hispanic to
the TWU Board of Regents would not only enhance the diversity of the current Board, but,
very significantly, the policy decisions of this important governing body could, as a result,
more accurately reflect the needs and interests of an increasingly diverse population.
Mr. Tony Soto
President
Denton LULAC Council #4366
(817) 565 0597 (home)
(817) 383 5404 (work)
I LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
DENTON COUNTY LULAC COUNCIL, #4366
March 18, 1997
The Honorable George W. Bush
State of Texas
Office of the Governor
PO Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78111
Dear Governor Bush:
P.O. Box 981 • Denton. Texas 76202
Enclosed is the statement released to the press urging the appointment of an Hispanic to the
Texas Woman's University Board of Regents.
We, in the Denton LULAC Council, are prepared to work with your office in identifying
qualified Hispanics from the north Texas area for you to consider in this nomination
process.
Thank you for the attention given to this matter.
Sincerely,
~~vr
Tony Soto
President
Denton LULAC Council #4366
(817) 565 0597
(817) 383 5404
xc: Rep. Hugo Berlanga
Chairman
Mexican American Legislative Caucus
Mr. Richard Hayes
Chairman
Denton County Republican Party
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L·ULAC
hands out
honors
By Kelley Reese
Staff Writer
A Ryan High School student who
graduates May 24 will leave Denton
three months later to study journal-
ism at the University of Southern
California in Los Angeles.
To help her along the way, the Den-
ton city chapter of the League of Unit-
ed Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
awai·ded her one of nine scholarships
to recognize the achievements of Lat-
in American students.
Christina Lozano, an 18-year-old
National Hispanic Scholar, will re-
ceive her award from the organization
at a 7 p.m. Tuesday reception in the
Wome~'s Build,ing on Oakland Ave-
nue.
At the reception, the organization
will recognize its brightest stars by
presenting them with a total of $3,600
worth of awards.
"We just try to give them a little
boost to help them get a foot in the
door at colleget Pete Soto, LULAC
president, said.
Miss Lozano, like her fellow recipi-
ents, is involved in a number of school
groups and activities ~ well as being
a top academician. Among the many
roles she fills are president of the
Ryan High School Drill Team, a Drug
Awareness Resistance Education
(DARE) representative, and publicity
officer for the Ecology Club.
Six more of the nine winners are
Ryan High School students.
• They are Abraham De La Rosa, AB-
cension Cardenas, Lilian Rosales,
Amabila San Miguel, Kimberly Nu-
nez, and Anthony Blanco.
A Little Elm High School senior,
Virginia Gonzales, and a Northwest •
High School senior, Victoria Perez,
~e the other ~o.recipients.
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I was expecting too much
~ I read through the letters dealing
with the young woman and the dress
ode for her commencement
ceremony that were published in the
Denton Record-Chronicle, I cannot help but
to feel a bit upset. Not upset at people
voicing their opinions,
but upset at the fact
that they missed the
whole point.
I am that young
woman that everyone
thinks has a ''lack of
respect for authority'?
as one reader put it,
or that I simply -
wanted to make a
''fashion statement"
as noted by another
reader. I know all
about respect and
following orders that
are given to you. I
spent all four years of
Melanie
De Santiago
my high school eareer as a member of the
AF JROTE unit at Ryan. I will be attending
a military college in the fall, and then enter
the military upon college graduation. So
"orders" will be with me for the rest of my
life.
But along with orders also comes
something called "better judgment," and
that is exactly what I used. There are a few
other things that are important to learn
while you are in high school, and those are
reasoning skills. If we as young people are
not allowed to question a simple thing such
as a commencement dress code, where a
gown covers 90 percent of our legs, then
how can we be expected to function as
adults and "think for ourselves."
It's not like I was a trouble maker in
high school. I graduated in the top 10
percent ofmy class, and never spent a day
in detention in all of my 12 years of
education. I was also a top leader in my
JROTC unit. So for someone who does not
even know me to tell me that I have a lack
of respect for authority is absolutely
ludicrous.
If I wanted to make a fashion statement,
I would have worn sandals and a long
flowing dress just as every other female
graduate did. Sandals that were not
supposed to be worn by females any way.
So why was I singled out on graduation
night? Was it simply because I spoke out
against the idea of a dress code such as this
one, or was it because I took it to the
paper? Yet sandals were not the only thing
that were worn that evening that were a
no-no. Several males showed up in bow
ties, and one guy even had on a pair of
dirty tennis shoes that did not quite match
the rest of his shirt and tie attire.
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I think many of the readers·were
"disturbed" or "disappointed" only because
I was not going with the grain, I was going
against it. I chose to take the "road less '
traveled" in a sense, because I stood up for
what I believed was wrong and should be
corrected. We live in the year 1997, at least
the rest of the Western Nations do. We as
Americans fail to be up to speed with
changing times. Yes, it is true we are
advanced technology wise, but what good is
that if we are still living in the 50s when it
comes to change on a social level?
This issue did have an effect on me
emotionally. When graduating, the
greatest feeling any student can have next
to proud parents, are froud teachers. I had
the parents part, but was missing the
teac:tier part. When I arrived that evening
wearing my pants, I was taken to Mr.
Dinges. He and I along with two other
administrators, discussed the matter for
about 10-15 minutes in the hall of the
coliseum. During this time several of my
former teachers passed by us, I glanced at
them with the same sort of feeling I had
when I saw them in class. A feeling of
admiration filled with respect because they
are the ones that have taught me what I
need to know to succeed. Yet y::~ceived
from them was a blank starf ri...:f' -~ '3-vith a
touch of disappoi:µtment. Fur~~~~~'2l~~'bese
are the same teachers that wrm, ... ~ ~~.... '\
encouraging and pride filled yearl:R ~ .
entries to me over the past four years~ ~0
0 expected my teachers to understand my''.~
decision after all, aren't we educated to
have an open mind and to accept new '
things?
Well ... I suppose I w~ expecting too ,
much. I
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AWARDS BANQUET
MAY20, 1994
"El Nuevo Tejas: Challenges and Opportunities"
Musical Prelude ....... Daniel, Isabella & Adelita Hinojosa
Pledge of Allegiance .... Martha Lomeli, ROTC Denton West Campus
Invocation
Bienvenic:la
Remarks .
,
. . .Emlllo "Popo" Gonzalez
....... Rick Salazar, President
Denton LULAC Council
....... The Honorable Bob Castleberry
DINNER
Introduction of Officers . .Antonio Soto
Keynote Speaker . . . . .Rudy Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Texas Woman's University
Scholarship Awards .Glorii Contreras, VicEH>resident
Presentation of Education and Annette Mulkey,
Scholarship Chairperson
Recognition Awards .Rick Salazar ~
Outstanding Hispanic Image Award . . . . . Adela Nunez
Tejano Heritage Award . . . . . . . . . . . . Denton I.S.D.
''Com:to de Tanas Rivera" . .Daniel and Isabella Hinojosa and the
4th Grade BIiinguai Class, Lee
Elementary, Denton
Lyrics by: . . . . . . . . Sotero Lozano, Emilio "Popa" Gonzalez
Fransclsco Davila, and Isabella Pina-Hinojosa
"Que Canten Los Ninos?" .The 4th Grade Bilingual Class,
Lee Elementary, Denton
Lyrics by . . . . . . . . Jose Luis Perales
Closing Remarks . . . . . .Antonio Soto
Benediction . . . . . . . . . Emlllo "Popo" Gonzalez
Please Join Us In Singing "De Colores"
Master of Ceremonies: Antonio Soto
"ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL "
2B/Denton Becord-Chrallicle/Priday, May 20, 1994 • ,
DISD to receive
LULAC heritage awa~d
By Leslie Hueholt
Staff Writer
The League of United Latin
American Citizens will honor
the Denton Independent School
District tonight for naming the
district's newest elementary
school, Tomas Rivera, after a
prominent Hispanic.
The ceremony is part of LU-
LAC's annual scholarship
awards banquet, which begins
at 7 p.m. at Hubbard Hall at
Texas Woman's Universitv.
Adela Nunez, principal of To-
mu Rivera Elementary, will
receive the Outstanding His-
panic Image Award for her con-
tributions to the community.
She most recently has served
as district coordinator of bilin-
gual and English as a Second
Language programs.
The school district will re-
ceive the Tejano Heritage
Award for the naming of the
school.
The soon-to-be open Tomas
Rivera Elementary bears the
name of a nationally known
Hispanic educator and school
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administrator who died in
1984. A national institute for
policy studies on issues affect-
ing Hispanics in the United
States also shares Mr. Rivera's
name.
The evening's keynote speak-
er will be Dr. Rudy Rodriguu,
professor and chairman df'the
department of reading ind""6i-
lingual education at Texas
Woman's University. He baa
served on numerous boarda
and committees, including the
Human Resources Committee,
Denton Christian Preschool
Board of Directors and the
Denton ISD Strategic Commit-
tee.
Dr. Rodriguez said he plans
to talk about the importance of
ethnic pride, education and civ-
ic responsibility. • --
Also at the banquet, fourth-
graders from Robert E. Lee El-
ementary School will sing a
musical tribute called "Corrido
de Tomas Rivera," about the
naming of the school It will be
sung in Spanish.
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Jez to council: (µ-cil(tq,,
Forget new site
for day laborers
By Kelly Ryan
Staff Wrttcr
Police Chief Mike Jez has
recommended the City Council
not take action on an alterna-
tive site for the day laborers
who congregate each morning
at the comer of Eagle Drive
and South Locust Street.
In a memorandum to the
council, the chief cited the
small number of people affect-
ed and a decline in calls to the
police department as reasons
for not developing an alterna-
tive site for the laborers. Be-
tween 50 and 60 men regularly
gather at what used to be the Y
Motel in search of a day's work.
w After careful consideration,
the kind of expenditures neces-
sary to procure an alternative
site would be difficult to justi-
fy," the chief wrote . in the
memo.
In September, Chief Jez in-
structed Officer John Cabrales
to look into finding an alter-
nate site for the laborers in
hopes that the department
c?uld reduce the number of po-
lice calls complaining of inci-
dents involving the laborers.
According to the memo, police
responded to 289 calls between
Meeting
■ WHAT: Denton City Council
workshop
■ WHEN: 6 p.m. Tuesday,
followed by a special called
meeting at 7 p.m.
■ WHERE: City Hall, 214 E.
McKJnney St.
In other business, the City
Council will consider calling for the
Capital Improvement bond
election Feb. 24
January 1993 and September
1995 from people complaining
of disorderly conduct among
the laborers. including com-
plaints of public intoxication,
urinating in public and ftand-
ing in the street blocking traf-
fic .
But the chief said those calls
have declined over the past
months. trick.ling down to be-
tween six and eight calls per
month. He estimated the mini-
mum cost of developing a new
site would be about $32,000.
The chi er s recommendation
disappointed Tomasa Garcia
chairwoman of the Hispani~
Chamber of Commerce. Ms.
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Garcia said she bas a petition
of about 30 signatures from
day laborers who said they
were willing to work with the
city in finding a suitable site.
"I'm disappointed we didn't
get a chance to dialogue with
anyone with the city," she said.
"We were prepared to work
with them."
Ms. Garcia said she plans to
attend Tuesday's City Council
workshop to ask council mem-
bers to consider purchasing
land at the Y Motel, where the
Does fetus count?
San Jose, Calif. (AP) -
Linda Rios is fighting a $271
traffic ticket that accused her
of driving solo in the car pool
lane.
• Rios was stopped Friday on
her way to work. She told the
California Highway Patrol offi-
cer that because she's five
months pregnant, her fetus
should be counted as a second
person. The officer didn't buy
it. She's hoping a judge will.
Department of Transporta-
tion officials say Rios may have
a case but also may have vio-
lated another law: In Califor-
nia, it is illegal for two people
to sit behind the wheel at the
same time.
laborers congregate. She ea' -traffic and a viable solution,"
that land could be developE. she said, adding that it
into a park area, providing shouldn't be a financial .burden
shelter, picnic tables and a for the city. ~
driveway to the site for the la-Councilman Carl Young said
borers, as well as area resi-money for that type of d lop-
dents to congregate. ment could be provided • the
"That would be away from city's Capital Improvement
Program or throu' • Commun
ty Development l. ... Grants.
~ere's a real need for this,
be said. "It'll benefit every
body."
-City passes on
day laborer issue
By l[elly Ryan
St.alT Writer
Following the advice of Police
Chief Mike Jez, the Denton
City Council decided Tuesday
not to puraue finding an alter-
native site for the group of day
laborers who congregate daily
at the comer of Eagle Drive
and Locust Street.
The chief told council mem-
bers although the police de-
partment will continue to mon-
itor the area, right now is not
the time to establish a site,
which be estimated could cost
the city about $32,000.
"That's not to say we'll aban-
don the problem," he said. "We
will continue to work with any
kind of private group."
Though the police depart-
ment has received numeroUB
calls from residents and mer-
chants complaining of some of
the laborers' inappropriate be-
havior, Chief Jez said those
calls have decreased over the
past several months. .
Since September, the pohce
department has been research-
ing alternative sites for the day
laborers to meet. Community
policing Officer John Cabral!&
said he identified about six
possible sites in the city, but
the chief said be could not jU&-
tify spending the amount of
money needed to develop and
maintain a site, based on the
low number of complaining
calls and the declining number
See COUNCIL/SA
City sets mission
for tasl~ force
By Kelly Ryan
St.alTWr1tcr
Denton City Council mem-
bers set the mission and frame-
work for the city's Diversity
Task Force during a two-day
seminar, which ended Tuesday.
Council members are expec-
ted to vote on establishing the
task force at their Jan. 16
council meeting.
Issues the 18-member task
force will be asked to study in-
clude workforce hiring and pro-
motion practices, police and
community relations, disciplin-
ary issues, race relations, pay
increase policies, contract poli-
cies and community involve-
ment.
Councilman Carl Young, who
asked the city to establish the
task force, said he thinks coun-
cil members came to a consen-
sus of what the objectives for
Mission
The City Council set this
mission for the Diversity Task
Force: City of Denton strives to
capitalize on the contributions and
interests of individuals from
diverse baci<grounds to enhance
its mission, operation and delivery
of services. We will foster fairness
and equal access for all
employoes and citizens.
the new committee will be.
"The Diversity Task Force
will be a good thing for Denton
if we do it right," he said, "and
all of us on the council have got
a real good understanding of
this."
Richard Lewis, an assistant
professor of sociology at the
University of Texas at San An-
tonio, led the seminar discus-
See MISSION/8A
Rudy Rodriguez
sean.mccrory@dentonrc.com
..Jject: need help with photo copy of DRC selected publications
Sean:
The topic of these DRC publications focus on the City of Denton Day Labor Site and Rick Salazar leadership as member of
the Denton LU LAC in lobbying for this site in 1996.
The DRC may be interested in doing an update on how this Day Labor site has impacted our community and the special
support it has provided Denton unemployed local folk since 1996.
More background information is available in DRC publications referenced in items #2 -7 below. These reports are
referenced in our LU LAC archival collection of council minutes
Could you help me obtain copies of following for our LU LAC records :
1.) Justin Grass -Sep 13th DRC E Edition Report on the Census 2020 Sept 12 SE Denton Caravan.
2.) DRC Jan 8, 1996 Report on Denton's Capital Improvement Program through the Community Development
Grants
3.) DRC Feb 10, 1996 -Report on Mayor and City Council Response to "City Operating a Day Labor Site".
4.) DRC Feb 10, 1996 -Report on the Day Labor Site and community response
5.) DRC Editorial (no date) with following title or content: "City Would do Well to help those who want to Work ... So
something Should be Done. But What?""
6.) DRC Editorial (10/4/96) Editorial with following title or content: "The labor exchange is a good program and all
city officials, residents, and business people involved in getting it off the ground can feel proud"
7.) DRC Editorial (2/8/97) Editorial with following title or content: Shelter Project great idea ... Those involved can be
very proud of their work. The community is grateful. And NO PUBLIC MONEY went into the project.
I can cover duplication costs.
Thanks!!
Rudy
940 3919764
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Shelter . • proJect
great ide.a A
D83 laborenJ .lookinc b-work will have a place tio wait,
t)ianb to a commuoity
effort that ia a g:rea~
eumple of problem-aolving by •
re91)0Uib!epeople.
,n.ere WU a.problem with a la ......
• of Hispanic 1aboren ~ ~ intersection of Eagle ~e .
and South Locust early-evt!l:'Y morning waiting for work. They
hoped aomeooe would come alone
and.offer them a CUQ'a work. In.stead ==i:.~w ' . • tb9Jwamedt;0-..qrk.
Premtba ~the
wait--aften yr& 8;=-· WU cold. SometiJDee it = ·cs J-.Promae • ..::r:NP"int;-tbe dust.er ollibonn was oft'eliaive. Some wonen relieved themaeJvee nearby.
Ow:nen of nearby bu-ireeea
eomplaired that the worken
iotinridated 'CWltomera and
IOIDetimea their employeea.
lmmjgration officen IIOIDetimea
checked the gro~ for illepl aliens. It wu a serious comm~
problem with eeerniogly no aolution.
Then there waa a propoeal to build ·
a abelter for the men -to pt them
QI.Jt of the weather and to pt them
off the street comer. •
The city decided it couldn't afford
to build a $32,000 abelt«. That waa the birth of the Deaton Ham"1litariao Aaaociatioo, made
of coocerned dtizeoa and beeded b§ -Denton buaireearn•q 1tic:k Salazar. -Now the auociation ia building a shelt.ei. Tbe worbn will have a •
shelter with a l'OO( toilete~:°o tab1ea and A bricl • will:
cirde the .=-the con.vemence ·of_ .•
tboN who come to hire the workers. •
~will~ inatalled; 1loY Smuta will,~ 28 treee. 8v 1laich 3, the --will be ;;iiw,!l •
DardiDD-potice=tobn ·: Oabra1-waa a~ t.J»job of •
~ the abe1ter idea. and be
staftli with ~F-d wbenit • IGONl!ti'omtbe • eec:tortothe ia••• sector. deeervea a lot of. -~--tiCDeofdleworkhlellNlidaoe by proiNmooendomg.aamunity ..
-ffeework. aoine bas been done by
..., Scoma (Oftbr Calnlee wllli.
~-It waa truly• Mlllmnoity
~ •
lllldGn c:anbe,-,--oltbe
.-ritat tbe ~--.... .. the -=:::ta. • ..,..-i --~'J!ll~n· 11 tY'Ai11·· •
.... , tftts, ,..-... 111e
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For over 11 years the day laborers have been an economic benefit to this community in terms of
the work they provide for builders, contractors, landscapers, as well as the general population
who need an affordable and quick way to hire a temporary worker.
The following is a brief history of this issue:
From about 1993 to 1997 workers congregated each morning at the corner of Eagle and South
Locust. In response to people complaining of disorderly conduct among the laborers including
standing in the street and blocking traffic the Police Chief in 1996 recommended that an
"alternative site would be difficult to justify. A council member commented "money for that type of
development could be provided in the city's Capital Improvement Program or through
Community Development Block Grants. There's a real need for this. It'll benefit everybody.
(Denton Record Chronicle 1/08/1996). The mayor pro-tern responded "I don't think the city of
Denton needs to be in the business of operating a labor exchange" (DRC 1/10/96). Another city
council member responded "It's not right for the city government to be spending money on issues
of this kind" (DRC 2/10/96)
Several Denton residents led by Rick Salazar, a local businessman, assumed the task of raising
approximately $32,000 in private donations and formed a non-profit organization specifically for
that purpose. Rick Salazar said" The labor exchange is going to happen. We've got to balance
the fact that they have the human right to be treated as people." (DRC 2/10/96) The subsequent
response from private citizens was impressive. Funds and in-kind donations totaling over
$32,000 were raised. Construction on the site began on the site in October 1996. A multiple use
agreement on Texas State Right-of-Say was negotiated. Members of City Staff worked very
closely with Mr. Salazar in designing the project. Will Stafford, an Eagle Scout candidate, took
on the task of collecting a $3000 donation "to purchase shrubs and trees that Will and his fellow
troop members" soon would be planting at the site. (DRC 2/21/97) The project was completed
and workers were directed to the site in May 1997. Rick Salazar personally took on the burden
from 1997 to 2003 of funding ongoing operational costs including insurance and rest room
servicing.
The Record Chronicle wrote in an editorial entitled "City would do well to help those who want to
work ..... So something should be done. But what? The City of Austin has obtained grants that
helped set up a labor exchange in a building. Surely Denton could do the same"
The DRC followed up with another editorial on 10/4/96 that said in part "The labor exchange is a
good program and all city officials, residents, and business people involved in getting it off the
ground can feel proud."
Still another editorial by the DRC on 2/8/97 said "Shelter project great idea ... Those involved can
be very proud of their work. The community is grateful. And no public money went into the
project."
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LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
)J>\o DENTON COUNCIL #4366
{t''\, MEETING MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 4,
~'1\(\~\,
1996
~f''f
The meeting opened at 7:40 p.m. Rudy Rodriguez conducted the meeting for
-, president Tony_Soto. Rudy asked the guests in attendance to make their announcements to
the LULAC members before the formal portion of the meeting began.
John Bush, political scientist, gave information on a program called Results with
which he is very involved. John described Results as an all-volunteer group organized to
fight hunger and poverty. The various efforts by Results include meeting with people to
develop awareness of their program, working with the media for exposure, lobbying
legislators, working with entrepreneurs in under-developed countries, and assisting the
Head-Start and WIC programs.
Gloria Guevara and Maria Carrillo were in attendance from UNT. Gloria
announced that the Hispanic Students for Higher Education were having several special
events for Diez y Seis de Septiembre and a Bilingual Education Conference on October 4.
Elena Lucio and her sister, Edna, were at the meeting to announce a "Selena"
Exhibit at TWU on September 16 in the TWU Library.
The formal portion of the meeting began. The pledge of allegiance was led by
Vincent Ramos. The minutes were given by the secretary, Jo Ann Ballantine, and approved
unanimously.
Treasurer's Report: Rudy Moreno gave the current balance in the LULAC account
-$2870. He said $500 was also received from Ben E. Keith Co. for the scholarship_
reception.
Education Report: There was no report. A motion was made by Rick Salazar to
place Marta Garcia in the position of chair of the Education Division. A second was made
by Euline Brock and the members passed the motion unanimously. The change has been
made because Dorothy Martinez recently took a new position in Dallas.
Membership Report: Jean Hinojosa extended an invitation to all guests to join
LULAC and advised the members to update the membership listing which was being
passed around.
Members present:
Jo Ann Ballantine
Popa Gonzalez
Rick Salazar
Jean Hinojosa
Yolanda Guzman
Liz Carter
Marta Garcia
Joba Ramirez
Vincent Ramos
Tom Silva
Belinda Rubio
Rudy Moreno
Olympia Lopez
Hector Lopez
Rudy Rodriguez
Jack Miller
Euline Brock
Tonnie Ramirez
s\cvb\luc
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Guests:
Jerry Cott
Gloria Guevara
Christie Salazar
Emma Guzman
Roni Beasley
John Bush
Edna Lucio
Elena Lucio
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June 29, 1998
Dear Board of Trustees:
L.U.L.A.C.
Denton Council 4366
District 3
We, in LULAC, are concerned over the district's apparent declining commitment to workforce diversity and
initiatives related to the education of linguistically and cultural diverse learners. In a matter of a few weeks the
district has lost two Hispanic administrators from the central office. Both Dr. Anita Stipnieks and Ms. Laura
Rodriguez were brought to the district and encouraged by DISD superintendents that the needed support would
be available to ensure their success and opportunities for professional growth and advancement.
In the case of Ms. Rodriguez, who is recognized across the state for her work in the development of bilingual
literacy materials, there were no attempts to improve her position administratively. She is superbly qualified for
a position as director of bilingual education. Instead, she was overwhelmed with layers of extra assignments
over and above her original charge thereby seriously hampering her ability to administer a credible prek-12
bilingual program in the district. Her requests for extra staff and promotion to program director, as promised by
the superintendent when she was first hired, were never adequately addressed. Comparably structured programs
staffed with a director and support personnel, i.e. special education. LULAC is disappointed that the district
c1dministration failed to see and appreciate the outstanding abilities of Ms. Rodriguez and her potential of
moving beyond a supportive role to a more substantive line position with DISD. In discussions with Ms.
Rodriguez, LULAC members were told that when she confronted the superintendent with the question
regarding her future in Denton, the superintendent's response was that she had no future in the district! Ms.
Rodriguez has now accepted a vice-principal's position with the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD in preparation
for a principalship the following year.
DISD's record of poor support of minority administrators and the refusal of top district administrators to see
outstanding quality in the performance and skills of minority administrators persists in the face of major
demographic changes in the district. Four years ago Ms. Diane Harris, African American administrator, was
hired to assist the district with staff development initiatives. Ms. Harris was later dismissed and is now a
successful administrator with the Irving !SD. For the recent position opening of Director of Srudent Services,
there was at least one outstanding Hispanic adminstrator that applied from the Coppell !SD ( one of the top
school districts in the state) and was rejected by the DISD administration. We recall other outstanding minority
administrators who have applied in previous years only to be turned away. These persons moved on to
successful administrative careers in other school districts--e.g., Dr. Minnie Valdez (formerly with the TEA and
the Round Rock ISD as school principal), Hector Zamorano, Mike Nufiez, Dr. Maria Alicia Travelle (former
professor of educaton at TCU, now deceased).
Is history repeating itself? Is there a bias against minority administrators? Why are minority
~dministrators rejected or discouraged from staying with the district?
1he new McMath Middle School scheduled to receive minority children from the Tomas Rivera Elementary
School this fall has to date not hired any bilingual administrative staff. There is no plan by the administration
detailing how the southeast Denton minority children and their parents (who are predominantly disadvanataged)
L.U.L.A.C.
will be received and integrated with students from the more affluent McNair and Houston Elementary Schools.
·11 there be Hispanic bilingual personnel available in the McMath school? How are the teachers and staff
..,.::ing prepared to work with two socially and culturally disparate groups?
Additionally, LULAC is greatly concerned about the use of ESEA Title I funds in the district. There is
evidence to indicate children in bilingual and ESL education are not being properly served by Title I programs.
Guidelines clearly specify that Title I services must be made available to all eligible children, including children
in bilingual education. Evidence suggests this is not being done. Most disturbing is the fact that non-
English/limited-English speaking children in DISD schools without bilingual or ESL programs are not receiving
regular education services. Instead many are being placed in special education. Each instance is a flagrant
violation of federal law.
This is a short list of LULAC's most pressing concerns. Other issues regarding school and minority group
relations have recently been presented to the Board by the DISD Multicultural Education Advisory Committee.
The unfair treatment of minority educators and students must be addressed immediately by school
administrators. DISD must develop and implement an administrative agenda which strengthens all
Bilingual/ESL programs, at-risk programs and diversity management practices.
LULAC is requesting immediate attention by the Board and a Board mandate to the administrative staff to
correct the described inequities. LULAC is prepared to monitor and act upon the Board's and District's actions
to remedy the above federal violations and inequitable and discriminatory practices. Your questions or
concerns can be addressed to Dr. Vincent Ramos (972-382-3593), Dr. Rudy Rodriguez (565-9507), or Mr. Rick
Salazar (387-6455) .
. 1cerely, ~
Vincent Ramos, Ph.D.
President, LULAC Council #4366
MASTER
CINCO DE MA YO COMMITTEE ROSTER
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Patricia Alonso
Myra Anderson
J oAnn Ballantine
Maggie Belmarez
Anthony Blanco
Chris Borel
Juan Cabrales, Jr.
Diana Corona
Denton Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Diana Claudia Diaz
Faustina Eberhart
Gail Campbell, ESL
Christina Galindo
Eddie and Luisa Garcia
Martha Garcia
1asa and Alejandro Garcia
~1cole Gillette
Richard Godoy
Kathleen Goldman, ESL
Clay Gomez
Emilio "Popo" Gonzales
Jess Gonzalez
Hope Guajardo
Melissa Guajardo
Martha Guerra
Robert Guzman
Isabella Hinojosa
Lisa Hinojosa
Jean Hinojosa
Ann Johnson
Alberto Lopez
·-~tor Lopez ~ ... die Lopez
AAA054CD/l
2209 Bernard, 76205
321 E. McKinney
P.O. Drawer P
717 N. Bradshaw
2620 Bauer Drive
Calhoun Middle School, 709 Congress
Police
2306 Denison
402 Dallas Drive
202 N. Ruddell
501 Driftwood
1007 Fulton, Denton High School
4016 Atlas
3400 Joyce Lane. #132
423 W. Windsor
3502 Huisache
1300 Wilson
1710 Sam Bass, #221 , 76205
5101 E. McKinney, Ryan High School
709 Congress, Calhoun Middle School
216 W. Collins
2058 Heather Glen Dr., Lewisville, 75067
1609 E. Windsor
1609 E . Windsor
Denton Housing Authority , 308 S. Ruddell
UNT, P. 0. Box 13797, 76203-6797
1023 Santa Fe, 76205
301 Coronado, #2061 , 76201
2020 N. Elm, #218
Calhoun Middle School. 709 Congress
Water Production
Box 50662
2007 Crestwood
243-7821
566-8385
382-5655
387-8566 (w), 458-4033 (h)
X8557; 484-3051 pager
381-0321
383-3044
382-1091 or X7726
243-5333
383-7577
566-0499
566-0499
380-7011
898-0111
566-3207
MASTER
CINCO DE MA YO COMMITTEE ROSTER
(
Julia Losoya
Deroili'.) MM"tineili
Jose Martinez
Viliulfa Miguel
Teresa Milam
Nelda Nance
Ofelia Navarro
Adelia Nunez, Principal
Mario Nunez, Fine Arts
Al Orozco
Elena Orozco
Guadalupe Orozco
Mercedes Orozco
Raymond and Mary Palacio
Josefa Pedraza
( ·10 Pedroza
Victoria Penamiguel
Annie Perez
Delores Perez
Tonnie Ramirez
Blanca Ramon
Jennifer Ramos
Vincent Ramos
Ashley Riley
Corina Robie'S" ~O .S
Cynthia Rodriguez
Laura Rodriguez, Prog Supv/Bil/ESL
Rosemary Rodriguez
-Belinda R:ueio
Francisa Ryan, ESL
Rick Salazar
l rtha Saldana
I',jancy Sanchez
AM054CO/2
2025 Denison
2611 Royal Acres
2421 Louise, #8
918 N. Bell, #8
321 E. McKinney
Library
1417 E. McKinney
701 Newton, Rivera Elem. School
5101 E. McKinney, Ryan High School
Police
933 Scott
1007 Fu lton. Denton High School
2007 Teasley Lane. 11125A, 76205
4105 Selene. 76201
7146 Helton Road , Justin, 76247
1001 Parvin
700 Audra Lane
709 Congress, Calhoun Middle School
1902 Boyd
2421 McCormick
2904 Christopher
West Texas Legal Services, 121 W. Hickory
2022 McCormick
City of Denton Fire Department
UNT -Center for Cultural Diversity
2402 Leslie. 76205
1307 N. Locust, Central Services
1313 Wilderness. 76205
940 LakelaAd, Lswisville, 75067
324 Windsor, Strickland Middle School
3604 Marianne
Route 1, Box 633, Ponder, 7 624 7
714 N. Ruddell
387-9394
387 6941 (h)
566-8289
X8567
383-2218
383-7949 (w)
566-8285
565-0242
387-6455 ; 387-1778
565-3424
380-0843
387-6455; 387-1778 X314
565-9690
MASTER
CINCO DE MAYO COMMITTEE ROSTER
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(
Amy and Jacky San Miguel
Mary Sue & Sarah Simental
Luis Terrazas
Pamela Terronez, Voe. Ed.
Patrick Vasquez
Connie Villarreal
NOURaWilliams
AAA054CD/3
310 Industrial A venue
111 Sherman
1007 Fulton, Denton High School
1007 Fulton, Denton High School
TWU, P. 0 . Box 22305 , 76204-0305
2301 Yorkshire St.
2007 Azalea
566-1172
383-3125
LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
DENTON COUNTY LULAC COUNCIL, #4366
March 18, 1997
The Honorable George W. Bush
State of Texas
Office of the Governor
PO Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78111
Dear Governor Bush:
P.O. Box 981 • Denton. Texas 76202
Enclosed is the statement released to the press urging the appointment of an Hispanic to the
Texas Woman's University Board of Regents.
We, in the Denton LULAC Council, are prepared to work with your office in identifying
qualified Hispanics from the north Texas area for you to consider in this nomination
process.
Thank you for the attention given to this matter.
Sincerely,
~~r/r
Tony Soto
President
Denton LULAC Council #4366
(817) 565 0597
(817) 383 5404
xc: Rep. Hugo Berlanga
Chairman
Mexican American Legislative Caucus
Mr. Richard Hayes
Chairman
Denton County Republican Party
All Fnrllno -11110 r;,,,. Lill
DENTON LEAGUE OF UNITED AMERICAN CITIZENS
COUNCIL #4366
PRESS RELEASE
MARCH 18, 1997
Denton LULAC Council Urges Governor to Appoint An
Hispanic to TWU Board of Regents
We, in the Denton LULAC Council #4366, are disappointed that an Hispanic was not
appointed to at least one of the three TWU Regents' positions filled by the Governor's
office earlier this month. With the withdrawal of Mr. Perry N. Bolin from the original list
of appointees, a second opportunity is presented to him to rectify this apparent oversight.
We should note, at the outset, that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, whose
members are appointed by the governor, has promulgated the following goal for colleges
and universities through the Access and Equity 2000 Plan:
(To) Increase the Number of of Minoriites and Women on Governing Boards of Texas
Public Institutions of Higher Education.
We, in LULAC, urge Governor Bush in the strongest possible terms to exercise the state's
commitment to diversity in Texas' governing boards by appointing an Hispanic to the
TWU Board of Regents. And, in this manner, he will help create a greater ethnic mix in a
Board which, at this time, does not include a Latino group member. Women and African
Americans are represented in the present Board.
Texas Woman 's University, as other colleges and universities in the state, is striving to
find ways of addressing such critical issues as increasing minority student representation in
undergraduate and graduate academic programs and in professional positions at all levels of
the institution, in accordance with theTHECB's Access and Equity Plan. The addition of
an Hispanic to the Board is essential to fostering meaningful dialogue regarding these
critical issues in higher education. A Latino/a voice is especially important in these •
discussions (as in all discussions regarding the role of the university in a diverse society) in
light of the increasing presence of Hispanics in Texas and the threat presented by the
Hopwood court ruling and subsequent legal opinion rendered by the Attorney General's
office regarding minority access to higher education.
Equal opportunity is essential to the future of Texas. It is therefore incumbent upon all of
us, most assuredly th e leadership of the state, to vigorously pursue the goals of access and
equity for all Texans. As stated in the Access and Equity Plan, Texas faces a moral
imperative to ensure improved opportunities for all of its citizens.
Ultimately, an increase in the representation of women and minorities on university
governing boards can only be accomplished by the governor. Accommodating diversity at
all levels of higher education is an absolute imperative. The appointment of an Hispanic to
the TWU Board of Regents would not only enhance the diversity of the current Board, but,
very significantly, the policy decisions of this important governing body could, as a result,
more accurately reflect the needs and interests of an increasingly diverse population.
Mr. Tony Soto
President
Denton LULAC Council #4366
(817) 565 0597 (home)
(817) 383 5404 (work)
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LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
DENTON COUNTIL #4366
)(MEETING MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 5, 1997
~-~~ot'<1 \-{t~"Q ~
President Tony Soto introduced George Gilkeson. George then introduced
Melanie Barry who is with CASA --Court Appointed Special Advocates. Melanie
informed LULAC members about CASA which is an agency that helps find safe, loving
homes for abused and neglected children. She said these kids have severe problems.
Melanie said that CASA is appointed by one of the five district judges in the area.
The volunteers of CASA (such as George) investigate the lives of the children prior to
their abuse. Melanie asked for more volunteers to assist CASA. A brochure of their
agency is attached.
The formal meeting was called to order by Tony Soto at 8:03 p.m. The pledge of
allegiance was led by Richard Godoy.
Tony reviewed the minutes of January 15, 1997. The minutes were passed
unanimously.
During the review of the minutes, Tony stopped to mention that the op.en position
at MLK Center had been filled by a LULAC member, Richard Godoy.
Tony then mentioned that the recent retreat was a success and that another will be
held soon. A report of that session is attached. Tony said this retreat would give new
blood and new direction to LULAC. He thanked Vincent Ramos for leading the session
as facilitator.
Treasurer's Report: Rudy Moreno reported that for the months of December,
January and February there were several financial items. First, $1 I 6 had been given to
the Denton Humanitarian Association (this was one-half of the profit from the dance).
Next $875 were provided to two students that were scholarship recipients. Then $255
were spent with National for LULAC stationery. This was a total of $1246 in expenses.
The balance of the council account is $906. Rudy said that dues are due now and to
please turn them in to him. Rudy also reported that $384 was available in the scholarship
fund. He reminded members that any funds for this year's scholarship recipients must be
into Washington (National) by March 1 to receive a match.
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Tony then discussed the Mexican dinner scheduled fo r March 1 at the Civic
Center. Tickets will be passed out to members which are $5 each. Marta reported that
enough beans and rice for 400 people has been donated so far. Liz Carter distributed
tickets to members to sell and Mi Casita will sell tickets at their restaurant. Several
members volunteered to make food or solicit Mexican restaurants for food donations.
Tony said that any fundraiser after March 1 will be for scholarships in the next year.
After some discussion, it was decided that the proposed bus trip to Shreveport, LA
would be postponed to a later date.
Communitv Service: Rudy Rodriguez is out of town. No report.
Special Projects: Vincent Ramos reported that the workshop went well. He cited
several main points in the report but said these were only recommendations. Vincent said
the session was very productive.
Regarding new officers for 1997-98, Tony appointed Liz Carter, Jean Hinojosa,
and Emma Guzman to a nominating committee.
Tony asked that a copy of the retreat highlights be mailed to members. Jo Ann
Ballantine said she would send a copy to all those members not in attendance. A cover
letter will be provided by Tony. The next retreat will be held on Saturday, March 8 at the
Chamber of Commerce office (comer of Carroll and Parkway) from 8 a.m. to noon.
Pa11icipants were advised to park at the church parking lot across the street.
At the next meeting of LULAC, March 5, officers will be selected for the new
year.
Several other people were introduced: David Aviles. a guest. and Gloria
Contreras, who announced the 2nd Annual Visiting Scholar Series --1997 at UNT.
Gloria also distributed a brochure on the series.
The final person introduced was Roger Ramirez who is a scientific glass-blower.
He came to discuss the concern of many people of possible gang activity in Denton." As a
former gang-member, Roger is knowledgeable about this subject. A discussion ensued
about the concern of blacks versus Hispanics. It was noted that if current problems were
not handled, a serious situation could develop (Example: California). Several members
mentioned that several meetings with parents, students, and DISD personnel have been
held and/or planned for the near future.
Jo Ann displayed a copy of the Dallas Morning News item which showcased the
day laborer site which has been directed by Rick Salazar. See attached.
The meeting adjourned at 9: 10 p.m.
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Members Guests
Jo Ann Ballantine Liza Hinojosa
Tom Silva Roger Ramirez
Roni Beasley George Gilkeson
Rick Salazar Melanie Barry
Christie Salazar David Aviles
Vincent Ramos
Daniel Hinojosa
Isabella P. Hinojosa
Nicole Gillete
Jean Hinojosa
Kathy Devine
Rudy Moreno
Antonio Soto
Liz Carter
Richard Godoy
Marta Garcia
Emma 0. Guzman
( Yolanda Guzman
Gloria Contreras
Richard Godoy
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Hinojosa M c,as Jimenez
!i)m.lon, !Heaw1 et,,~
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LULAC gives scholarships
to eight Denton seniors .
By DJ,ne Bde1
SlaJTWrlt.er
Eight graduating seniors
from Denton l(Uld. m high
schools went Jiome ·ooiit~ay
Jtight, a little cl~r to achieving
th$t dreams t>f a ~onege educa-
tion.
The 14agw; of United. Latin
Ame.tie.an Citfaerui Denton
Coundl H3'66 aVraided $5,000 m seholandiips to the students. Th~ awards ranged from $500
to 11,000. The eeremon~. at the
Martin .Luther King Center in ..
eluded ~ DY®~ ad~ from
Dr. Li&a Guza, an 11$$itttant
professor at 'l'~~as Woman's
Univ~. Ms. Garza spoke. of
he.r personal prinaple that, "an
education is one of tfu¼ most
important goals for myoae to
aehfoyc."'
The colJlpetitio.o for the
schol~ wag• said Glo--
rta Contreru, who Mtved on
the Educa.twn Commit.tee uh-
ooemies and grade pPint aver-
age was our :fmt eriteria.'' l'dle
said.
Scholarship r~eipients and
their chosen universities are:
Sabrina Arriazqla, North Cun.
trar T~ Collegei Rosalba Ba-
rillu, Tn:as Woman's Uruver-
aitr, Iveue Gutman, Ouri,ady :
oft.he t.lrsUni~ 1licatdo
lfinojosa. University of North
Texas; Kmtma Jimene~•~
Woman's University; Saehenka
Lopez, Soutbwestem Univef'Si..
ty; Ricardo Kaci.~ ill~
of North Texas; and Stephan,ie
Terry. Baylor Umversity.
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LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
DENTON COUNCIL #4366
MEETING MINUTES OF JAN. 7, 1998
The meeting began at 7:05 P.M. and the minutes of the Dec. 3, 1997 meeting were
approved.
Tony Soto made first motion and Judge David Garcia made second motion.
TREASURE"S REPORT:
Mr. Rudy Moreno was not at the meeting, but he provided the Treasurer's Report.
Total Assets $11,413.32
Total Cash Provided $1 ,025.00
Total Cash Used $638.00
Cash Available as of 11/5/97 $11,413.32
EDUCATION REPORT:
The number of students receiving a scholarship has increased from last year.
Last year 8 students received a scholarship and this year that number has increased
to 10.
Requirements issues haven't been decided about full time students. It is still under
discussion.
The Educators Reception was a total success. The attendance was of 144 persons.
The Denton Lulac Council made a $2,000.00 net profit from this event. Our special
thanks to everyone that helped with the event. Jean Hinojosa and Corina R. Robles
mailed out the invitations to everyone. We would also like to thank Mr. and Mrs.
Shearer for helping with the decorations.
RAISING
GARAGE
FEB. 7, 1998
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All1tems that were gathered at the Denton Community COPS Office will be sold at this
sale. If you have any idea as to a location to have this sale, please get in touch with
Nicole Gillette.
SOCIAL EVENTS:
party at Vincent's and Corin
Fri., Jan. 9, 1998 at 7:00 p.m.
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SPECIAL PROJECTS:
Jean Hinojosa and Corina Robles will be sending our Thank You cards to everyone
that attended the Educators Reception.
The Special Events Committee will also organize the Scholarship Reception.
The Committee will work on finding a location for the reception and also selecting the
time. This reception will help honor and identify graduating seniors going to college.
This will have a positive effect in our community.
Euline Brock move motion by stating that Apr. or May would be a good time to have
the reception.
Tony Soto, second.
April was chosen to be the best month to have this event.
Motion was amended. The following dates were chosen as a possibility for this event
April 29 or 30, 1998.
There is a possibility that Supreme Court Justice, Juan Gonzalez wi ll be the guest
speaker.
Mrs. Liz Shearer is going to call him so he can check his schedule.
She will let us know as soon as she is able to confirm date and time.
Everyone was also informed about :
The Chamber of Commerce Retreat
Fri. Jan. 16, 1998
They will provide workshops for Hispanic business owners.
LAC Retreat
Jan. 24, 1998
9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.
ohis retreat • at Weathertrol. Volunteers to serve breakfast are needed.
NEW BUSINESS:
f(VI Rick Salazar informed everyone about the upcoming LULAC elections.
)~f ~ Elizabeth Shearer, Liza Hinojosa, Yolanda Guzman & Alicia Moreno will form
the Nominating Committee.
Liz Shearer made motion and Nicole Gillette seex>nd.
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Members
MARY ALICE MORENO
JOBA RAMIREZ
NICOLE GILLETTE
LUIS GARCIA
LIZ D. SHEARER
JEAN HINOJOSA
EVELYN MILLER
JACK MILLER
DAVID GARCIA
TONY SOTO
CORINA ROBLES RAMOS
ROBERT GUZMAN
VINCENT RAMOS
TONNIE RAMIREZ
HORACE BROCK
EULINE BROCK
RONI BEASLEY
YOLANDA GUZMAN
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League of United Latin American Citizens
Denton Council #4366
Minutes of February 3, 1999
Meeting at Weathertrol
I. Welcome
II. Meeting Called to Order at 7:08 pm
III .
a. Pledge of Allegiance
b. Reading of Minutes approved with corrections. It was reported that a "Columbia Medical Hospital" employee and his
family were making a contribution to our LULAC scholarship fund in honor of their abuela latina. This was corrected 10
state "Denton Community Hospital".
Reports
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B.
C.
D.
E.
Treasurer, Rudy Moreno. Rudy shared that not all LULAC scholarship awards for Spring 99 have been distributed.
There was a concern about LULAC dues that needed to be turned in by January I. This is not the case. LL1-. .\C has
until March I, I 999. Rudy announced persons who have paid their LULAC dues and encouraged others to pay
theirs. John Cabrales's contribution from his graduation celebration was $800 that he contributed cowards our
LULAC scholarship fund. Our total funds are approximately $7400. A treasurer's report was distribuced. Rudy
shared that we must get our scholarship funds to National LULAC by March I. Ray de los Santos recommended we
get an invoice from Ben E. Keith's contribution so that we can forward that amount and include it in the monies char
get matched from National LULAC.
Rudy Moreno, Nicole Gillette, and Monica Lozano will work together on papen,.,ork to submit to LULAC National.
The question was raised as to how much money to send to National LULAC? It was opened-up for discussion.
Questions that were brought up as a guide for making this decision were: How much money do we need for District
Convention? How much do we need for our scholarship banquet in May? Pat Alva-Green made a motion to haw
use last year's expenditures as a guide to how much we need to keep and how much we can send to National
LULAC. Moved and seconded to rely on last year's expenditures as a guide. John Cabrales made a friendly motion
to amend this motion to include Cinco de Mayo expenses as well. Everyone voted on this amendment to include
Cinco de Mayo. Executive committee will look at previous years' expenses and make the final decision.
Membership, Jean Hinojosa. Made the announcement that everyone should have received renewal dues
announcements in the mail. Encouraged members to pay dues.
Fundraising, Nicole Gillette. Nicole shared with the membership the upcoming events. I. LULAC Scholarship
Banquet, May 13, UNT Silver Eagle Suite, 7-9. This will include a silent auction and cocktail at 6pm. Read aloud
the names of the cornn1ittee for our scholarship banquet: Liza Hinojosa, Lisa Marino-Wickstrom, \1onica Lozano
and Corina Robles Ramos. Nicole announced of a scholarship planning meeting on February 15, 6pm at \1LK.
Shared that invitations need to get out by April 8, I 999. Corina will call Chancellors to put banquet on their
calendar as their calendars book up fast.
Scholarship, Monica Lozano. Announced that checks have come in, though not all students have sent in their
college/university registration to her (Monica), so they can receive their scholarship for the spring semester. She is
pushing students to get their paperwork turned in to her. Monica shared that she will be taking scholarship
applications to the alternative schools. Scholarship applications are due the first week in April. Monica made the
announcement for any volunteers willing to assist her in the selection cornn1ittee to contact her. Many students ha\·e
already approached her about the scholarship applications.
Community Service, Rudy Rodrigue:. Rudy shared facts about latino student population growths in Demon. In
1991, 470 students in bilingual programs; today over 1000 students in bilingual programs. Overall, there are 13.000
students in Denton Independent School District; 17% (2000) are Latino students in Denton School District. Latino
% in Denton is equivalent to U.S. Latino demographics. Three hundred (300) new students in DI SD, 200 of these
new students are latino students; mostly immigrants from various parts of America Latina. Large percent from
Mexico though there are students from Central and South America.
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We see more businesses and this is their (immigrants and their families) contribution to our communities-a
tremendous contribution. "City of Denton is not doing enough to embrace our Latino needs." The City has not been
very nice to groups such as the soccer league (i.e. Margarito and his brother). City Parks and Recreation giYes
priority to outsiders first rather than our locals.
Rudy added that we need to come up with a plan so that our local groups get adequate faci lities because "they are
here to stay". Rudy was going to check out the North Lakes field on Monday, February 8 at 4pm. If it was fine then
he would meet with Parks and Recreation to move things along else, he will move to get adequate fac ilities. Might
need to go to the City Council, Vicente representing LULAC may need to be prepared to support this.
Roni Beasley added that a New Bond Committee is forming and she needs names of Latinos to serYe as a way to
bring these issues up and move them forward. Need strong Hispanic/Latino presence on committee. Roni passed
out a sign-in sheet for those interested in serving. She added that this committee can address more than Parks and
Recreation issues. Vicente encouraged any members to sign-up.
F. Public Relations. Sergio Shearer. Sergio apologized for not being as involved with LULAC as his grandmother is
staying at his home and requires a big time commitment. He shared the following items: I. International Cultural
Center, Ft. Worth Chamber of Commerce, Sister City with Nuevo Leon and Denton, 2. Going to Austin, Texas on
February 22 -23 as representative for LULAC regarding legislature. Vicente recommended Sergio support
LULAC's District Delegate recommendation.
G. Youth/Young Adults, Hector Villela. Hector shared that there will be a meeting with the LULAC
Youth Council at UNT to discuss the future of the organization. He announced that TWU Young Adults meet eYery
other Wednesday at 6 pm; they were voted TWU Outstanding Student Organization of 1998. A1mounced Young
Adults Videoconference on February 26 at the Information Sciences Library at UNT. There are others (i.e. El
Centro Community College in Dallas, UNT) interested in a Young Adults Council. He will be working on this.
H. Hospitality, Linda Leal. Not present and no report. Vicente shared that hospitality needs to start
preparing fo rthe receptions for District III Convention as well as for the Scholarship Banquet.
I. Pending Business/Special Projects
-Elections take place in March, thus need to move fast on this. Vicente challenged members to step-up and
run for officer positions. Chris Borel and Rick Salazar are on the nominating committee. Elections will be
on: President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. These are the priority positions. l11e rest of the
positions can be appointed.
-District Convention, there are three planning meetings, Friday, February 12 at Ninfas off of I-35 at 7pm:
Saturday, February 27 at 10 am at Brookhaven College; Saturday, March 13 at 1 pm at LULAC National
Education Service Center in Dallas. District Convention moved from April l Oto April 17 at UNT. The
theme is Primera la Educacion, From Pre-school to College. Vicente gave an overview of agenda for
convention. Announced the reception at Ben E. Keith following district business mee_ting.
John Cabrales brought a concern to the table and that was the Fry Street Fair going on that same day.
Would that pose a problem for our convention since they anticipate over 10,000 persons for Fry Street
Fair? Shouldn't be a problem, Corina will look into this.
Vicente shared the role of our Council #4366 in the District Convention, 30% of proceeds will go to our
Denton Council. Youth will also be having their convention concurrently.
-Scholarship Banquet Added Jean Hinojosa to the planning committee.
-Political Fontm Hector Villela volunteered to assist.
-Cinco de Mayo LULAC Council #4366 will continue to support this community-wide
event. Will approach Mi Casita for beer license. Need 2-3 volunteers to help
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-Dia de los Niiios will be considered to incorporate with the Cinco de Mayo celebration.
-LULA C Stare Co11venrio11 June 2 -5, San Antonio
-LULAC Nario11al Convention July 12-16, Corpus Christi
-Special Fundraising, committee still working on this.
New Business
a. Vicente working with Tim Charles with Denton Community Hospital, possibly getting donation in
by February 28.
b. Wednesday, February I 0, reception at Ninfas to recognize LULAC Councils that helped with
National LULAC Convention, 7:30 pm
c. Vicente announced that LULAC and NAACP will be sharing a telephone line and office space in the Denton
Housing Authority. Richard Franco made a commitment to staff a person to man the phone for part of the time.
Priscilla Sanders with Sears announced that she will donate a telephone. Other items needed are some furniture (i.e.
desk, carpet, filing cabinets, etc.) This is a great opportunity for publicity for both LULAC and NAACP. Other
ideas for our new space-possibly a sign. Roni Beasley will check with a possible donation of a banner. ll1e
Denton phone book will go in print soon and it would be ideal to get our new phone # in. Nicole Gillette
volunteered to assist in the process of our new phone and office space since she is close by the Denton Housing
Authority.
Announcements
a. Ms. Liliana Mireles (ph# 940-387-1655), Cinco de Mayo Queen, taking a trip to Europe in the spring. March 11 -17 and
is requesting financial assistance $800 from LU LAC to help offset costs. Ms. Mireles was encouraged to check out
Youth Council with Hector Villela. She volunteered to be a contact for other Latino students.
b. N icole Gillette announced the Second Annual Minority Health Fair on February 20, 10am -4pm. She is working with
Richard Godoy. Thirty vendors are participating.
c. Ray de los Santos, Young Readers Program. Will hear from Southland Corporation early next month and awards will be
announced at this point.
d. Roni Beasley announced TWU CARES program. We need to get the message out to the community about
immunizations and womens health issues. Need spanish speaking persons to assist.
e. Rudy Moreno, UNT employee, New Associate Director for Purchasing.
f. Margarito with La Liga de Soccer invited LU LAC to participate as partners in promoting dances, and other activities.
Margarito added that proceeds would go to LULAC for their scholar~hip funds. He wants to really promote the soccer
league for young people that will continue to be a part of this community. He would like the soccer field not only for his
children but for all children to come. Margarito also shared being cautious about counterfeit tickets: John Cabrales
moved to table the discussion for another meeting. Pat Alva-Green seconded.
g. Corina Robles Ramos passed out Black History Month program brochures for UNT and encouraged membership to
attend any amount of programs in honor of Black History.
h. Proyecto Zapotlan-April 5, Vicente gave an overview of this endeavor. Dr. Ray Toledo bringing about 100 persons
from Mexico to be involved in academic. social and community service partnerships with Denton community.
Motion to adjourn. This was seconded. LULAC mtg. adjourned at 8:45pm
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~-,•,w • for artistic direCtor
~t~~,'.;_~·:, ·-~ i By STELLA WINSETT -.. .-• • enjoy danoe,'' shesa;d. "I have ha~ ~-iot ~I ~t., :, ,;.-~~-~,,.,.~l;; •· ;~. Arts-Leisure Editor experience and have seen a lot of different ff '+~ tf-• 't;-~»'-, .... ~¥f-.... • • • •~ "tt1 ··-• , types of dance to develop my taste. I would 'f~ ~--The formation of Denton's newest per-· like to see the people of Denton who attend
;;ii formance group is the. realization of a • dance concerts in Dallas nod Fort Worth to
long-time dream for its artistic director. stay· in Denton and see good . dance.:,;
"I've wanted to do something like this for ·· Someda)',' I would like to see a city-wide"
10 years or so. It's been a difficult step to performance of 'Nutcracker' during the
take and it takes a lot of time," said Liz . hol\days with. all the dance companies
Gallego, artistic director of Denton Dance 'togeth~."·.· • .. .id•·\''-,."·:"· .;_~·.:;Jlli, ~
_ Theater. "This year, J felt_I had the support.':• ~ton Danc~-Tb~ter's • fu-st ~~~;;;.[--~t
• tomakeithappen." ,,. >-' •. ·• :.· • .:::· ·.for7:30p.m.Dcc.13inMainAuditori~at
•• Gallego ~d-a board or _directors of North Texas State University, will be a •
Dentoi:t residents have applied for tax-·-concert of -different liturgical-dances to
_ exempt, non-profit status from the state. Christmas music. All the dances will be ·
The dance theater was formed to benefit -cho bed by Gall O -::..::.:.:..::.=: ~...:..:=:::, . both younger and older residents of the city, . reograp eg • • . . ·
: said Gallego who also operates a dance : •·-"Some people· might have feelings
• studio inDenton;1:,1u,._, 111,,rr-':'I; l :. ,. •·, •~,..against dancing lo the Lord," said Gallego.--
•a,•"Tbe younger studeots·will benefit from 7,: "God created our bodies and it's a dancer's_'.
• ·working with mature dancers. And. there instrmnen~ For a dancer_ to use a talent for
' are people in Deotn who have gone to, di!-:-, . the Lord is very ~filhn~ . .And . ~hen a •
• ferent universities and studied dance nod;. dancer has that feeling of JOY, the ')(TY will
don't have a place to dance, to express gototheaudience." •. ' . ·:: . , ... -... :--,
~ themselves," said Gallego, who has trained -~· Gallego said she plans•for the company to'·
in flamenco, classical !>allet. modern and present mini-amcerts at different locations
Mexicanfolk1oricodancef~. '. _:r ··:· ·t · for.different groups during the Christmas-
. r. Variety o( dance forms will distinguish . season. Tbe company bas four principal
i. Denton Dance Toeater from the city's other ' dancers·· _;_.'Kathleen Douglas, Suzanne
• non-profit· .dance. troupe,-; Denton Civic : Withers ': Delia Mason and Michelle
: BalleL '.31:··•r:,·:~i .. , i.;.~ ·.,.r:,:J . ; :·.: ~.,_ :"-=-Desidera•do -six company members. 6
::·:·:;; Altboiigb··i d/i~{ ba,ll·et • ~ ~~ 1~? senior apprentices, 20 juni~ apprenti~
po~t to study -to. develop stren~· _ and_11chm::u5mem~.-., _ _-;:r-·::,c:-= ·::' ·
. discipline, a sense o( symmetry and to get -:• Gallego began her teaching career in 1966
in touch ~tb one's body -I'm a versatil~ ··' while attending J.W. Nixon High School in.
dancer and I think young people need a ••• Laredo. There, she. led and taught the ·
variety of dance background. I chose the school's drill team while still in high school.·
~·word theatr.r in our name because the She · performed with the Kilgore.
, co...!!lpany .will ~orm _a b~d range. of . Rangerettes for one year before transff!l-
dan~ -m09ern, JaZZ. liturgical and other ring to Texas Woman's University, where
., differentthiogsfrom~etotime.. • -sheearnedherdegree.·. •· .... -~· .. ;· ·: . ·
Slatt photo by DAVID PHILLIPI
Liz. Gallego realized a long-time dream with the creation
~nton Dance Theater.
••• "I wonld like to see the skill leyel of,, • "T.eaching a1w·ays ~--~· ~~ f~
dancers • De to g up " she said "I • • 10 n n ° • . . •. me," she said. "It gives me a great deal d would like t~ see students wilh aspirations fulfillmenL I like to see a student grow, but
to a profCSfilonal ~ce career go on, for It not just in dance. I don't only teach dance,
to ~ a regular reality rather than the e:x-which gives· a certain sense of self-
ception. . -awareness. I like to help my students
"'The dance theater also will give the toward an assurance, to self confidence.
people of Denton who are not classical. When I see that happen, I feel I have con-
ballet-oriented a chance to come out and tributed lo societv. lo GfY.i and ln m V!:Plf
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sparks outcry
Some believe new
assistant principal
should be bilingual
By Amy Ritter
Staff Writer
The Denton School Board ap-
proved the appointment of a
non-Hispanic applicant as as-
sistant principal at Tomas Ri-
vera Elementary School Tues-
day over the abjections of
Hispanic community represen-
tatives.
The Denton Independent
School District Board of Trust-
ees unanimously approved the
.selection of Paige George, a
teacher for seven years, to the
post.
Four community members·
spoke against the proposed ap-
pointment and two selection
committee members defended
their ~hoice during a public
hearing.
"We are perplexed on th e
reasoning for the selection of a
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less qualified, non-bilingual
candidate," said J ohn Cabrales
Jr., president of the local coun-
cil of the League of United Lat-
in American Citizens.
Mr. Cabrales said several
Hispanic and bilingual candi-
dates were more qualified than
the candidate selected.
C_ommittee member Lucy
Stem defended their selection.
"We can't base our (decision)
on being bilingual or not, on
being Hispanic or not ... We
felt like there was only one
choice.
"We made the best decision
. .. from the pool of candidates," •
Ms. Stein said.
Ms. George did not respond
to the objections during the
hearing, nor did she address
them directly in an interview
after she was approved. •
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"My goal is to do the best for
Rivera," Ms. George said. That,
she said, includes all students,
including Hispanic students.
''We are there to listen ... We
are there to provide the best
education for their students,"
she said.
Ms. Stein said the committee
chose the candidate they did
based on knowledge of the
school, total years of experi-
ence, leadership skills, organi-
zational skills, being a strong
disciplinarian, and being well-
liked by Rivera staff.
Of six applicants, she said,
four were bilingual and three
were Hispanic. Ms. George is
neither bilingual nor .Hispanic.
Mr. Cabrales said that Span-
ish-speaking parents at Rivera
feel isolated.
Spanish -speaking parents
met with school administrators
in May to express their feeling
of isolation, Mr. Cabrales said.
Rivera principal Susan Bolte
declined to comment on the
meeting or on Ms. George's se-
lection, referring all questions
to a public information coordi-
nator who was out of town.
''This is another lost opportu-
nity to (reach out to) a disen-
franchised community," Mr.
Cabrales said.
"It was a very poor decision,"
said Rudy Rodriguez, who
spoke in opposition to the com-
mittee selection. "The decision
is clearly divisive and an insult
to the Hispanic community."
Mr. Rodriguez said he has
lived in Denton for 26 years,
served on many boards and
committees, and his three chil-
dren have graduated from Den-
ton schools.
''The message coming across
is: Hispanics need not apply,"
Mr. Rodriguez said.
"I don't feel that's the mes-
sage we're sending," said. Su-
perintendent Ray Braswell. "I
feel we're striving to meet the
needs of students the best we
can."
Dr. Braswell said he recom-
mended approval of Ms. Bolte's
selection of Ms. George for the
post without scrutinizing the
applicant's qualifications be-
cause staff hiring is delegated
to the principals of each cam-
pus.
"I support, by law, the right11
of that principal to make that
selection," Dr. Braswell said.
He said the board action did
not discount the concerns
raised by the citizens.
"They've got some real con--
cerns," he said. "I don't dis-
count their feelings at all."
The DISD does not intend to
make Hispanics feel unwel-
come, Dr. Braswell said.
"We are striving to do the
best we can to meet the needs
-of all students," he said. "Are
we as good as we can be? No.
We need to improve. We need \
to continue to get better."
Ms. George has taught math
and science at Rivera for seven
years. She holds a BA in ele-
mentary education from the
University of North Texas and
is working on a master's degree
in educational administration
from Texas Woman's Universi-
1 ty.
■ AMY RITTER can be reached al (940) 381-9594. Her e-mail address Is artl• ler@denlonrc.com.
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Disclaimer
To Denton ISD Board of Trustees,
Although I am a member of the Multicultural Advisory Committee (MAC), the attached
letter and recommendations are submitted on my own. Some items may in fact parallel
items discussed within MAC meetings, but the following letter has not been discussed or
presented at any MAC meeting. I do not intend, nor do I suggest, to be singularly
representing the MAC committee within the following document.
Thank you for your efforts in establishing a better School District.
Sincerely Yours,
Rick Salazar
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Rick Salazar
9920FM428
Aubrey, Texas 76227
1-940-387-6455
mmsalazar@aol.com
June 13, 2001
Via Email and Regular Mail
To: The Board of Trustees of Denton Independent School District,
Less than twenty years ago Denton Independent School District (DISD) was comprised
of one High School, two Middle Schools and seven Elementary Schools. The student
body composition was approximately 81 % White, 11 % Black, 7% Hispanic and another
percentile Asian, Indian or Other.
In the early 1980's Hispanic immigrants began to find their way to Denton. The Hispanic
student body then began to steadily increase. Within a year the Hispanic students grew
from 7% to 9%. This increase taxed the existing Bilingual and English as a Second
Language (ESL) programs. At that time these programs were administered within the
standard elementary school curriculum and were implemented with little direction.
For the first time, DISD Hispanic parents and concerned leaders flooded the school board
meeting requesting that a bilingual Hispanic be charged with the Direction of Bilingual
and ESL Programs. The DISD Board consented to this position request and created a
new position. This was an assistant director position under Mr. Dean Anthony. As of
late this position was finally made a Director's position. A second person was added to
this program last year.
Today DISD has grown to three High Schools (including Fred Moore), three Middle
Schools (with a fourth earmarked in the near future), eleven Elementary Schools and
Sullivan-Keller Center. The student body make-up has also changed. Currently the
Hispanic Student Body has increased to a number approaching 25 %.
This increase in Hispanic students has and should not be a surprise to the School District.
Denton population forecasts and the Hispanic Community kept the Board of Trustees and
the Administration well advised on these changes in demographics.
The immigrant Hispanic is a young group and the student body composition of DISD will
continue to increase in number of Hispanic students enrolled. Student body percentage
may fluctuate with the growth in the Southern portion of the District, but DISD may
expect 200-300 new Hispanic students every year for the next few years (increase based
on past increases as projected forward.). With these yearly increases, Hispanic Students
within the district may approach 35% of the DISD student body in another seven years.
DISD has yet to adequately meet the challenges presented by the current change in
demographics. Is DISD ready and prepared for future change of demographics when the
Hispanic student body approaches 35%?
It is within this vain that the following summary, report and recommendations are
offered:
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Hiring:
□ Other than the Bilingual-ESL Director there are NO Bilingual Hispanic Directors
within the Administration.
□ Only one campus principal is a Bilingual Hispanic.
□ Only two campus assistant principals are Bilingual Hispanics.
□ There are NO Bilingual Hispanic counselors within the entire DISD District
□ Bilingual Hispanic teachers or support staff does not reflect the student population it
serves.
Retention:
□ Bilingual and ESL Stipends are not competitive. These Stipends must be increased to
$4,000 and $3,000 respectively to at least match districts to the South of Denton.
Recruitment:
□ DISD Human Resources does not have an aggressive program to recruit or hire
Hispanic professionals.
It is the writer's view that many of the problems can be traced to the past hiring system of
cronyism and today's failure of the Human Resource Department. There appears to be
no system of tracking applicants. Qualified Hispanic applications received at the Human
Resource Department generally do not receive a response from this Department. (Even a
qualified application personally given to Dr. Braswell who personally gave this
application to the Executive Director of Personnel failed to receive a response from
DISD.)
The recruitment process must be revamped. Recruiting must be centralized. The District
is too large to send campus personnel on recruitment trips without a centralized plan and
follow through commitment from the Human Resource Department. (How can an
Elementary School Campus Teacher hire or recruit a Bilingual Hispanic
High School Counselor when she or he doesn't know the position is even open?)
Recruitment trips to Minnesota, Illinois, Tennessee and Colorado, as well as all locations
must be tracked and reviewed for results.
Whereas Black Professionals (often in groups of two) are selected to recruit at
predominately Black Universities, Hispanics must be sent to recruit at predominately
Hispanic Universities. This years past recruiting agenda does not include many Hispanics
as part of the process. Recruiting trips to San Antonio, Huntsville, Austin, Belton,
Edinburgh, College Station, Nacogdoches, Lubbock, Canyon, Kingsville, Corpus Christi
and Ft. Worth, Texas, as well as, Las Cruces, Albuquerque and Las Vegas, New Mexico
did not have any bilingual Hispanic personnel representing DISD. (Please refer to the
Recruiting Locations 2000-2001 with Representatives. This is available from the office
of Human Resources.)
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Proposed measures:
□ Current Bilingual Hispanic teachers and support staff must be placed on a fast
promotional tract and feel that they are supported by the administration
□ A Bilingual Hispanic Director of Professional Personnel must be hired. This position
has been open for a year and little effort has been put in filling this position. This
director, although under the Executive Director, must have a straight reporting line to the
Superintendent and Board of Trustees.
□ The recruitment process of the office of Human Resources must be reviewed and
amended to target hiring Hispanics for the District. A centralized system of hiring needs
to be developed and implemented.
□ A Bilingual Hispanic Recruiter position needs to be created and filled. This position
is to aide in the centralize recruitment and follow through efforts in hiring all personnel.
□ The selection of Hiring committees must be assigned by the Superintendent and not
by the Human Resource Department. Committees need to be assigned fairly and
equitably in representation of the best interests ofDISD. Hiring committees cannot be
stacked with members that match the selector's interests.
□ The Administration and Board of Trustees must start holding Campus Principals
accountable for the hiring of minorities and for balancing their teachers, staff and support
personnel to reflect their student body composition. The lack of Bilingual counselors can
no longer be tolerated.
□ A third person must be added to the department of Bilingual/ESL program to help
oversee their programs as they increase to eight campuses in the 2001-2002 school year.
This position can also pay for itself by making it a Grant writing position as well as an
administrative position. Only then can the Bilingual/ESL program can be broken down
to three positions accountable for Elementary, Middle School and High School Programs.
□ The Board of Trustees must address increased Stipends.
D Applicants must receive job offers from the District prior to the end of the school.year.
The Board of Trustees must empower the Human Resource Department to offer contracts
while there remains a pool of applicants. Currently DISD has over 200 teachers without
proper certification and suffers from the lack of aggressive hiring. (DISD drafts in the
last rounds of the hiring cycle ... based on requirements DISD must hire in the first
rounds to obtain the best teachers available for highly sought after positions.)
It is also the writer's view that the lack of Bilingual Hispanic Central Administrators
keeps Hispanics from forming a cooperative coalition that would aide in the hiring,
retention and program development within DISD.
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Denton Record-Chronicle
Guest Columnist
The rocky road to diversity is not a pleasant journey for minorities seeking employment
with Denton Independent School District (DISD), as mentioned within Denton's Record-
Chronicle (DRC) editorial of July 20, 2001. The current frustration of Hispanic leaders
within the community surrounds the flawed hiring process used by DISD. The editorial
assumes that a qualified search committee was formed to select an assistant principal for
Tomas Rivera Elementary School (Tomas Rivera).
Texas Education Code (TEC) 11 .251 requires the establishment of committees at the
district and campus level. TEC 11 .253 requires that the school principal regularly
involve the campus committee in planning, budgeting, curriculum, staffing, staff
development, and school administration.
A site-based committee is an advisory committee, called a Campus Leadership Team
(CLT) within DISD and chaired by the principal. This committee is to be representative
of professional staff, parents, community members and business representatives.
Procedures for the composition and selection of this committee are to be set by policies
established by the Board of Trustees (Board). This committee does not constitute a
qualified search committee.
The CLT should counsel the principal and the principal could override its advice. A
principal cannot hire, but can only recommend a candidate as an assistant principal or a
teacher. The superintendent can accept or decline the recommendation of the principal.
Within the structure ofDISD, an assistant principal position must have approval from the
Board. The Board can either accept or decline this recommendation.
Within this current instance, the assistant principal approval from the board was hidden
within the Board's Posted Agenda and listed under the Consent Item list and a sub-_
category of hiring. Past assistant principal hiring approvals were listed as a separate item
within the agenda and named the position and the campus. Was this Board approval
process rushed through and added to a posted agenda? Was this item properly listed and
what was the rush?
The superintendent can appoint an assistant principal with the consent of the principal.
The superintendent can request the principal to submit multiple candidates for an
assistant principal position, and then select an applicant from the list. A principal may be
asked to call on the CLT to help advise the principal in a selection process.
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What process does DISD use to select an assistant principal or principal? The answer?
All of the above! Prior to this recent assistant principal hiring at Tomas Rivera, the
superintendent appointed all past assistant principals for this school. The vacancy was
created by a transfer/appointment of the former assistant principal to another location
without a CLT committee's advice on either Campus.
So why is the Hispanic community upset? Several qualified Hispanics applied for this
position. They are bilingual and bicultural. Each Hispanic applicant had his or her
emergency administrative certificate at the time of the interview process, which is a
requirement for all administrative positions. Guess who didn't have their certificate, but
could get theirs by the beginning of the school year? Also, each Hispanic candidate is
close to receiving his or her master's degree.
he CL T committee was increased in size for this process. Did the Principal appoint
them? Was the procedures established by the Board followed? Was CLT training
provided? Was the CL T committee representative of a cross section of the diverse
population that Tomas Rivera serves? Or representatives of the Princi al? The selected
applicant was also a teacher at Tomas Rivera.
Were the job description and the concern for students within a diverse district used as the
main criteria for this selection process? Or were other factors the main consideration?
Ms. Stein, a selected member of Tomas Rivera's CLT committee, also mentioned this
cleviation after the school board meeting of July 10, 2001 .
The superintendent had the authority to decline this recommendation, but choose to tell
DRC's reporter Amy Ritter "I support, by law, the right of the principal to make that
selection." What? It is clear that the principal can only recommend an ap_plicant, not
select.
In May of this year, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) was
brought in to a meeting at Tomas Rivera. Approximately 30 Hispanic parents of Tomas
Rivera students showed up at a requested meeting by concerned parents. This meeting
was requested almost 60 days earlier, but was set at the end of the school year by Tomas
Rivera's administration. These parents took a brave step in coming forward to complain
about the lack of sensitivity at the school. They do not feel welcomed at the school. _
Some parents were told that they should go back to Mexico by Tomas Rivera's
administration. Parent meeting invitation forms are not being sent home to Hispanic
parents because they are not translated into Spanish. The parents feel isolated after the
bilingual parent liaison was replaced with a monolingual family coordinator by the
school's administration. The assistant principal, at that time, and the principal apologized
for their actions and promised to open the door to Hispanic parents and the meeting
ended with parents accepting the promises made by the principal and assistant principal.
So how does Tomas Rivera's school administration follow up on their promises? They
hire a monolingual assistant principal to work with the parents of the students.
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To add insult to injury, Tomas Rivera School was to be a model school. The name was
proposed by LULAC and opened for the 1994 school year. It was the first school built in
SE Denton since the closing of Fred Moore School during mandated desegregation. The
school redistricting for Tomas Rivera removed the Denton Busing Area in SE Denton
that stood in tact for over 20 years. The original job description for principal of Tomas
Rivera listed bilingual as a requirement. Bilingual was a factor because ofDISD's
concern for the students and parents served by Tomas Rivera. And now, there are none!
Note: This article intension is to question the DISD selection process. It is not intended
to degrade the Tomas Rivera teacher that was selected to serve as Assistant Principal.
This person is a fine teacher and a community asset.
Rick Salazar
9920 FM428
Aubrey, TX 762277
(Within DISD boundary lines.)
Telephone: 387-6455
Email: mrnsalazana)aol.com
Fax: 898-0427
Information from textbook: The Educator's Guide to Texas School Law, Frank Kemerer
and Jim Walsh. A textbook used within Texas administration curriculum.
LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
DENTON COUNTY LULAC COUNCIL, #4366
October 17, 2001
Board of Trustees
Denton ISD
1307 N. Locust
Denton, Texas
76201
Dear Trustees:
P.O. Box 981 • Denton. Texas 76202
It has come to the attention of LULAC and HEED (Hispanics for Employment Equality
and Diversity) that there has been no formal/documented response from DISD to the
concerns voiced by some of the parents whose children attend Tomas Rivera Elementary
School. It is also our understanding that the parents are requesting a group meeting with
Rivera administration.
LULAC and HEED strongly recommends that the Board of Trustees, or Dr. Ray
Braswell, formally acknowledge and respond to the parent's letter dated August 15. We
further recommend that you honor the parent's request for a group meeting to address
their concerns.
Sincerely,
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LULAC
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Dr. Rudy Rodriguez
LULACVP
Education and Government Affairs
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1307 N. Locust St.
P. 0. Box 2387
940-369-0002
February 20, 2002
John Cabrales, Jr.
Council President
Denton Independent School District
Board of Trustees
League of United Latin American Citizens
Denton County LULAC Council, #4366
POBox981
Denton, TX 76202
Dear John, LULAC and HEED Members:
Denton, TX 76201
Denton, TX 76202-2387
Fax: 940-369-4982
The Board of Trustees would like to thank you for your sincere and committed offer to assist
with the education of our Hispanic students. We very much want and gratefully accept the
opportunity to work together. There are many different ways in which your membership can
become involved. The following are but a few of the many initiatives where we could use your
help.
Hiring is of primary concern to the Board and to your respective memberships as well. Ifwe are
to be successful in diversifying our employment ranks, we need to work together. In that regard,
the Board would like to ask for volunteers from your respective groups to assist us in our
recruiting efforts. We ask that members be selected to travel on our recruiting trips not only to
assist district staff, but also to evaluate our efforts. We would be very much interested in an
external community review of our recruiting efforts and our promotional materials.
The Board also would like to encourage you to participate in our induction process. While the
district works to induct members into the school-based environment already, we need
community assistance in introducing and integrating new staff into the community environment.
Being satisfied with one's job is one aspect in retaining staff; being happy and pleased with the
community in which they live is another. Both are important and we very much need help with
the latter.
Additionally in this regard, the administration is planning to conduct administrative camps or
academies whose purpose would be to recrnit and prepare current DISD staff for administrative
¥positions. From these academies, an internship would be developed for on th e job experience.
The Board ~ur assistance in promoting these academies and encouraging minority staff to
attend. These sessi~onducted after normal school hours and would be voluntary on
the part of tQ~ staff memb~r.
Campus Based Participation -Several years ago the Texas Legislature directed a change toward
participatory leadership and instructed school districts to utilize Campus and District
Improvement Teams as a way to better involve staff, parents, community and business officials
in the decision-making process. The Board has been made aware that members from your
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respective organizations already have volunteered to become members of Campus Improvement
Teams and to mentor/tutor students in need of help. We thank you for trus commitment and
encourage other members to volunteer as well. Working at the campus level is of extreme
importance and is probably the most rewarding contribution there is. It is also the grassroots
level to impact many district decisions. We have many students who need a community mentor
or need a little additional tutoring in wruch to succeed. We have employees who need to have
the views from your groups and all members of our community to help them offer a quality-
teaching-learning environment for every student in our schools. Our Campus Improvement
Teams need parents, business officials, and community members as well as school-based staff in
order to discuss and suggest balanced and inclusive recommendations to the building principals.
We still have campuses needing additional volunteers and look to your organizations to help us
fill those positions.
District Based Participation -Just as there are campus-based teams, the district_!?as a central ~~
~srup team ___ that needs parent, business, and community members as w ell. This team works-r'\
to suggest and recommend im roveme stra egies to the Board and Superintendent. We would
welcom our participation on • s team. The Texas Legislature saw this committee as the key
vehicle through wruch to discuss, recommend, and communicate district programs and
initiatives. This group also serves as the primary communication tool linking the district to the
various campuses and general public regarding district initiatives. This would be a very
important committee to have volunteers who are willing to participate in the process to get more
involved.
·utilizing campus and district improvement teams are the primary tools utilized by the district for
the purpose of addressmg edu at10n issues. As such, the Board wishes not to appoint a special
committee for Hispanic or other ethnic specific issues. The Board, instead, wishes to address
these issues through the campus an~ already established. The issues and concerns
you have are indeed important and need to be addressed. The Board hopes that additional
members from your organizations will become involved at both the campus and district level.
Your desire and commitment to helping the students ofDISD is noted and very mi1ch
appreciated. We commend you for your initiative and we look forward to your participation.
Please feel free to submit names of interested individual_s and volunteers to the Superintendent.
We believe that working together, we can be more successful for all our students.
;m,:ely,
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Rick Woolfolk, Bob}d President
Calvin Evans, Board Vice-President
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Board ofTrustees
Denton Independent School Districts
1307 N. Locust
Denton, Texas, 76201
Dear Trustees:
The recommendations for the formation and development of a Hispanic Tasks
Force are as follows:
Recommendations for Forming a Hispanic
Education Task Force
Hispanic Community Leaders believe that the formation of a Hispanic Education
Task Force, by the Board of Trustees, will best address long-term issues and
current concerns. We believe that this Task Force is a necessary and critical step
to help our school district and the Board of Trustees address our concerns
regarding the schooling of our children.
Although there are many areas of concern relative to the education of Hispanic
children ( e.g., retention and graduation rates, improved achievement, need for
mentors and tutors), most immediate is the need to open up the system to
Hispanic candidates for ad~strative positions.
The idea of an internship program for future Hispanic administrators discussed by
Gilbert Martinez with Dr. Braswell is one proposal for addressing the issue in. the
long term; however, before we move forward with this plan, the Board needs to
appoint the Hispanic Education Task Force, as noted above. An initial charge of
this group will be to help develop selection criteria and recommendations for the
best school fit for the intern-ensuring he or she is placed in a school where the
intern has the highest potential for success.
All for One -One for All
Hisp;u1ics for Education, E quity, alld Di,·crsit:y, u-orkingfor wd 111iJ1 die communit;·.
P.O. Box 981 Denton, T exas 76202
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The formation of this Hispanic Task Force is being proposed by a unified group
of concerned Hispanic community leaders representing LULAC and HEED.
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Sincerely,
14 Mimosa Street
Denton, Texas 76201
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U ~ma Guzman':;;;rJ'~
3405 Meadowlark Lane
Denton, Texas 76201
2709 Forestview rive
Corinth, Texas 76210
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Rudy Moreno
3608 Marianne Circle
0 ;•n~n, Texas 76209
~Saazar
9920 FM 428
Aubrey, Texas 76227
All for On e -One for All
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artha Guerra .
110 Heritage Lane
Denton, Texas 76201
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2020 North Elm St. -No. 218
Denton, Texas 76201
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3608 Marianne Circle
Denton, Texas 76209
Dr. Rudy Rodriguez
13 I 3 Wilderness Street
Denton, as 76205
D. Jorge Urb1 a, Esq.
2224 Houston Place
Denton, Texas 7620 I
I lispanics for E<lucaLion, Equity, and Di,·ersity, working /or :md rr iLl1 Ll1c communitr
P.O. Box 981 Denton, Texas 76202
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Suggested Composition of the Hispanic Education Task Force
It is recommended that the Board of Trustees consider appointing a task force of
eight (8) members and, in addition, designating one Trustee to sit on the Hispanic
Education Task Force. The various Hispanic organizations involved in our
discussions are submitting a combined list of names for consideration by the
Board of Trustees for the selection of six (6) nominees and the other two (2)
members can be selected by the Board at will. It is expected that additional staff
or DISD employees will periodically serve in advisory capacity to the Task Force,
as recommended or needed to support the work of the group.
The following six (6) community leaders have offered to serve on the Hispanic
Education Task Force:
Martha Guerra
110 Heritage Lane
Denton, Texas 76209
Gilbert Martinez
2709 Forestview Dr.
Corinth, Texas 76210
Rudy Rodriguez
1313 Wilderness
Denton, Texas 76205
Jean Hinojosa
2020 North Elm St. #218
Denton, Texas 76201
Rudy Moreno
3608 Marianne Circle
Denton, Texas 76209
Rick Salazar
9920 FM 428
Aubrey, Texas 76227
Acknowledgement of this letter would be appreciated. A fifteen (15) school day
timeline for this proposal to become an agenda item will help the process advance
in a timely fashion.
Submitted by a Combined Committee ofLULAC and HEED:
John Cabrales, Emma Guzman, Esq., Martha Guerra, Jean Hinojosa, Gilbert
Martinez, Mary Alice Moreno, Rudy Moreno, Dr. Rudy Rodriguez, Rick Salazar
and D. Jorge Urbina, Esq.
All for One -One for All
I I i:-pa11ics fo r Ed11 cation, Equity, and Di,·ersity, H"o1king for and 1111.h d1e communit.;:
P.O. Box 98 1 Denton, T exas 76202
December 11, 2001
Board of Trustees
Denton Independent School District
1307 N. Locust
Denton, Texas 76201
Dear Members of the Board:
I have been informed that tonight the School Board is considering an agenda item to
create a Hispanic/Latino Task Force to help the Denton Independent School District
address various issues related to the Hispanic/Latino population in Denton.
The Hispanic Friends of the University of North Texas Organization strongly supports
the creation of this task force. Having in place an organism to serve as an advisory
council or committee on Hispanic/Latino issues that reports directly to the Denton ISO
School Board is not just a "good idea." It is a need, given the current and projected
demographic changes in Denton, the State of Texas and the nation.
We join the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce and other organizations and leaders in supporting the creation of this
Hispanic/Latino Task Force. We are looking forward to working with the School Board
and Denton ISD faculty, staff and administration to assure Hispanic/Latino student
success.
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Gloria B. Bahamon
Hispanic Friends ofUNT
P.O. Box 310937
Denton, Texas 76203-0937
CC: Dr. Ray Braswell, Superintendent
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Board of Trustees
Denton Independent School District
1307 N. Locust
Denton, Texas 76201
Dear Members of the Board:
Hispanic Friends
of 1hr Unlvtr>IIY of North Tfn•~
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I have been informed that tonight the School Board is considering an agenda item to
create a Hispanic/Latino Task Force to help the Denton Independent School District
address various issues related to the Hispanic/Latino population in Denton.
The Hispanic Friends of the University of North Texas Organization strongly supports
the creation of this task force. Having in place an organism to serve as an advisory
council or committee on Hispanic/Latino issues that reports directly to the Denton ISD
School Board is not just a "good idea." It is a need, given the current and projected
demographic changes in Denton, the State of Texas and the nation.
We join the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce and other organizations and leaders in supporting the creation of this
Hispanic/Latino Task Force. We are looking forward to working with the School Board
and Denton ISD faculty, staff and administration to assure Hispanic/Latino student
success.
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GloriaB.~ ~
Hispanic Friends of UNT
P.O. Box 310937
Denton, Texas 76203-0937
CC: Dr. Ray Braswell, Superintendent
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Nomination for Council of
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DENTON LULAC COUNC IL #4366
April 11, 2002
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LULAC District III Nominating Committee
P.O. Box 86112S
Plano, Texas 7S086-112S
Dear Sirs fsr. Madams:
Please accept my nomination for Denton LULAC Council #4366 as Council of the
year. Activities for 2001-02 include the foUowing:
• This council awarded $17,000 to nineteen Denton are; high school students in
2001 and will award a somewhat srnaUer amount in 2002. This effort
continues a history of awarding scholarships at an annual banquet or reception
each year since its charter in 1980.
• Several members of this council have made presentations and voiced concerns
about Denton Independent School District hiring practices and administrative
practices both formaUy and informally to DISD trustees and administrators.
Denton lUlAC has called for a Hispanic Advisory Task Force to the DISD
with power to make recommendations directly to the Board of Trustees. Some
members of the school board have been very responsive to the council's
concerns. A series of meetings have been held throughout the year ,vith the
school board president and Superintendent. Members of lUlAC also held a
series o[ meetings with Hispanic parents, primarily at Tomas Rivera
Elementary School. As of the date of this letter, discussions continue \vith
school board officials.
• Several members of the council traveled to San icolas De Los Garza, Mexico
in late January and joined the Denton delegation for a sister cities dedication
ceremony. While in San icolas a framed print of the historical Denton
County Court House was presented to the mayor of San Nicolas by Denton
LULAC Council #4366. Complimentary LULAC pins were also given to the
San 1icolas Mayor and his staff. Other members of the council helped Lo
welcome the executive board ofTACHE LO Denton during the same weekend.
• LULAC and 'AACP made a joint presentation or a city-redistricting proposal
to the Denton city council. The council accepted the proposed redistricting
with only minor modifications.
• LULAC made a presentation of a county-redistricting proposal to the Demon
County Commissioners Court. This plan was adopted and supported by the
local 1AACP council. Although the proposal was not accepted a council
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member who headed the presentation was subsequently appointed to the new
Denton County Transportation Authority by a county commissioner.
• LUI.AC, NAACP, and a neighborhood association held a city and school board
candidates' forum in the spring of 2001. A similar forum is scheduled just prior
to the local elections t his year on May 4th.
• LUI.AC hosted a luncheon and evening reception for visiting State Director
Margaret Moran.
• On November 30, 2001 the University of North Texas Division of Equity &'.
Diversity presented an award to LUI.AC for its continued support.
• Several members of t he council held a voter registration drive al local churches
and stores in March 2002.
• The council adopted "El Sitio" Day Labor Park and has held quarterly cleanup
efforts at t he site including Make-a-Difference Day and the Great American
Clean-up. Several members of the local council were instrumental in funding
and building the site in 1998.
• LUI.AC and the Denton Hispanic Chamber of Commerce had a joint
information booth at Cinco de Mayo activities in 2001.
• LUT...AC and the DHCC had a joint food booth at the Fuego y Alma fes tivities
in October 2001
• LUI.AC and the DHCC had a joint scholarship fundraiser that consisted of a
"tamalada" and tamale dinner for the community.
• The council held a retreat that formally restructured its standing committees
and related missions for each committee.
• LUI.AC members participated in a health fair along with members of NAACP
and Texas Woman's University.
• LUI.AC members made a Hispanic Heritage Day presenLation to students at
Lake Dallas Schools.
• LUT...AC and DHCC held a JOmt Christmas party LhaL was attended by
approximately 75 members of both organizaLions and the communiLy. This
point is simply to demonstrate that the council has FU I in conjunction with
its work. The fun part is a requirement implemented by our current council
President.
• Many members of th.is council are also very involved in other vo lunteer
community activities. Other communiL-y groups to which council members
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belong include Habitat for Humanity, Meals on Wheels, CASA, Interfaith
Ministries Board, NAACP, RSVP, SPAN, DISD Campus Leadership Teams,
Elementary & High School mentors, and other City, County, and School
District committees, boards, and Comm.issions. In fact, active council
members include our Denton Mayor, Mayor Pro-tern, immediate past Mayor,
and a Catholic Deacon. Membership is varied and consists of business leaders,
educators, attorneys, retirees, as well as a bunch of GREAT people.
Sincerely,
Rudy Moreno
Charter Member Council 4366
Attachments:
Letter from Rick Salazar to Board of Trustees of DISD 6/13/01
Denton Record Chronicle 7/W01 "Rivera choice sparks outcry"
DRC 7/20/01 "The rocky road to ethnic diversity"
DRC 7/29/01 "Habla Espanol? DISD wants yo u"
DRC 7/04/01 "Committee slates more work on precinct lines"
DRC 8/8/01 "Panel Oks preliminary boundaries"
Letter from City attorneys re Plans 1,2,3 and maps
Letter to Mayor (8/7/01) endorsing Plan Five
DRC 8/8/01 "Council will tweak Plan Five"
Letter to Directora de la Escuela Tomas Rivera from Lourdes Santiago, Representante de
Padres de Familia
DRC 8/22/01 "One down, one to go"
DRC 8/22/01 "Commissioners approve new precincts"
E-mail from Rick Salazar re Bilingual/ESL Programs at DISD 8/31/01
E-mai.l from Rick Salazar re Update Tomas Rivera 8/31/01
E-mail from Rick Salazar re Rivera's Parents
E-mail from Richard Godoy from New York 10/5/01
Letter to President o( Board o(Trustees re Hispanic Task Force
E-mail from Rick Salazar re DI SD Board work session 11/18/0J
E-mail from Virginia Gallian, Of SD Board member 12/12/01 re results of meet ing
Correspondence re structure of CounciJ -1-366 Committees
Photos (2) Scholarship Reception 2001
Photos ( 4) LU LAC/DH CC Christmas Party 12/15/01
Photo LU LAC members presenting gift and pins to Mayor of San Nicolas & his staff
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Photo LULAC members and Lake Dallas school students at Hispanic Heritage Day
Photo Reception for visiting LULAC State Director Margaret Moran November 2001
Photo Fuego Y Alma Food Booth and LULAC members
Photos (3) "tamalada" fund raiser
E-mail to Michelle Cunningham re Sister Cities Delegation to San Nicolas De Los Garza
E-mail from Virginia Gallian re Board A~nda 2/5/02
Letter from DISD Board of Trustees 2/20/02 re our effort to assist with education of
Hispanic students
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ns .luly 11. 2CHII llcnton, Texas :-.:cwsst.111d 2:'i L'Cllts "''"' dL·1110111L' v11111
ilarfes flat
)~_I~l. •• ~till weiglring
td.gef ~~ne11d1nent
~ .. 1 ,. cnn\Oll:!-~H>rwr~ rnntmunf ~ftHi~►nn TUt.'~da_v of a prn-
hani:c in th<· counl\'0!--bud.
,•nrlnwnt policy lh:tt cuultl
thl' encl tu lht· nwnth-l1111J.!
tl1sputc-bl'Lwt•rn the Denton
l'nmmif=~ioner!; Court and
nflj '"nartmrnt.
...... h\ A·hid1 woult.J allnw
llrx1hilitv in Lli1• ww of t-nlnry
funds, co~ld be voted into policy hy
commissioners next week -along
w,th the proposed budget nmend-
nll'nt that nllows the sheriff to use
s:olary funds to cover n bud~et
shortfall.
The nri1,'iMI dispute bcgnn when
Denton County Sheriff Weldon Lu-
ens nskt·d for $17,000 from unsricnt
Sec SI IERIFF/6A
a jamming man
DDn"OIII' UOOIID-Cllllotna.a/AL. UT
Wee these cows on FM2164, people and animals have been seeking ref-
uge from lhe heat.
Rivera choice
sparl~s outcry
Some believe new
assistant principal
should be bilingual
By Amy Ritter S1aff Wrltrr
The Denlon School 13onrd np-
provcd the appoinlm~nl of n
non•llispnnic npplicnnl ns n~·
sislnnt pnncipnl nt Tomas Ri-
vera Elementary School Tues-
dny over the ohjeclion• of
lliNpnnic community rcprc~cn:
"tntivc~.
The Denton Independent
Schon! D1slroct Uonrcl of Trusl-
ct-s unnnimou~ly npprovr-<I thf'
~l'll·c·liun of Pnigr G1•orgc, n
teacher for ~even ycnrfl, to the
post
Four community 111cmlwr!'4
spok1• nguinsl tlw propo~ccJ up•
pninlmcnl nnd lwu ~elect ion
ru111111itfrc mcmh1•r!'4 dcfcnclc•d
lht•1r l'IHucc• d11rm..:-n puhllc
lwuriu1:
"\~'1• nrl' 1wrplt•x1·cl on 1111•
l"l'/1.SOllillj.! for I Ill' ~t•IC'CI ion of u
■ PANEL reps chosen /2A ■ RAISES In budget /SA
less qualified, non-bilingual
cnndidate," said John Cabrales
Jr., prcsidenl of the local coun-
cil of lhe League of United Lal-
m American Citizens.
Mr. Cabrales said eevernl
Hispanic and bilingual candi-
dates were more qualified than, 1. , .
lhc condid&te aelected. • ~ ·: .. T._
Commillce member Lucy
Stein defended their selection.
"We can't base our (decision)
on being bilingual or not, on
being Hispnnic or nol ... We
fell like there was only one
choice
"We mode the best decision
... from the pool of candidates." •
Ms. Slein snid.
~Is. George did nnt respond
ln lhe objections during the
lwnrin1:. nor did Ahe nddrcss
tlwm din~rt Iv in nn interview
nn1•r sh" wn; npprovcd.
St•,• IJIS0/5.A
Jury l1ears state1nents
in kid11appi11g case
Dy Donna Fielder
S111l(\\11th•r
Uluncl -the victim's nnd
till' clc•ft•ndnnt's -incxornblv
th~s nnmirn llucknby to th0
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l,.,lnnnnin,, nnd dcuth of Mn•
Because nf jurisdictional
problems caused by Lhe abduc-
tion, the shooting ond the loca-
tion of the body being in three
d11Tercnl counties, all the de-
fendan~s were chnrgcd w~lh ng•
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most arms
ooperatc in the SUl'J'CY and·
,thcrs, such as China. ~re. not
,skcd, Krause said.
The study aaid ii.II global fig-
ire of 550.910.000 firearms •
<as a "eon.servative_estimate."
"A ~,;,;-;.{~ensive total. in-
luding those missing catego•
,es. would be greater by tens .
, hundred• of millions more ...
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·From/1A _"Thia is another lost opportlj· .
"My goal i• to do the beat for nity to (reach out to) a dioen-
Rivera," Ms. George said. That, franchised community," Mr.
she said, includes ·au studenta, Cnbraleo said.
including Hispanic studenta. "It was a very poor decision,"
"We are there to listen ... We said. Rudy Rodriguez, who.
are there to provide the best s~ke in op~siti~1'1 to the ~m-
education for their otudenta" m1ttee •election. 'The dec1s1on.
she said. ' ••• is clearly divisive and an insult
Ms. Stein oaid the committee to the Hispa.nic comff!unity.•
chose the candidate they did .. Mr •. Rodnguez said he has
based on knowledge of the hved 1n Denton for 26 years,
school, total years of experi-eerve~ on many .boards a~d
ence, leadership skills, organi-commrtteee, and hie three chil-
zational skills, being 8 strong dren have graduated from Den-
. disciplinarian, and being well-ton schoole.
liked by Rivera staff. ''The messoge coming across
Of six applicants, she said, is: Hiepanica need not apply,"
four were bilingual and three Mr. Rodriguez said.
were Hispanic. Ms. George is· "I don•t feel that•s ttie mes-
0 no~~.e~~~;;~a!a~~r J;i~t;;~. 90ge we're sending," a aid. Su-
ish-•pe·aking parents at Rivera perintendent Ray Braswell. "I. feel isolated. feel we're striving to meet the
. Spanish·sponking parent• needs of students the best we-
met with school Administrators co.n."
in Moy to express their feeling Dr. Braswell eaid he recom-
of isolation. Mr. Cabrales said. mended approval of Ms. Bolte's
Rivero principal Susan Bolte selection of Ms. George for the
declined to comment on the post without scrutinizing the
meeting or on Ms. George's ee-applicant's qualifications be-
lection, referring all questions cause staff hiring is delegated
to a public information coordi-to the principals of each cam•
nator who was out of town. pus. •
Raises for teachers
included in budget
Staff report
Denton School Superinten-
dent Ray Braswell presented
salary projections to the school
board Tuesday night that will
raise teacher salaries a mini•
mum of 4 percent.
Emphasis wns placed on rais-
ing salaries for teacher with
seven to 22 years experience. to
make the district more compet-
itive with surrounding dis-
. tricLc1. .
"We•ve closed the gnp," Dr.
Braswell said. Although DISD
pny is better than smaller dis-
tricts. he said. it is still not
competitive with larger dis-
tricts. "We're still emnller and be-
hind our bigger districts," he
said. Starting salories for teachere
will also be increased from
$32,000 to $34.500.
Increasing mid-range-sala-
ries will help recruit experi-
enced teachers. board presi-
dent Ric!< Woolfolk said.
"I think we've mode wonder-
ful strides in this budget," he
said.
With the proposed salories.
.the 2001-2002 budget will still
have a $375,000 shortfall, Dr.
Braswell said. The budget is
being built on an expected in-
crease in property tax valuee of
16 percent.
The next meeting of the
. board will be held July 31, a
week later than it would regu•
lorly be scheduled. so that final
appraisal numbers will be
available, Dr. Braswell said.
Budget director Debbie
Monschke said values will be
certified by July 25. The DISD
budget must be approved by
August 31.
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"I ~upport, by law, the right,:
of that principal to make that 1
selection," Dr. Braswell eaid ..
He said the board action dlft
not diacount the concern,
raised by the citizens.
"They•ve got some real coo-0
cerns," he aaid. :•1 don't dis-
count their feelings at all."
The DISD doe■ not intend to
make Hiepanica feel unwel-
come, Dr. Braswel~aald. ..,
"We are striving to do the
best we can to meet the needs
of nil atudonts," he ■aid. "Are
we aa good as we can be? No .
We need to improve. We need
to continue to get better."
Ms. George has taught math
and acienca at Rivera for seven
yean. She hol4• a•BA in ele-
mentary education from the
Univereity of North Texaa and '
ie working on a meeter's degree
in educational administration
from Texas Woman•a Univeni-
ty. I
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-Th~ rocky road
to ethnic diversity
·· 1·· t •is no secret to anyone thul our public
rnslilulions have yet to mirror the
diversity of our population al large.
•' 'The bad old days of dejure
discrimination and overt racism are over,
' but·the consequences of those years
remain, and people of good will on both
sides of the issue remain frustrated at the
slow pace of progress.
This frustration manifested itself July 10
at a m,eeting of the Denton school board,
. when some members of the district's
Hispanic community objected to the
selection of a white,monolingual educator
as assistant principal at Tomas Rivera
Elementary School. Representatives of the
\~al chapter of the League of United Latin
American Citizens were troubled by the
selection of Rivera's principal, who
accepted the recommendation of a qualified
search committee.
While we can appreciate -end even
praise -the sincerity of LULAC's
'-<:oncerns; wt cannot fault the search
committee's decision or the methodology by
which they reached it. Just ns we assume
, the sincerity and honesty of those who
disagree with the final decision, we must
assume the sincerity and honesty of those
who mode that decision.
School district officials and trustees ore
• on record ncknowledgini,tlrnt they Rtill face
challenges in mo king the upr.cr echelons of
its administration look more like the
population at large, nnrl that they nre
• committed to mc,•ling lhom.
We will take them at their word, nnd nt
the same time commend LULAC nnd
like-minded orgnniwtionR nnd individ,~ls
for their concnn nnd vigilnncc.
ThiR iR n bumpy rood wt• nrc trnvcling ns
we move townrd cqunlily. There nrc going
lo be boncst disagreements over methods
nnd results. nut ns Ion,: ns the good
intentions of nil concerned nre nssumcd
and ncknowleclgcd, the rond will be Jess
tortuous, Jess filled with peril.
July 20
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Sherrod's words of wisdom ~]fm~:~·
H ot weather edition, 2 cents worth. Fairy tale: Once upon a time, there wu a Instead of pa~ Keep in a cool, dry, forgottten place: reporter who wasn't described as a Bibles, sports
If the authorities are going to use . uprize-winningjoumalist." missionaries· polygraphs on Capitol bigwigs, it may be . Dang_it, I must have missed history class distribute spc
time to buy stock in fuse manufacturers. the day they explained why George Custer These are, in
As the national media delight in is considered a hero. . to persuade C
stressing the number The woman who used to worry about dictators, to E
of murderers executed what to wear bas a daughter who worrit!B economic wa,
in Texas, it is only • about whet to leave off. 12 years ago;
fair to list the number All things being equal, I vote for the • applauded th
of their victims, too. person with the fewest tattoos. protesters in
A sense of humor is I feel sorry for anyone who never ate of the death I
the thickest armor dewberries out of a patch. or that they I
ever invented. Don't ,you dare mention Garth Brooks Manti-crime"
The check is and Merle Haggard in the same breath. 1,781 execut:
mightier than the Poetry that doesn't rhyme ain't. Amnesty/Int diploma, especially in Think about it this way: Ifit weren't for China will
the·Nntional floods, where would the poor mosquitoes principles of
Basketbnll Blackie breed? include "Enc
Association. Compliments heal all wounds. a peaceful sc
A woman doesn't Sherrod Blindfold a politician and line him up preservation
make a fool out of a against a stone wall, end you can always the staunch,
man without his find another politician to pull the trigger. can say that
assistance. The lest generation's mo,iaI enemy is standard. Excuse me, -you say Drew Carey is today's honorable'ally. Some beli•
funny? • . Bill O'Reilly end Chris Matthews both Beijing will You already are ahead of the age game; would be out of the TV interview business the better. 1
you never thought you would live (ong . if their bosses made them read a book on / administrat enough to see people oppose a cut 1n their manners. Zbigniew Br
truces. • , Pro tennis players look a lot better on the New York T
The immortal hero of the energy crisis is court then off. On the other hand, Olympic Today founc'
the chop who figures out how to harness swimmers look better out of the water than July 6 colun
the ocean. in. right to boy,
Oh, if we could only hang onto money t he You'll never go to another class reunion 1980 to prot
way Henry Kissinger has clung to his when you discover you have ga_ined more Afghanister
accent. weight then anyone else. • Brzezinski,
Grandpa may sound bitter, but Build a castle in the air, end the and the Int,
remember he grew up in dnys when government will find a way to tax it. different id,
trnvelers had lo put on their pants in nn Whether he is a scoundrel or a statesman troops ,:,ho
upper berth. depends on whether you agree with him. demonstrnt Generals enjoy ·war a lot more than TV or the It
corporals. Your son may not have many convictions, 1, The Wasl
Mnybc we should nnme it the Taxpayers but he is n firm believer thnt hard labor is editorielizl'•
Stadium, after the folks who put up a lot of a ainful way to get rid of energy. prepared to
the money. "d I k th while demn Jelle question; Are IRS employees ever Television has its just s1 e: t too e as an Olyn1 series West Wing to prove Rob Lowe isn't audited?. • th tt r O1_eniznti1 I d d h I , Just ano er pre y ,ace. d A iving wnge epen s on w el ,er you re A buried hatchet is easily unearthed. • anger getlini: it -or your neighhor. Western th
If you nclunlly believe we hnvr n lot of You don't hnvo to be en athlete lo live by enough peo
Recrets from Chinn, better refrnin fmm 8 scoreboard. the benefit,
buying oceanfront property in New Mexico. enterprise 1
If yoo still think the pen is miJ;hlier than We are n people who profit by others'. even overt I
the sword,jual try to hold up a 7-Elevcn mistakes. If the British troops hadq't worn so convince
with.a book. red coats end lined up shoulder to to all other
The avocado is underrated. ahoulder, we might ell still be eating tee expose peoJ
Blessed ~re they who listen attentively. nnd crumpets. will embre,
You can't win. AB soon as you conquer ■ DLACKJESHEAAOD 1. aca1umn181 ro,The-Oallu Former I one tcmplntion, here colnes nnother. Mon\••« N.-. Thatcher"
Letter to the editor
Insulted
-'--••n ¥nn,l th<' Denton
the inside Jane was eliminated because of
speeding drivers like Mrs. Fielder.
'l'hP downtown shops end restaur~nts are
in the Wes1
transpose r
share it. Tl
world shou
'prisons anr
believe the
natinnA TUI
lf· district
rd)
tt are in
s Li' ·er.
district was previouely')entirely .
within Tarrant County, but the
redistricting removed numer-
ouJ Tnn-ant County communi-
ties, mostly in the southern
half. He also lost portions of
North Richland Hille, Grape-
vit, e, • Southloke and
Colleyville.
· Mound • District 9 previously included
southern Denton County nnd
parts of Tarrant, Dallas and
in ~o." Ellis counties. Mrs. Nelson was
of Denton first elected in 1992.
s from•,the . Her • district lost -its Ellis
nt all the-County portion. It picked up a
, boundary slice of the western Dallas
, , has been County border . She also goined
Mike Mon• voters in Torrent County in Ar-
ict 12. Sen. lington ond Grand Prairie.
DENTON COUNTY REDRAWN STATEHOUSE ·; ..
DISTRICTS FOR 2002 ELECTIONS
,ci-at .from The, newly drawn district ;.l. '; ,~
·Id hjs,seat • "• ff Sec NELSON/16A 50ll!Cl:-o, . ....._._..,..,,_pc1,_,_, .(,r.. -·-~,op : ,. ~•·· . iji
lARMED Age~cy :;' t i
·:;••I 1 struggling< l
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to recover. Jt·l ,
MH MR optimistic bread, Denton County MHMR'• ' • ~, •
chief executive officer, "and we j' • . • : }
about-improving its J:>aaically have acijuated to the_ , •. .,; .',
THE DAU.Al NOIUm'fG 1"EW9
,lay in 1/rc Sou1fru,cs1cm Dell Texas High
,ool Coo.cites Association All·Slar Daskct·
I Grune Monday in Fort Worth.
game
"A.nyonc who· hn• sel!n
·them nll play wouldn't be
.. •. , !Urprised by thnt at all," said
'1iamm.-who h'as conched at
I
,d Ry~n\ .
Jrstrict"f,.?-2A
Krum for 19 years, collecting
more than ·r,oo wins. "They
all deserved ·to have thnt hon•
or li,,stnwed on them."
!SS al Ang!'li: 'Rhett now plans on usin,:
;ro~~ c_ounlry : 'that honor ns n dccision•mnk-• '\, • in,: tool. • •
. ~ Even ofter averaging clo•e
ct, .. :Denton to 17 point!!, eight rebounds,
• Al~-Arcn lhren Rlenl• nnd two hlnck•
,Lion of 13iis-• per game lnRI year, lthell ia
nll-teglon .. unsure-whether he wants to
ho t~ct;:~il ,
111)~ iH w ull
,11,,thnll lnl-
lo~r· ·•• the
ny nol
th\. o of
IC TIISCA
follow in" hi• hrolhrrs' foot-
Al(t1,11 nnO 1 nke hi A ,:nmo to
LIii' c-ollt•J~f" IPvt•I.
. Hlwtl., who I lnrnrn •nirl (Miff·
acs9C8 both on cxccptionol in-
side nnd a great outside
Sec t\Ll.rITTAR/18A
1g ~ Houston
fi • l • • point where we· believe that • .' {: inane ta situation this year is toing to end up fa-\ •.. ·: ..i,:~J
By Tom Reedy vorable; so there has been sig-:~ . .:.:N ;f
StlllT Wnter nificant progress.• . ; ' 1}
The Denton County Mental County Judge Scott Armey • N
Health and Mental Retards-said he believes the agency is '
tion agency is battling back getting back on the right track..
from severe finoncial diflicul-"I think the fact that they've
ties after an independent audit been able to get their houae in
late last year expreaaed doubt order and recover from their
about it.s ability to stay open. budget problems speaks well of
Local officials say the agency their slA!wardship of the public·
is doing better now and should resources they're entrusted
be in the black sometime this with and helps to ensure that
year. Stat,, monitors agree, but these vital social services will
with some reservations. remain available," he said.
"The center has mnde really The GreenviUe accounting
tremendous strides in reorga-firm of Scott, Singleton, Finch-I
nizin,: within the economy for
humon services," snid Bill Ory-SceMHMR/4A
Habla Esp.an·oI?
DISD ·wants you·
BJAmJRJlter
StnffWr1l~r
Oilin,:ual teachers wonted .
Will train .
Th~ Denton Independent
School Di•Lricl is expanding its
hilingun(/F,nglieh nR n Second
LnnJIUAl:C progrnm from four to
ci,:ht .elementary cn'mpueee
lhi• foll nnd Rtill need• three
mnrr lrnrhrr• b<ofnro tho 70 JlO·
HilionH nrr fillf'cl,
Acluln Nunez, rlirectur of hi•
lingual/ESL nnrl migrant pro-
·grame for OISD, Raid that bi•
lin,:unl teacher• nre •o •carce
thot the diRtrict hrut hired pco-
pie for the position based on
their 11bility to 1pe11k Sp11ni1h,
allowing them to earn their
leaching certification while
they 11re employed u IA!achera.
It ia a challenge for 11dmini8-
trntore to "fill in tho gaps" H
the bilingual IA!achera learn to
U,&ch, Ms. Nunez ■aid, "but we
do the beet we can."
The current crop of bilingual
tcnchrn1-in-tr11inln,i, 20 in 1111,
inclurlo• prof0Hion11l1 with do-
greoa in 11ccountlng, biolo,iy •·
ond journalism who have de-·
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· ~/1A · • . untiJ·the •tudenta can function •
,cij!M they want to teach. :: In main,tream.daasea: • •
;"In time, they become mas• • At 'each or the 'hleh 'IChool■,.
tor teachen,," MIi. Nunez said, new immigr1111u:are nparated •
. "But it takea time, and II lot of from the regular ESL tla-,. , effort.• There are two ESL' teachers
•Ma. Nunez said DISD had on •~ch campu'a,
6Q-bilil1guaVESL teachers last , . It 11_ • ch9:1lenge, but_ l;he re-
yelr and has hired 17 new ward 11 1ee1ng an lmm1gra11t
t<achen, to fill 20 openings. atude~t 118!" the 1:AAS for the
•"And I don't have any fin,t ~•• in English, Ma. Nu-
(more) candidates," ahe said ne;;.91:· h t •t• all bo t • Monday. . a.• ~,a 1.a a u,
•If . the positions are not ahe aa1d. • Helping them be
filled, '1:hey will have to resort auccea•ful.
to ·Tong•term 1ubatib.Jtea. '.■-'-AMY--RJTTE~~R-c-an--bc-..,-.c-h_cd_••-1-••-01
l 111 hope it doesn't come to ~m~I addrep I■ arlt•
•·•·fi . .-.. _ that," ahe aaid. "(But) we need
' ,. •.a.body in there.•
: ~ ;Enrollment in the bilin-
_1.: goaVESL program haa in-
crea.aedofrom 416 in 1991-1992
td 1,662 in 2000-2001.
t I
Ma. Nunez said that with
the addition of an -estimated
250 atudenta to DISD this fall,
the bilingual/ESL memben,hip
total could reach 2,000.
•Last year, claoaea were
available at Borman, Rivera,
R11yzor and Lee elementary
achoolo. Thia fall, the program
expando to Evers Park, Ryan,
Wilson and Hodge elementary
~la.·
·This will eliminate long bua
rides for many of the atudenta
who need the service&, Mo.
~ez said.
•"We're really pleased with
the expansion," she said. "It's
wbat needed to happen."
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;Ma. Nunez said salaries and
stipend• for bilingual/ESL
teachers are not competitive
with area school district&. 19.99 .,
;According to budget figures
presented to the DISD board
by Superintendent Ray Bra-
swell on July 10, starting sala-
The current crop of
bUingual
teachers-in-training,
.20 in all. includes
professionals with
'd egrees in
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and jownalism who
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:Ms. Nunez snid severnl of
the current opening• arc due
lo-bilin,:-unl tenchcr• !coving
D1SD for mor1 Jucrntivc po•i•
lions in the McKinney Inde-
pendent School Diotrict.
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rtmenta --•-•••-----H • J any of the other precinct,,. ty police • By Cliff Deaprea .. ho ld. :..11 . he eyes proposa s. . CITIZI
0 work!! ~.,.· • Stdl"Wr11cr •. • • • • ·"' • Wes u <.4LOW t _ The 20QO . census, . which Precinct 2 hes lOO,lAO resi-
nt -• • ---·-.-.-• • .~ top part of the__county counted 432,976 people m Den, -=,dentL8Jid._&ecinctc..'6iJLth,~--1-'_:...c.."""""-''-Tt-
~'<~._:7,'"'" --Prcbm1Mry-plans-to-n,drnw-• ton County, 1s dnvmg the re-smallest at 95,351. •tudeo,ts •• ·;: county commissioner lines to have one shaping of county commission-
rk.1i~_M• . were approved by t_he_20_01 commissione r to er precincts. The redistricting committee.
Jn 7a~, ·, -Deaton-County Red1str1cttng . k . The law mandates an equita-ha~ 13 mertibers. Each commis'.-
Cowiinittee Tuesday, effectively represent. Lt, eepmg hie proportion of the population sioner appoints two mempeni,.
:h topics• splitting the city of Denton ·be-the communities of for each commissioner precinc~ and the fuJ! commissi~ ap-•
im·esti-·.: ~een two precincts. the city together." with en allowed variance qf o "points one member each from
'· traffic • ,·.. T),e plan would· delegate. percent over or under, and the the Asian, Hispanic and Afri-
,;ties. parts of Denton to commi~sion-smnlle!rt precinct cannot ·be can-American communities.
for .at-
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er's precincts 1 (in the south-Rick Sillazar more than 10 percent. smaller The county chairmen of the
west) and 4 (in the north). . ____________ than the largest. . , Democ!!'atic and Republrcan
. •:with 43 cities in Denton • • Ideally, each county preciJ!ct parties also are members.
(County), you can't come up . So, Mr. Williams movea to would contain 108,276 resi-Commissioners will discuss
with the perfect plan, you al-send both the preliminary and dents. Currently only·one pre-'the committee's recommenda-
ways have to split some cities," LULAC plans to the Denton cinct, Precinct 1, is close to. tion.nert Tuesday ..
said • Denton CoUJity Judge County Commiss\oner's Court what it needs to be, at 107;703
Scott Armey, who proposed the for approval: residents. Precinct 3, at :.</i~1~~1'?ls"~,.~~m\':1 •= ~
plan at a previous committee But his plan met with opposi-129,90!l, has grown far beyond Cclcopra,edcnt.onn:.com. ~ ,
meeting. tion from committee members 'I
Committee member Carl Wil-and commissioners.
Iiams, also t]Je president of the "!'ve said before that we'll BC· ,--u--,-... --B---E--.--,,-,-£-----. --. -. ----_-
Denton NAACP, snid the plan cept whntcvcr proposnl thot'A ~ ..
• dilutes the African-American recommended, but if we get . SA~ I" G $ !" ~ a L~ vote in the city of Denton. two plans, which one do we ... S-
According to figures based on pick?" said Jim Carter, the
the 2000 Census, the city's commissioner for Precinct 1.
split would decrease the popu-Though Mr. Williams said
lation of Hispanic and African this would be the li"rst redis-
American voters in Precinct 4 tricting committee he's ever
and increase it only slightly in been on that only put forth one
Precinct 1. proposal, his motion was reject,.
Thus, several minority orga-ed by the committee in a 10-3
nizations and the Denton City vote.
Council supported an alterna-After the LULAC plan was
tjve plan. scrapped, Denton County Re-
A plan from· the Lengue of publican Party Chairman Rich-
United Latin American Citi-ard Hayes proposed two
zens, which would have pushed amendments to the prelimi-
the city of Denton out of Pre-nary plans. He said voting pre-
cinct 1 and into Precinct 4, was .cinct 127 -Krum and the sur-
the first alternative discussed. rounding ·areas -should not
The Denton City Council had be moved lo commissioner's
already voiced support for the precinct 4, and voting precinct
LULAC plan, recommending it 109 -The Colony -should
by n 7-0 vote July 31. nut be split up.
Rick Salazar. who presented The committee rejected Mr.
t he LULAC plan to the com-
mittee, said putting Denton in
the north precinct would keep
"like comro,unities" together.
"We sltould allow the top
part of t~e ·county to have one
commisthoner to represent it,.
keeping the _com°'unities of the
city togcUter," he said.
The LULAC plan would have
l ,,put more of the African-Amen-
' can and Hispanic populations
• . Ji Precinct 1. For example, the
~ Hispanic population.would rise
from 13,379 to 16,519 under
the plan.
But the plan would also de-
crease. those two minority pop-
u lnt,iq!'s in Precinct 4. No11e-
• lhelcss, Mr. Williams snid.
kcc~in,:: Donl.o~n in one precinct
allows more clout for minority
voting. .
"IL pijts the majority of Afri-
cart:A:mericans in one precinct,
t.o have more impact bn votes,"
he said. 'f
He also said that the LULAC
plan would keep more people of
like economic interests togeth-
er, something Judge Armey
had previously said precinct
lines were drawn to do.
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compellio
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Blaclt Hilltory.•
Last year, he W1
SabotapinBlack America,. arguing
a culture or black
intellectualiam im
academic euellen
resultina 61,m an
1U ol Tietimizatior
sepvatiam. The p
of academic excell
-u "aetuii wl and BIi such amou
racial betrayal.
Edit~rial New leadership· m~y be. '~~e~ed
· · {) • -· I I mrry ho Li mo for new leaden hip on the • tlque by now-retired Prof'euor Amado Cabesu
In hia City Jou
article, McWhorl(
that, while it wou
Colly not t-0 teacl1
tory of the h\j111li
1laver1, ;)1m cm ...
tlon, •a hlatory of
' d ' llrrit,•rl Hlrrl.c• Commi•■lon on Clvll Rl,ihlil.' of the Unlvenlty o(C11Ufomla at Berkeley, work
· ! . n e . 0 Wll' Mnry Frnncee Berry, wba bn■ been cbolr-that wu apparenUy uncompe11.1at.d by the
woman or the bipartisan federal inveetiga• commission. Cabeua now 118)'11 be doesn't •
'~-· ·-.. Qn·e to go live agency since 1993, aeems to have let power remember whether be WBII paid. . go to her bead. Neither Berry, the commiaaion'a staff director,
Berry is currently try• Les Jin, nor .Edward Hailee, ita general co1JJUM1), •
McWhorter an•
meana. 'Don't get
and, 'Today's Ne•
can't \le distingui
Connor'; and our
aenae or disinclw
remain8 u abari
inner peace wbe1
society u their e
, · rr,· ing to bury a det.a.iled returned my phone calla. A public relatione firm • • • b!' Denton Independent School District nnd thorough di88CDt to , that baa been paid more than $130,000 by the
: ,jw.s met one challenge nnd taken on the commission'e •eport commimon to repreaent Berry did return the
-· • another. . . on the voting experience call, but couldn't 808Wer any or my queetiona. I
. -With.thr lirsl dny or clnsses brl'nthing down its for minorllies in Florida alao received a wed copy of a memorandum
nee.II., ·tfie distrlct announced Inst week thnt it during the Inst presiden-from Hailes' office, aaying in effect that just
had met its goal of hiring 25 Sparush-speaking tin! election. She is so because Berry may have violated the no-com•
teal:beni for the 2001-2002 school y~nr. intent on having the pub-pensation law in the put doesn't mean future
--These bilingual teachers allowed the district lie believe that Floridn'a • violatione should be t-Olerated.The diB11entera
to expand its bilinguoVEnglish os a sl'Cond Inn-election "disenfrnn-b make a convincing cue that the legal reetric-
guage program from four to eight elementary chised" minorities that Ro yn tion wu never intended to apply to the work or
-schools this semester, bringing the total number she" haa refused to attach Blumner individual commleeionera but.only t-0 the com-.
•• oC bilingvaVESL teachers in the district to 70, an the dissent by commie---;:;;::;;::;;::;;::;;::;--miasion itaeU: Otberwiae, bow could commie•
all-time high. ~ioneni Abigail aioners act BIi a checlr. on the work of the eta.ff
••. ·niat wns the challenge met, and it was a big Themstrom nnp'Russell • • • and expert& enlisted by the chairperson?
one. In the 1991-92 school year, there were 416 Redenbaugh-t6 the report itaeU: Instead, she "When the Commiaaion'a repo.rt is on an old
students in the program; lost year there were dumps it idto the appendix, along with dozene and well-wom topic like bU8ing or minority eet-
1,662. ~ool officinls say there could be as many of other document&. aaidee, commiaaionen in disagreement with the
. as"'2.~ students in t~e program this year. Themstrom and Redenbaugh, the only two majority report can tum t-0 ensting echolarly To provide teachers for this growing segment Republican-appointed memben of the commie-literature." wrote Ther1111trom and Redenbaugh
oflhe student population, the school district hnd sion,.vehemently disagreed with their ai:x fellow in defenee oCtheir diaaent'a legality. "But that
to compete with neighboring district.a that are commissioners thnt voting right& were violnted was not the cue with reepect to the Florida
Instead, a bell
be one that give,
ce-in the faci
odda. Thaa kind ,
breeding 'fic:timJ,
Tcxlay's wl
.ff black pe,
t:unounts to
betrayal of
successes,
edacation chaos
eometbing entiJ'
nble to offer higher solnries and more ottrnctive during Florida's November 2000 election. report, which posed queatione (like ballot error
,incentives,· such ns stipends tncked onto base To them, the conclusiooa of Allan Lichtman, rates) that echolars bad ne,rer examined before.•
, salaries. T)1e Dnll~s Independent School District hired by the commission to determine whether Thia fight is clearly not over the technical
~mthelate
acboola were mo
Black .tudenta 1
School 0~9 out , even offers e signing bonus to bilingunl teachers. minority voters were discriminated against, legal point of uo~mpenaated ezpert■. Had
Shndes 6f Jerry Jone•! were sloppy nnd overstated. They set out their Berry approYed of the diaaenten' vi-a. abe
The Denton school district got it• t.enrhers by ohjections in a 58-page disaent and attached a would not have duated off this never-ueed and
,lint of hnrcl "'"rk nml dl'lr•mrinnlinn, hut it nl•o •lnlioticnl ennlyaia by Yale Low School econo-inapplicable ■tatutory proviaion to thwart •
1:ot it,, n!'w rhrrllcrr1tr: Of thn 2/i •,ww t.rnchrr• mi•l John Lott. According to Lott's analy,,ia, tho thfOm, Yet, Conrreu wanted • divenity or opin•
• . hiTrcl,.urily 10 hnvr, l11111:hL IM,forc•:" lhr nUir.r Iii huge di•pnritiea in hollot apoilage rater, between ions on the commiHlon and prohlblted any one
nre "elternntively crrtili,~1.• All nf tlrrm lrrrvo blnck nn,I non-block vot.ora -one of Llchtm11n'1 political party from holding a mf\.lority or ita
: .• -:· ·-<!nrned un,lr,rgrrulunt.r dri:rCf'M, 1ml lhcir dc,:rcc• C<"ntrnl linclin11• -were little better thon aenlil (a provitoion Berry ha■ helped the com•
nre •in field• nlhrr t.hrrn flilucntinn. To nchicvc guC11•tirnnte•. Any dispnrilioa tlU1t actually miHion 1Up arouod by changing her party
permanent C<"rt.ilicntion n• tl'nchcra, they will exiat.rd wrre ensily explnined by non'mcinl foe-affilintlon Crom Democrat to independent:)
have to enroll in one of Den ton's t.wo univcr•itics tors such na voter error. Berry. an academic and formrr MBi■t,.nt
a:nd take enoui:h education hour• to earn their But rnthcr thnn include the Themstrom-secretary for education uoder Pre•ident
teaching C<"rtilicatee, nnd they'll hove to do it Redenbnugh diaeent in the report, as hflS been Carter, baa been accuoed in the put of using
while teaching full-timr for lite DISD. the cnec with every prior dissent since the com-her poat in II dictatorial and nipreul.-e man-
. "They'll hnvr to work thfCf' timr• o• hnnl n• mission was eetnbllahed in 1967, Berry refused ner. In 1995, when I was the executive director
other. 4'nchcrs." snid i\rleln NunPz, thr director of to ocrept it -and ahe did"" ·on the baaia of rea-of the American Civil Llbertlee Union of
biljngrrnl/RSI. 111111 mi11rn11t prngrnm• fnr t.he di•-•nning n• ■inNtn,"" an Elmer Gnnlry sermon. Florida, ■he ueed the commla■ion'a 1ubpoena
lrirt, "hut _in. limo•, tlwy'II 1•·•·11011• mn•lrr lrrrrh-llrrry 1,oinu to• atntulory provl•lon•that powfOr to try to force the leaden oC.,-aN-roota
rr•." prohihil• tltn rop1mi••lon from u■ln,i lite Rf'r-•ntl-lmml11r11nt 11roupe to tum over all Internal
Moat.er teoclter -we con think of no grentor vice• of voluntary or uncompensnted BXJN!rta. document■ dl•cuaai1111 their 11roupe' phlloeophy
-• honor than lhnt. We welcome theee future ma•• Thnt biznrre reetriction waa written into law by -a clear violation of the First Amendment.
ters to our schools, and we thank them for tlrnir raciats in CongreBB to keep civil rights groupe, After the ACLU got involved, the commiaaion
dedication ond enlhusinsm. auch aa the NAACP, from becoming too influen-backed off.
May they tench our children well. tin!. Brrry aoyf that, because the Tbl!rDlll:rom-IC Berry ia not going to allow a Cull airing
-----------,! Redenbnugh disaent relied on the uncompeneat• of controversial i111uea, then, aadly, the com-,.
ed work of John Lott, it WH illegal. miHion-will have little legitimacy outaide •
Atlgu"st· 22 • Funny, that'• not what abe thought in 1988 radical lef\•wing clrclea. It ito ironic that, In when ohe al(llled a diaaent to a commiaoion Benya hoU8e of ciYil rigbta, minority Yiew•
......... lll~L-----,------ll report-ti tied: '"I'he Economic Statua of pointa are not welcome. • ,. A.me!ican.a of Aaian Descent.· Attached to • ROBYN BLI/MHER w,1,-.. ~ 9L ,_..,. ,_ -
B~tdiaaent waa « 18-P.•ge statistical cri• .. h,,.. la d;.tribu...t bJTri-Nodla -,•. ·.~ .. ,,,,1:• f,.. ._-. • •
u 1899. &bool,
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...enton Record-Chronicle Wectnes(
Co·Dinrissioners approve new_ precincts :!:
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ntll$t OK changes
e, T.,;,, Reedr s,11rr wnt~r ..
the Denton County
Commissioners Court Tueedey
approved the -adjustment of
voter r_1'reQnct boundaries to
._c9nforfll. ·.to etnte legislative
.. ,,:. lines . befor,e the new county
• comlf)isoibner precinct. bound-
nried~ m sent w the U.S.
Depdrl,;rient of Juetice.
~re done as far as the
line on (hE map; there'• a lot of
behin'd'.Ufc-sceoes work that
goes O.Jl befo;e we send it in to
,. th'e [;fuj!l:ice Deportment}," said
• cnuntxt:1,•ction• i\dminiRlrnlnr
Uon Alexander. •
The' Justicti D'epn'rtment,
which must approve the map,
specifitB, guicfelines ·that pro-
hibit ti-it ·dil~tion of,neighbor-
hoods o~_the intentional pock-
ing of di~cts with itiinoritiee.
• • No constable ·or JU8tice of
\he· Pence precinct lines change
n the new· plnn, except for
minor fine-t uning to comply
with the Texas redistricting,
Mr. Alexander said.
The precinct boundorie•
were approved earlier this
month by the 13-member 2001
Denton County Redistricting
Commit\ee. Although the com-
.; ;,. "mittee· met four times over four
•· olont lie and considered several
alternate plana, it eventually
. adopted essentially the same
er.,. j,liln that County Judge Scott
,.f~!lrmey presented nt the second
'lJe!l.<a Plumbi"B
• Ful s«,,tce ~ • 24 Hf Eme,goncy
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meeting.
The plan changes all the
commission~r precincts, three
of them significantly.
It splits the city of Denton
between commissioner
precincts I (in the southwest)
and 4 (in the north).
Dorm Room
carpet s39oo
& up
WE BEAT ANY PRICE
carpet outlets
1-35 @ Fort worth or.
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-~ublican-.heavy area of larger preci'ncta muot be nUI
Southridge. The area lost by deocribed using 'directions, dis-
Precind. 4 goes into Precinct. I tances and landmarks, he said,
(northern, central and eastern ao that the exact. boundaries of
I
think
nrplu central Denton County). • the precind.B are clearly delin-
It ,:;,ovea the western portion eated. j Nortl
of Flower Mound into Pretind. -We11 put together a pack~ open
• 4 from Precinct 3, and also adds age that will have all the map• The J
Krum and the surrounding end_ the legal deacription'V1'f ba,c,
area to Precinct 4 from Precinct the • commioaioners precincts marl,
I. and justice of the peace bound-ballc
J>i:e<:inct 4 lo;es four voting
precincts nround the city of
Denton, two of th~m in the
Precinct 1 ends up with
104,595 residents; Precinct 2
with 109,479; Precinct. 3 with
112,050; and Precinct 4 with
106,979 ..
Mr. Alexander said the maps
and the legal descriptions of
the new voter precind.B will be
-sent u, the Department' of
Justice nff soon as the legal
descriptions are done, probably
next week. . • '
"What I am doing -now ls
renumbering the precincts and
writing ihe legal precinct
descriptions, and we've already
incorporated inw that the state
legislature· a nd state senate
lines. Those· are all set," Mr.
Alexander said.
Each voting precinct in the
~ M!il:mt~CDflO',f Kl.C:.0401N,c)fC,.flC7U02 Auditions
BRIGADOON
Oy Lcmc, &. Loewe
Mon. Aug 27 & Tue. Aug 28, 7:00 PM -9:30 PM
Cenlcr for the Visual Arts. 400 E. Hickory, Denton
Leads: 10 Male/5 Female, Multiple small roles.
Large chorus or singers end dancers
Bring music for a prepared song. Accompanist provided.
Performance dales: October 19-28, 200 I
Email: musiclhcatrc.ofdcnton@verizon.net
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aries, and we11 send that to
(the Justice Department}, and as fo
then within 60 days [they,] can Girl•
-make a ruling," Mr. Alexander ·• p.m.
said. "lf they decide to do that, 1:30
then we're good to go." • old:
The boundaries won't old,,,
change even if the U.S. Senate -c:i
and House of Representative or 1•
dist.rict boundaries change· -D,
later in the year, he said. two
"But whenever ·the congres-
siunal lines come out, we will
have to go back and revisit this
whole process. It won't ~hange
commissioner or JP lines, but it
could cause us to have to split
precinct.a," Mr. Alexander said.
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Cable may be stymied in its game i,f catch-
Coun~il willt~eak Plaii Five,
R e d;jtr'icting ideas !"ore development 11 planne~ 2000 cel)aus figures indicated
lik d . b ide Ill the area. • • ,. that the four-diatricta' popula-
___ e __ Y.:__res nts '·-Alan)!ojorquez, the -city'a tiona are uneven. The council
By Tabitha Cba.ncellor tul~nt;-aaid-he-bad'-tried=haa-viewad five pie no ell n swrwr1tcr . lncludtng that area•in District which met the state and feder-
The Denton City Council se-1, but hadn't because it's 1al requiremenfa. '
lected a plan for new district densely populate~ ·and "would_ Mr. Bojorquez said ·an five
Qenton llecord-Chrg6tc~
BJ' D, laa Bopper •,
/IP Tedmoloc, Writ.er
_._ _ • Wubinctc,n _ S~ifnr
~ve-t1e;errtlu'ownll!f tlie
tory commenta he mad
.. Microaoft Corp: uked 1
overturn rulinp thaflt ,
>. ~use.of some of the same problems that
1ve alwayw-plagtred ;t = namely-poor cu■~ -
'mer service, according to a eurvey from Con-
1mer Reports magazine due out next week.
"Cable compnnles may ... be their own woTBt
1emy," the survey fi,und, eince they received
,mong th~ lowest marks of any eervice pro-
ders "'.e regularly evaluate -even lower
,an those for technical support form comput-
bound11ries Tuesday, but put . have ca':1se~ drastic changes to , plans are baaed oi:i current dis-•
off an.official vote until later .._other di~tncts.''. , • --tricta withjuat enough a<ljllat-this month to give its consul-He said he .d1dr:1 t have the· ments to,even out populations. '
__ The eoftware:giant at•
_J'udge '.fhomaaPenfielJ
• manufacturers:"
Us~r• interviewed in eevernl locatione by
he Associated Press also said U,ey preferred
1tellite over C!!ble, partly because of the clear
,rtures and v,11{iety of programming but also
rcaus~ of Hy-,bcttcr attention.
Ric~ F11,~Yii-, a eoftware engineering "l/ln• gcr in _1'!1,mO}lt, Calif .. a Silicon Valley sub-
rb. so1d sotelhte .companies were for more
a1:cr to Ri~n h!m up whc_n he was shopping.
nd compnrini: mst~ll~lior> servicee.
He said his lof,l'-cab~ provider expressed
,trrogance -i_!I ~e-dominate-the-mnrkct and
we'll-come-to:yeii-wlien-we-can attitude."
In addition to offering digital services cable
ompaljies nre''lllso going after satclliU! con-
erts in an effort to woo them back. In Austin,
rrxa•. Time Warner Cnblc, a division of AOL
rimP Warner Inc .. has been running ads
-hcf ?c.al residents touting the claimed
•en, J1gital cable over aatellite, including
,arental controls. . , '.J ". •
rider . ~ity .lights ~. . , -1mbers of peo-sotelliles were designed to ob-
1ave lost the serve clouds illuminated by
night sky -moonlight. On moonlces
available ~o nighte, they also pick out the
·re is eo much dietinct pinpricke, blobs and
htn~ss," said smears of light cast off by the
National Oce-world's cities and towns.
r,eric Adminis-
sc,ie,;tist. Elvidge's co-authors, Pieran-
atched global tonio Cinzano and FabiQ Fal-
ty information chi, both of the deportment of
nt of Defense astronomy of the Universito' di
. captured over •. Pndo.vo, Italy, estimated how 1G_ and 1997. of · much light would be reflected
~ /l( light sent-'bnck onto the Earth. They then
1ftc1al .sour.c.eS' estimated th~ percent.age of the
' j,bpufation of each nation that
Defense Mete, lfves under skies marred by
·llit.e P,:-og~,.m thnt glow.
tent more time to do some exact PDP',1lati~n n'umbeTB for Charlye ffeggina, the aecre-tweaking. the area w,th.htm Tuesday, but tary of Denton'a NAACP.
The council agreed that Plan w?ul~ try putting'the ~a into branch, said the group's execu-··
Five wae the beet option be-D,etnct 1 and let the city know tive committee voted unani-
cauee it keeps together neigh-the r_eeults before the Aug. 21 moualy l:O support Ptan Five
borhoods and groupa with com-meeting. . , be~auae tt keeps areas of the
mon interests and uses major . Re~raw:mg the:C1ty Council city with common-lnt.n-eats to-
~adwaye 09 dividing lines. d1stncts ts necessary because gether.'
That option also received the ' •
endorsement of the Denton I •
branch of the NAACP, the .Dedicated to Quality & Cu~tomer S~tisfaction
Southenst Donton Neighbor-•
hood Association and the Mo_r-Co Im_ proveµients·, Inc. League of United Latin Ameri-
can Citizens Tuesday. Monuf The only dissatisfaction with octured Home Ports & • SUppfies •
the plan is with a triangle-Cu,tom Decks • Carports • Patio Covers
shaped piece of land just north '-Steel Buikfrngs • Remodeling '
of Interstate 35 East from its 1909 VirniN,-, "--ton intersection with Dalles Drive --:,•..... .....,.1
to Teasley Lnne. 800-.279-, "
Interstate 36E serves as a
primary boundary line between
distri~ts 1. and 4. This tri_angu-
lar piece 1s proposed for Dis-
trict 4. Several council mem-
bers asked if it could be put
into District l so the 135E
boundary wouldn't be disrupt-
ed.
Perry McNeill, the council
representative for District 4
said that moving the block of
land would also help cut back
on the population of his dis-
trict. Dietrict 4 ie now the larg-
est City Council district, and•
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Denton LULAC Council
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'President
i:,ce • 'Presidents
Secretary
Tuasurer
1'ar/lamentarlan
Sergetl11t at kms
John Cabrales ]r.
Jean J{Jno/osa
L!ndaual
:Jludv Xodrtguez
f.mma 0. Guvrum
:Jltck Salazar
D. Jorge Urbina
Tonnie :Jlamlrez
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On },me 9, 1999 P-idant ClmmuppoinW v.lmaia .. one of 16
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prillcipe1 wu tl.o Jdi;,..t. •~ Huptmo in tL. Clmtion Tlail. H-.
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Special ;!ucof111ltlon ,AJVards lOOl·Z.OOZ
.iUi Caslta :Jlestaurant
Virginia Ga/llan
'Pledge of Alle¢t111ce
( Welcorae
(
;fJul}' Moreno, Master of Cermtontes
lnvocat/011
Dinner
'Presldmt's .Address
Jo/,n Cabrales Jr. 1'restdmt
'Presmtaf/011 of Special Jl«o{!11Jtton .A-,vards
}o/,n Cabrales Jr.
M110te Speaker
'Presentation of Sc/to/arshlp .A1Vtltds
aoshr(I ;!lemarts
D. Jorue Urbina
br•a 0. Guz111an
JudyJ.(ormo
"Educatln~ Our Youth In the Nm Mlllmntum:
CAttnos Creattnv Cha,rve"
(
Council
hopefuls
focus
on goals
Candidates for ma r,
Place 5 ,discuss Denton's
direction at two forums
.,Tom ...
Stall ...
Denton ma,onu candidates disagreed
sharply on the city's direction during badl:-
to-back City Council candidate forums
Thuniday.
Elections 200Z
Dl!nton nuidpil electlons
,,_..._.IA
Candidates
that is plmmed 110 be pot in this
dly it 1111111!:y being llplllt ~
~,ay~Mr.Almllid. "'I
pmomlybelle,etbatoaght1D be
.. busines11 \ll!l11IJre. If the city
W11111B to do that, they rm encour-
... wstocomeinaadtue
eare m 1hlt aquadc omm; and
...-l!Dngm,,nts'iradooltD
be able tn-tt In IOC'h. way that itma...._..aat11ma.·
Y& ......... 1be ~
ect, whimillllliagpallir,..,
byM.-.ta,cllt'.,._tlllt _.. ............... ·••..-sc--..... .,... "* elbt 11D prmide,--•►-----.,.. .... ., .....
duetuW••• :'.•••►
"91ft ...... ·-::.a:rJe 'ia"C ==r--•
a.flllillllllf-&lltBV10em $28.8-.._.., .......
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~11Ui6&&" ~-~ One forum was jointly sponsored by the • •"•~ --
Dmton chapters of NAACP 0W£ r::i:::..11..~ =~~~~~ .......... '° ... Incumbent Mamr Eulinc Brock attend-pruWamt-, ..a"filllpowda.
ed along with oppooents Dalton Allen Shellld f1'1 ma. Gftii ...
owner of a Christian academy; Dessie .-W ~ 1FtlJ llllidce
Goodson, a homemaker; and Richard .,..,._ .. ....._...___,
Stewart, a former Denton IJlll,YOI", milliaD wordl ti ..........
The forums includfd the two at-large by pll1Nlot wllh die llOllllly
Place 6 council candidates, Carl Yomig Sr. md the.e.and Winl..--
and Bob Montgomery. meats.
Mr. Allen sax! the main i,;s11c in the cam-Ma. Goodson ap,oo with Mr.
paign is that the city bas been "spending Allen 1111 the aquatic cmll!r.
mooeywedon'tneedtospenddoingthin&'I "I don't llilnk we need 1hlt
-don't need I.O do or need to do anodier kindmdiiag.iDDmton,· n..i
WR.):-"Then are Cllhes-thinp we need
He said the city needs to frea.e hiring to ~•
and stop spcndmg money on such tiring.,; a.~ She added tlm ooly 1,824 Wit-
the Square renovations and the aquatic ers l!ppl'Dft!d lbe bonds, bat that
park. the $8.C, millionjoint project planned the entin! dty will !me to payfi>r
with the sehool distriet. them.
"It -~ to me like tbtl aqoatic cmtrr ~-~Fro_111----'-Pa--'-'11::..=1Ac...=._~--
Ms.Goodsonsaidbermainpl "It\ jlllt one higbwlr a ad
i111>impm,ethe!llred8,aidewallm one suburb da-IIIIGdll(' be
and public trllillpOltatiuu. She said. "Yau ........... .
sakJ 8 ir Ill llhumlie ir the ~Illa,--· ... .
......... disabled uidelmqt udflnd-,00:
"Fmple 8ft depending OD pub-Mr. 'Yoangclilapem.
lie tranlportatioo to pt to their "I .. wlda Mr, AJ,a.· Mr,
job, holpital, thedodm:. lf,uado 1bang llil1 ... ..I ID pllad-
not baYI! public tnnlpadlllim liaeoarJIDll!ILlleaeedtcUl(IIDd
fbr dime people to me, 111ey're man mane, Olli in6wlrlldlft
aatp1111Dllealila11Dpt1D1heir mdmc..raa.•
jam. If we're PIii 11D --Mr, lbaagllid )di... .. ...
puwtll, tllen ....... lO.... • a._ll!lm lllalllil .......
1D laepd ~.nd qaall&ed him. the belt)811111
wedono&1-el,".._llill trtha--.-.
lkl!llewlrtllilladty.. "We need 1D Ind a bllmce
_...._apn,edtlOplfb ._ lbp6mily 1iallg
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SfAR·TELEGRAM f:AFf" WRITER
Denton County Hispanic
leaders plan to reach out to
cowity officials with the hope
that they will reach out to His-
panic voters when tackling
crucial issues.
Jorge Urbina, executive
coll.Qcil member for the Den-
■ijij!iijf j A Hispanic group is hosting a
reception Wednesday in an
effort to connect with coun-
ty leaders.
ton League of United Latin
A,merica□ Citizens, said his
group wilJ host a reception
Wedn~sday to recognize coun-
'--~im,,~A-~&-.""=---a-1.-, ty officials and to help those
officials learn about the orga-
nization.
Denton County Judge Mary
Horn and county Commis-
sioners Cynthia White and Tim
Carter say they plan to attend
the reception.
LULAC can be their avenue
to the Hispanic community,
especially Hispanic voters,
,.Urbina said. The national
organization strives to
improve Hispaajcs' he~th, civ-
il rights, political influence
and education through activi-
ties such as scholarships for,
students, and voter registra-
t:imr and literacy programs.
"We want to open doors,"=J::
Urbina said. ''Traqitfonally the
Hispanic . vote was not
,accounted foi: at all. But lately
'We have seen, in both the city
and county elections, they [
candidatesi are receptive to
1deas of more Hispanics."
1 Accotding to the Census
•Bureau, the Hispanic popula-
1):ion in Denton County more
tha:n doubled from 19,013 His-
panics in 1990 to 52,619 in
2000. The county's total popu-
lation was 432,976 in 2000.
• • Gilliert Martinez, deputy
mayor .pro tern in Corinth, is
one of :the few Hispanic elect-
ed officials in Denton County.
He said he did not cam.paign
on his ethnicity.
Hispanic voters ca□ help
themselves, he said.
"Tncy have always had the
ability to empowe:r them-
selves. However, organizations
like LULAC should aid," said
Martinez, who is also chair-
man of the Denton Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce and a
member of Denton LULAC.
r ma sa1 can
help officials ,register minority
groups to vote and bring them
to the polls ,in Denton County.
Hom said she was invited
to the reception as a welcome
to her new position. Horn was
appointed June 4 to replace
County Judge Scott Armey
who stepped down to take ;
federal post after an unsuc-
~essful.run for Congress. ~fom •
1s the only county judge candi-
date on the November ballot.
Born said she does not plan
to speak about Hispanic voters
but "fully supports any efforts"
byLULAC.
The reception, co-spon-
sored by the Denton Hispanic
chambez:, will .start at' 6 p.m.,
and a LUIAC meeting _will fol-
. low at 7 p.m. It will be held at
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Insider approach t9 activism
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experience with civil rights
groups is they usually do not
bold polite receptions inside a
room with the powers that be.
The civil rights groups I
■jjj:jfi■ ~lspanic leaders m Denton County
are politely and quietly
working to gain influence
to match their growing
numbers.
knew as a young man -the
Black Panthers, the Young
Lords, the Jewish Defense
League -would laugh at the
idea of a polite reception to
get to know the establishment
folks who ran the govern-
ment. These activists were
usually outside screaming
and shaking their fists at the
windows. •
But at the Martin Luther
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Continued fromJB
King Jr. Recreation Center in
Denton on this evening, there
was a big buffet of fajitas, beans,
rice and guacamole salad..Abodt
60 people were In tlie room.
Everyone was cheerful
John Cabrales, president of
the Denton chapter of the
League of United Latin Ameri-
can Citizens, welcomed every-
one and named each of the hon-
ored guests, V\hlch included the
Denton County Commissioners
Court, the county district attor-
ney and the mayor of Denton
"We want to introduce our-
selves to you," he said.
• "'This is great," Denton
County.Judge Mary Hom said.
There was a little small talk
and then everyone hit the food
line. 'lhe nuts and bolts of polit-
ical give-and-take could wait for
another day.
•Here's how we look at it,"
Cabrales told me while every-
one else was eating. ''You have a
system in place. You either work
within the system or outside the
system. We have found that
working within the system is a
lot easier. And to work from
within, you have to know the
players and they have to know
us. And until we're able to know
each other and everybody
establishes trust, it's difficult to
establish mutual goals."
Denton County is listed in
demogrnphic surveys as one of
the top 20 fastest-growing His-
panic population centers in the
nation. Hispanics increased in
10 years to 52,000 from 19,000.
According to the U.S. Census,
nearly one of eight county resi-
dents is now of Hispanic her-
itage.
''Do they vote?" l asked
Cabrales.
"Well no," he said "Herein
lies the challenge. Culturally, the
immigrants that are moving
here are coming from countries
where voting is not as highly
thought of as it is here. And
Americans already here vote
with what -a 3 to 5 percent
turnout? The immigrants face
new laws, new rules and legal
requirements. They have to reg-
ister and then get educated on
the issues and the candidates.
Finally, we have to get them to
the polls. You've got a lot of
opportunity-for people to fall
throU1di the cracks. And thev •
ter in a statewide contest. MeID.!f_
bers sponsor civic gatherings
and street festivals. Recently, I
members built a shaded struc-
ture at the site -called El Sirio J I
-on Fort Worth Drive where 1 ~
Hispanic laborers gather each ,
morning to get d&y jobs. The ,
group is also l:ielping the Den-
ton County Museum create a r
permanent exhibit about early
Hispanic families in the county.
LUI.AC members also work
with· all levels of government,
from the city and the county to '
the Denton school district, on
issues of importance to Hispan-
ics and others. But they a1£o
know that nothing really works
without voters, and voter regis-
tration drives sponsored by the
group are not as successful as
they would hope.
"'The vast majority of new
immigrants are from Mexico ,
and Central America," Cabrales
said "Some are from South {
America."
"What countries?" I asked
"Mostly Peru and Colombia
-and Puerto Rico, too," he
said "Also, what we call Tejanos,
-Hispanic Texans -are mov-
ing here from El Paso and San ,
Antonio. The jobs are here."
Cabrales grew up in El Paso ,
and moved to Denton a decade
ago. He works as a spokesman
for Denton. It's a high-profile
job, but he said it ii; one of the .
few held by someone of his her-
itage. No Hispanics serve in
elected office in the city, in the
county or on the Denton school
board.
•A lot of times our demise is
of our own doing," he said. ''If
you don't put yourself forward
and prepare to be a good candi-
date, you can't be elected. But
it's just a matter of time, I feeL"
County Judge Horn, who
replaced Scott Armey as the top
elected official in the county,
told the gathering that she want-
ed to appoint Hispanics to
county boards and commis-
sions.
Her colleague, Commission-
er Bobbie Mitchell, who is a for-
mer LewiSVI1le mayor. said she
was quite impressed with the
positive tone of the reception.
"You remember these
things," she said.
Hom said, "Nobody here has
a hidden agenda. It's encourag-
ing that they'd like to partici-
pate."
You get the feeling that this
polite little reception is the start
of somethhi2 auile bie:.
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE
ADVANCEivIENTOFCOLOREDPEOPLE
P.O. BOX42
DENTON, TEXAS 76202
(817) 382-7445
September 14, 2002
The Denton County NAACP Chapter wishes to express our sincere thanks and
appreciation for your participation in the 2002 NAACP Health fair. Your time, service
and attendance made this event a great success and a tremendous positive impact on
our community.
The success that we realized this year is a tribute to you and we are
looking forward to your participation in the 2003 NAACP Health Fair.
We thank you for your efforts in promoting and maintaining wellness in Denton
County and surrounding areas.
Thankyou, ~
~ington ~....,.,.,.,.,
Health Committee Chairp
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celebrates
traditions
ByMegartlllddleloli
Sl.al!V!\tl■
Ooe by one, chi~ ~ ,.ith r-paint and litttted with ooot.tti
took ms, ,wings al a bount:m& lDlpr&,
diclabk orang,, pinata. •
Each hit hatterecl the cand)~filled
IOy a little more lllltil 6nally Skittles,
B11-6ng,,rs and Hershey's chocolai.,
bars bunt out and~ OlllO the
ground.
After a aillectm .bout from the
group of thildm,, Wl:y ... -.rmo:d, and
m<JII came up happy.
'"That -ns ooul~ lo.,,,.r-old Jau,a
Simmcl said. holding op handfuls al
wrapped trea1& ·r got a lot."
Piliata5, caacarooa, aod maJ'ICIIS
were just eom< of the Ullino tradi-
tions children i...m.d about at the oeoond annual il'u,go y Alma 21l021
lntemallonal l..&tino Music Ir M
festival all day Saturday at Civic
C4Jter Park in Dentoo.
n,~nt Ol'Jl&llizcl'S hoped about
6,000 poopl~would atlrnd tb,n,:n~
which udpllllleuoder blueakies and
5ff fts1lVAI. on 2A
FromhgelA
Festival
90-dcgn,e WN!her.
'!be live mUlic: and pem:mnm
-the main -..ti<ms at the f<'Stlval. Bands playing uloa,
merengue, 11,jaao and Chicano
rock masic entfflalned c:rowda
chomping Oil COl'IHm-the-oob,
-candy. -COMI, barbe-cue and food from Denton
Me.tican l"'5l&Ul'lllta.
Grupo Y.,,.,llobtll. dn,.saed in
tl!n!1IIOllial cmt1Dlleland feather
headpieces, perfunned Az1«
dances and included children in
the perfurmaooe.
"When "" daott, it'• a form of
kinetic prai,u, a way ofl>ringioa
~ md bonorto the creator; aid Clauclettr l'ortalel, a dancer
mtbegroup.
'We always ~ a good time."
She said. bopm th<: danciog
wDJ <lltlce people to Ilk ci-
tlooa about tbe origins al the ..,_,
•s.dly, a lot af oar own people
don, llllow our bodiground," M&
l'brtalel saicl. ·o.nce. tell stories
alao, ., Iona • )'OIi pq -!loo."
Lewisv!lle resldeou Cannen
and MigatJ Ramin: aid they brousht theirtwolDIUl totbe ..
thal to help expoee them more to
their culturo.
'"IbemONp,lllnliomweae
£mm our UIClallon. the more
t
[cblldrenj bp,t and the men
\ not hMJlw,d in it," Mn.
,iPlid.
help, them l'Ollltlllbor,
2ct> L--
and then they can male to their
pandpa'
~ Caria Galindo
laid hs fawirite pm11 or the
e,,mtwaetbe--die
-candy and what abe i.nied aboutborown.-,.
'I came becauoe I waotlld to
t.rn more about my culture,·
abeald.
v.-
Gdegoa ---· thelfuegoy
Alma2002I
lntel1iaklllll
LatlnoMllllc
alllArt
r.tMlof
North'-alCMc
C..-Pwtt ~ ....,__
NCIJ,~
Her panlllll, Joe and Criltina
Gelinclo of Denton. ml -that spotligbt Latino cultuNI
lelch ebildrell, even lbo,igb lhe
children mar--eau:hod abouti,od.
"If )'OU are POI awue o( tbe tlUIW'I! )'OU an, 6-, you ae
)'0111 roots,• Mr. o.Jindu aid.
'She llfleda 10 be &Watt of her
culture. That's why iB 10 impor,
tant for her to be out here.
Hopdully eomething will stick
with her.'
Patriclc J. Vuquoz, (ostiwl
dln:rtor, said the ewnt abould be
cnllgbtenlng for tb01e who
lttelld.
'I hope people DOI familiar
with Latino c:ulture will wallL
away with a better apprecurtion
and enthwdaml and Wider·
-.ding for the lAllno cult=,
the arll and the peap1e: be aid.
'MM! event'• name, Fuego y
Alma, llll'rllly -"ffn, and ICIUI" In SJ)lilliab. tlulDg for the
acltemenl aaodated with
Latino mmic ind 1rt, he aaid.
·11 capture11 lhe epirrt ind the
entbmium and the vitality af the Latino~• beald. "It\ a
,wy pusiooate ealtan.'
He uld the atra proceed,
from the neat will help.at.art a
ldiolanhlp tilnd -Latino ml-1.., ,tnden11 lnllerl!lled in ¥ioual
or performing-.
Money colJeelal from the fm..
tmll will al,o help mad a founda.
don 6,c,iJed OIi bringing mam,r
artiata from Latin American
countrlee to tmda at a UDMnity
In the Oio!l ... iut Wanll .,...
"1'hll CMDI, I hope, will
becomo a my larF 1raditlon.ll
-in the fall," Mr. v.qua aaicl.
-We hope to become l!llllb-
lisbed ... rtalieWide -for Latinoartandexperi,:nce."
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November 26, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
215 EMcKinney, Denton, Texas 76201
John Cabrales Jr.
Public Information Officer
(940) 349-8509 Office
(940) 349-7444 Fax
E-mail: john. cabrales@cityofdenton.com
Exhibition of Pastels From Sister City Artist
Denton, TX -The Greater Denton Arts Council is proud to present an exhibition of
pastels by Mexican artist Socorro Martinez. The exhibition will be on display at the
Center for the Visual Arts, 400 East Hickory, from December 3-30, 1-5 p.m. The gallery
will be closed December 24-26, for holiday observance. Admission to the gallery is free.
The Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton League of United Latin American Citizen
(LULAC) Council #4366, Denton Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the City of
Denton Sister Cities International Program are hosting a reception honoring Socorro
Martinez on December 6, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend. The major
underwriter for the reception is TexasBank, with additional support from Tia's Restaurant
and Ben E. Keith Beers.
''This is a wonderful opportunity for Denton resident to experience a part of what our
sister city has to offer," stated Mayor Euline Brock. "Through our sister cities
partnership and exchanges such at this we can continue to touch the lives of people in
both of our communities. Ms. Martinez is a very well known and respected artist in
Mexico, and I am happy to see her work featured in Denton."
Ms. Martinez resides in San Nicolas de los Garza, Denton's Sister City, and is known for
her colorful, vivid works in pastels and acrylic. Her Mexican cultural heritage speaks
prominently through images she selects and in the bold use of color. Ms. Martinez
enjoys a considerable following in Mexico where she owns a studio-gallery in the
historical district of the adjacent city, Monterrey. Her patrons include several Mexican
governors and multinational corporations who have commissioned her work.
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The mission of the City of Denton Sister Cities International Program is to cultivate
successful relationships and international understanding among the youth, adults,
businesses, and organizations of Denton and its sister cities through educational,
leadership, and economic development programs. In August 2002, Sister Cities
International (SCI) awarded the City of Denton with the Innovation in Municipal
Cooperation Award for its outstanding sister cities program with San Nicolas de los
Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
For more information, contact Sara Harvey at 940-382-2787 or by email at
sharvey@dentonarts.com or visit the Greater Denton Arts Council web site at
www.dentonarts.com.
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One of the highlights of 2002 for the Greater Denton Arts
Council was an exhibition of work by the Mexican artist,
Socorro Martinez presented in our Center for the Visual Arts.
Our partnership with LULAC of Denton transformed the opening
reception into a community-wide celebration where hundreds of
people came together (many of them first time visitors to our
gallery) to mix, mingle, view art, listen to music and forge new
friendships. LULAC in partnership with the Denton Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce was .a driving force in acquiring the
funding and arranging many of the particulars of the evening.
The hands-on participation of LULAC and the Denton Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce in the event was the most significant
factor in our success. We look forward to more
accomplishments in our partnership.
Herbert Holl, Executive Director, GDAC
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Dear Guidance Counselors and High School Students:
Texas Woman's University is pleased to announce the offering of the new TWU Chancellor's
Community Partnership Award through our partnership with the Denton LULAC Council #4366 in
cooperation with the Denton Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. TWU Chancellor's Community
Partnership Award scholarships will be awarded to the 2003 Denton LULAC Council #4366
Scholarship recipients who have applied and been accepted to TWU and will be attending TWU
in the fall semester of 2003. We therefore encourage you to apply for admission to TWU while
applying for the LULAC scholarships.
TWU will provide to those LULAC scholarship winners accepted to and attending TWU in the fall
of 2003 the following financial awards for:
• LULAC Scholarships in the amount of $1,000.00 or more will be matched by TWU on a
dollar for dollar basis
• LULAC Scholarships in the amount of $750.00 or less will be matched by TWU at the
rate of two dollars for every LU LAC dollar
• TWU Chancellor's Community Partnership Awards will be awarded for one year
Most importantly, once a student has received the TWU Chancellor's Community Partnership
Award, the amount of the scholarship funding can be continued and renewed through the TWU
General Scholarship Fund provided the student meets TWU's criteria per the example below:
LULAC Scholarship
$750.00
+
+
Year One -fall 2003
TWU Chancellor's Community Partnership Award
$1,500.00 = $2,250.00 to the student
Subsequent Year(s) -starting with fall 2004 for all recipients:
$1,500.00 scholarship from TWU's General Scholarship Fund if student maintains eligibility
Dr. Richard Nicholas, Vice President for Student Life or Dr. Monica Mendez-Grant, Associate
Vice President for Student Life will be glad to meet and speak with you about this exciting, new
TWU Chancellor's Community Partnership Award. Dr. Nicholas and Dr. Mendez-Grant can be
reached by calling 940-898-3615. We are so pleased to be able to partner with the Denton
LULAC Council #4366 in cooperation with the Denton Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in offering
students the opportunity to follow their dreams for a university education.
Sincerely,
Ann Stuart, Ph.D.
Chancellor and President
Texas Woman's University
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Certificate of Appreciation
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League of United
Latin American Citizens
for contributing to the success of programs related to the
retention and recruitment of diverse faculty, staff and students.
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President
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Division of Equity & Diversity
Denton, Texas
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• Letters to the editor
07:16 AM CDT on Tuesday, April 24, 2007
An educational leader
A top priority in the state of Texas is to increase student academic achievement by provicting a
high-quality education. School board members are educational leaders that represent the interest
of all children. Dr. Rodriguez has been an inspirational educator in the Denton community since
1975 by providing such leadership.
After receiving my teaching degree in 1982, Dr. Rodriguez encouraged me to continue my
educational career through a grant he spearheaded at Texas Woman's University. It was through
this grant that I, along with hundreds of other recipients, completed my Master's of Education. I
thank Dr. Rodriguez for this opporturtity, where to date I'm a doctoral candidate at the
University of North Texas.
His pursuits of federal grants at both TWU and UNI have provided an opportunity for an
enormous number of teaching or administrative degrees. There are multiple teachers and
administrators in Denton ISD, as well as in the DFW metroplex that were recipients of these
awards. We now continue his legacy by teaching with rigor or leading by example with high
expectations for all students.
Dr. Rodriguez is an educational servant leader who is not only a "parent advocate," but an
"educator advocate" who has influenced legislators throughout his educational career. He has
given us a vision.
We need a new voice for today's schools bringing a vision for our community with strategies and
background knowledge of current educational issues to testify, and communicate with legislators
effectively. We need Rudy Rodriguez for the DISD school board Place 4.
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Mr. Charles Stafford
President
Denton ISD
Board of Trustees
P.O. Box 2387
Denton, Texas 76202
RE: Emilio (Popo) and Guadalupe (Lupe) Gonzalez Proposal
Nomination for the Naming of a District Facility
Dear President Stafford, Members of the DISD Board and Superintendent Braswell:
As president of the Denton League of United Latin American Citizens, I am honored to
submit our nomination of Emilio (Popo) and Guadalupe (Lupe) Gonzalez for the naming
of a district school facility, preferably the soon-to-be built school for young children.
Our school district has undergone many changes since Popo and Lupe first moved to
Denton in the early 1960's. Today, more than ever before, we realize the importance of
family and community relationships in shaping the lives of our youth, upon whom our
future depends. As we struggle to address the many challenges that affect our city and
schools, we are discovering what we have known all along: there is no substitute for the
personal involvement of people like Popa and Lupe who care in helping our children and
youth grow up to be strong and capable adults; adults who can make a positive
contribution toward the well-being of the society in which we live.
The attached testimonials from various citizens of Denton attest to the important role
both Popa and Lupe have played over many years in setting an example of success,
family commitment, community building and in giving so much of themselves to
improving the lives of others. So it for that reason that we in LULAC wholeheartedly
endorse the attached proposal and urge our friends in the Board to seriously consider _
supporting our nomination.
In closing, I wish everyone in the Board the best and thank you for your spirit of
volunteerism and commitment in support of our kids and general community.
Sincerely,
BOard
names
school
after pair
By Britney Tabor
Staff Writer
In a 6-1 decision, the Denton school
board voted Tuesday to name its new pre-
kindergarten facility, scheduled to open
next year, after Emilio "Popo" Gonzale-z
and his wife, Lupe.
The couple have lived and served in the
Denton community for
more than 40 years.
On a night when the
district heard a discus-
sion on expanding its
dual-language programs
districtwide, board presi-
dent Charles Stafford
said in workshop discus-
sion that he thought it
Popo
Gonzalez
was a night to celebrate ~---~
diversity.
He was in favor of
naming the facility after
the Gonzale-zes, whom he
said "care more for the
children of this commu-
nity as anyone pos.5ibly Lupe
can." After the decision was Gonzalez
made, Stafford said it was "richly de-
served."
"I know of no finer role models for the
children of this district than those two
people," he said. "They have given their
time, their money ... everything they have
to this community."
Popo Gonzalez is a deacon at Im-
maculate Conception Catholic Church,
and he and his wife have served as volun-
teers and community activists.
LULAC presents nearly $135,000 in scholarships
By Britney Tabor
Staff Writer
The Denton League of United La.tin
American Citizens this week celebrated
its past and recognized and invested in
the future.
The organization on Thursday cele-
brated its 30th anniversary with a ban-
quet that honored founders who formed
Denton LULA.C in 1981.
Past presidents were on hand for the
celebration including Frank Davila, the
local organization's first president and
the evening's keynote speaker, who dis-
cussed the inception of Denton LULA.C,
the history of the national LULA.Corgan-
ization since 1929, the present and where
the future will take members.
Twenty-two
students
from Denton,
Guyer and
Ryan high
schools
received col-
lege scholar-
ships during
the Denton
League of
United Latin
American
Citizens' ban-
quet on
Thursday.
Courtesy photo
In an address to attendees, the group's
current president, Isabella Pina-Hino-
josa, recognized local founders, their
commitment to work in and uplift the
Denton community ~bile also investing
in its youth through college scholarships.
Her address also honored h}.gb school
seniors, whom she encouraged to strive
for excellence in their education and to
have hope, which she said is necessary
for vision.
distributed to 22 students from Denton,
Guyer and Ryan high schools. Local
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Scholarships
donors, education institutions
businesses and organizatio
contributed to the scholarship
funds.
Also at the banquet, Denton
Senior Center manager Jeff
Gilbert received the LULA.C
P..utnership Award for working
closely with the organization in
promoting the Senior Center to
Latinos.
Hector Flores, a past presi-
dent of the national LULA.C
organization, presided over the
installation of officers on the
Denton LULA.C council and
the newly created young adult
council at Texas Woman's
University.
At Thursday's banquet, scholarship
awards totaling nearly $135,000 were
r
Twenty-two students received scholarships at the Denton League of
United Latin American Citizens banquet on Thursday:
■ Carlos L Calvo, Guyer High ■ Juan R. Paredes, Ryan High
School ■ Ailyse Rodriguez, Guyer High
■ Camilla Celis, Guyer High ■ Diana Sanchez, Ryan High
■ Michael A. Cudd, Ryan High ■ Keren Sanchez, Ryan High School
■ Danedy Garcia de Jesus,
Denton High School
■ izamar Flores, Guyer High
■ Kevin Hernandez, Guyer High
■ Juan Martinez, Gu)'er High
■ Alicia Martinez-Strickland,
Ryan High
■ Leah C. Mendes, Gu)'er High
■ Karla Ortiz, Guyer High
■ Paulina San Miguel, Denton
High
■ Lucerito Soberanes, Ryan High
■ Raul Soberanes, Denton High
■ Christian Sotelo, Guyer High
■ Christopher Torres, Ryan High
■ Christian Velasco, Ryan High
■ Kevin Yutanl, Guyer High
■ Adrian Zambrano, Guyer High
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LULAC COUNCIJ.. 'f.4366 FOUNDERS' 2011 SCH0:...4RSHIP l\~NQUfT
RESERVATION in the name of: _____________ _
Address: ___________________ _
Phone: ________ _ Email: ________ _
Seating is limited -Presale only
Reserve __ Benefactor Tables (seats BJ at $400
Reserve __ Table {seats B) at $240
Reserve __ Seats at $30
$ __
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0 Check enclosed O PO#_____ D Credit Card
Credit Card# __________ Security Code: ___ _
Exp. Date: ______ Card Holder's Name: ______ _
card Ho!ser's.Address: __________ Signature: __ _
See bock-must be rec~--lved postmarked by April 1rf' or email :ii?ntonfo;/ac@vemon.net
Corcfia[[y inute you to tne
2011 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS BANQUET
and tlie councif s
Founders' 30th Anniversary
'Iliursday, Jlpril 14, 2011
6:30 p.m.
(J)enton Senior Center
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30th ANNIV SPEA KER
Denton County LULAC Council, #4366
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Denton, TX
Albert Einstein once said: "We are the sum of our experience." That
leads us to three questions: "What have we experienced in our life time that
makes this 30th Anniversary celebration of the Denton County LULAC
Council,# 4366, a momentous occasion?" Why have we gathered here
tonight? What are we celebrating?
As I reflected on this occasion and the first 30 years of our own
LULAC council, I realized that our celebration tonight is a reminder of a
significant milestone in our long LULAC journey that began in the mid
1920's during the era of Prohibition, the Charleston, the end of WWI, and
the beginnings of the auto industry. The proposed name for our national
organization was The League of Latin America Citizens but at the last
minute, the word "United" was added thus becoming The League of United
Latin American Citizens. On May 18, 1929, the Chairman, Mr. Ben Garza,
called the first LULAC meeting to order in the Allende Hall in Corpus
Christi, Texas. LULAC was formed from the combined efforts of 3 other
Latino organizations. These were the Knights of America, the Order of the
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Sons of America and the League of Latin American Citizens. As a result of
this unification, the leaders selected the motto: "All for One and One for
All" to remind each other that they were now one singular and United
organization.
Fifty-two years later, on February 22, 1981, we began the planning for
our own Denton County LULAC Council, #4366. Our LULAC mentor and
sponsor was Mr. Frank Garcia from McKinney, Texas. I met Mr. Garcia
years earlier when I was in my first year of teaching in McKinney High
School in 1968. I noticed that he spent a lot of time around the schools and
at times around my classroom. When I asked him later why he spent so
much time in the schools, he responded that their LULAC council wanted to
make sure we were qualified to teach and that I spoke correct Spanish. Mr.
Garcia assisted us in laying the ground work for our LULAC council. He
was also instrumental in connecting us with the Dallas LULAC Council #100
and Hector Flores, who gave us added advice in forming a council. The
Denton County LULAC Council #4366 was installed in April, 1981 with Mr.
Tony Bonilla, national LULAC President, swearing in the officers.
Prior to our inauguration as a LULAC council, many of us were part
of the Familia Unidas de Denton. A vast majority of the first LULAC
members came to Denton in the late S0's and early 60's, mostly to attend
either Texas Woman's University or the University of North Texas. A few
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such as Tonnie and Jobita Ramirez were long term residents of Denton
County. Popo Gonzalez and I both arrived in 1964. That was the time of the
Civil Rights movement with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the United Farm
Worker's Union with Cesar Chavez, and the noise and music of change and
of course the Vietnam War. We went to school, we worked and we observed
how our Latino world was not a priority among the universities and the
community. The Raza Unida Party with Ramsey Muniz came into being
years later and many of us supported his candidacy for the Governor of
Texas as we sought a voice within the political arena. Bilingual Education
was and still is in some areas, a political issue and we supported that
educational approach. We also observed the absence of a centralized and
focus support base for Latino citizens and out of that need, the initial
advocacy group, Familias Unidas of Denton, was born in the late 1960s. At
that time, we began to look at the community with a global lens that gave us
more clarity and definition of our role and aspirations as Latino citizens. We
begin to focus on a variety of needs we felt were critical. For example:
• We wanted to fill the void of Latino leadership representation in
community organizations since we shared a strong desire to
contribute in the decisions as community leaders;
• We felt the responsibility to reach out and claim access to
leadership opportunities as an organized, strategic, and passionate
group of Latino leaders;
• We realized that certain areas of need are more vigorously fought-
for by those experiencing that need;
• We shared our pride in our heritage, language, community and
country; and
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• We sensed the urgency to be an authentic and active advocacy voice
for the underrepresented Latino citizen.
The transition from Familias Unidas to LULAC began in the fall of
1980. We chose to call our council Denton County LULAC because we bad
members who lived in other cities within the county. We also wanted to
augment the good work already in place through Familias Unidas. This
diverse representation of early LULAC members and citizens held a central
purpose: to ensure all citizens, and particularly Latino citizens, bas access to
the same privileges and opportunities as any other citizen. With that in
mind, we formed LULAC because of gaps in areas such as voting rights, civil
rights, employment opportunities, representation on boards and
commissions, and the perception that the Latino voice was not valued in the
community. Many LULAC members at that time were not invited to join
Kiwanis, Rotary International, Jaycees, and other clubs. For those who were
Roman Catholic, the Knights of Columbus was one viable option. But then, I
was an alleluia and couldn't join. Both Popo and Monsignor Schumacher
tried numerous times to convert me. I would tell them, "I was born
Protestant" and Tonnie Ramirez would look at me and say, "No, you are a
Pedestrian and we run them over!" We were building our organization,
trying to put the pieces together. It reminds of the time we received a phone
call from Rick who desperately wanted our help in putting together a puzzle.
Popo asked him, "What picture is on the outside of the box?" "A Rooster"
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said Rick. "OK, we will come over." When we arrived, we saw the pieces on
the dining room table and the box with the rooster on the outside. We just
looked at each other. Popo took Rick by the elbow and said, "Let's go to the
kitchen and get a nice cool soothing drink." We came back later and in a
calm manner, Popo said: "Now, why don't we help you put the corn flakes
back in the box!"
The members who signed up to join LULAC were comprised of
dedicated, passionate, and forward looking citizens who wanted to
contribute to the life of the community with the intent of creating a more
dynamic and vibrant community that met the needs of all citizens, not just a
few.
We were young parents, energetic, boisterous, and passionate with an
instinctive calling to approach the city council, the county commissioners, the
school district, the universities and other entities whom we envisioned
needed to listen to the thinking and perspectives of a young LULAC
organization. At times, our approach was inviting as we sought to engage in
dialogue with other groups, particularly the League of Women Voters,
NAACP and university students. Other times, our style was confrontational
as we became inpatient when the thinking and the work we presented and
pursued was ignored and set aside. We wanted to be inside working with
others.
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Being "inside the house" was very personal for us. I recall when the
movie "Finding the Way Home" was filmed in Denton about 3 blocks from
Popo and Lupe's house in 1992. Hector Elizondo and George C Scott were
the main actors. Popo and I were appointed as the "free" migrant
consultants since we were former migrant workers and the setting of the
movie was a migrant camp. I always wondered how a movie scene came
alive on the screen even though the action took place in a very small room.
Now I know. They open a window and the bulky camera lens is placed
through the window while it is controlled from outside the house by the
professional photographer. This filming process illustrates how many of us
in LULAC, for a long time, felt that we were observing the activities and
programs and decisions orchestrated by other community leaders within our
community, without our input. We saw our reflection on the window as our
face was plastered against the window pane looking inside the house. This
feeling of wanting to be inside the house and making inroads motivated us to
recruit even harder and to expand our membership beyond Latinos.
Our membership began to grow and LULAC reflected a diverse set of
women and men, as it does today. Our membership now includes
Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, young, middle age, military
veterans, teachers, lawyers, public servants, administrators, university
professionals, parents, grandparents, clergy, retirees and community leaders.
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As we look back over our 30-year history in this community, we can
see how the community of Denton has benefited from the many contributions
made by LULAC and its members. We have LULAC members appointed to
boards and commissions and others elected to the city council and the school
board. Roland Vela and Rudy Moreno were both members of the Denton
City Council and Dr. Rudy Rodriguez became the first Latino and LULAC
member to be a member of the Denton School Board. Rosemary Rodriguez
served on many community organizations and Rick Salazar convinced the
City Council to set aside a tract of land to support immigrant workers.
Emilio (also know as Popo) and Lupe Gonzalez, Tomasa Garcia, Jean
Hinojosa, Sharon Warwick, and Annette Mulkey and others continued their
work within the community. We are extremely proud of the elementary
school named after Popo and Lupe and Tomas Rivera. What an amazing
accomplishment by our former Familia Unidas and LULAC members.
Many other members continue to contribute as leaders of the Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce, churches and civic organizations. We were always
grateful for Liz Carter and Dorothy Martinez for representing our council at
state and national conventions. Lupe Morin, Jesus Nava, and John Cabrales
facilitated our work with the City of Denton. Drs. Rudy Rodriguez, Frank
Perez, Gloria Contreras, Ramiro Valdez, and Steven Applewhite and Gloria
Bahamon provided a much needed voice with both universities. We fondly
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salute and remember our departed LULAC presidents, Jimmy Benavides,
Earl Martinez, and Tonnie Ramirez for their outstanding leadership
contributions.
The aspirations we experienced as members ofFamilias Unidas and
our early LULAC years have come to fruition. There is still more work to be
accomplished but we now have a solid organization and a strong leadership
through Dr. Isabella Cantu and her officers and the newly installed officers
who will move us even further in our advocacy role as LULAC.
As we think of the transition from Familias Unidas to LULAC, I would
classify it as an awakening.
It was an awakening in the sense that the community needed an ardent
voice to remind us all, what still bad to be done to become a more inclusive
community.
It was an awakening in that we saw ourselves as Latino role models to
our children, friends and fellow citizens with the essential message that
bilingual and bicultural citizens are an asset to our community.
It was an awakening as we discovered and displayed the talent and
skills of the future Latino leaders in our community and in the United States
knowing that our mission as a LULAC council was to encourage the young
students and provide them with financial support and guidance for post
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secondary school studies and careers. So many of the students we sponsored
and supported are now leaders in their own professional arena.
It was an awakening that policies related to immigration, voter
registration and representation, border security, education, and more will
result in a deeper understanding and outcome if LULAC is an active
contributor as we collaborate with other leaders within the community.
It was an awakening in that we know we can NOT make all the
changes on our own. We can however, enrich the dialogue, present viable
options, and help choose the best alternative.
It was an awakening as we realized our combined labor as a LULAC
council is valuable and worthy and certainly a responsibility we could not
ignore as we planted the seed for a cultural, linguistic and social
transformation in our community. We have made many strides in those
areas.
And now, the question is: What is the future for Denton County
LULAC? LULAC reflects the drive and individuality of Denton County as
it continues to sustain an independent spirit. Both universities chose not to
merge as one university and neither has become a satellite of the UT or
A&M system. Similarly, the city of Denton has not become another suburb
of the surrounding metropolis. It has its own identity. The school district
has distinguished itself with high profile recognition in various arenas and
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has a highly successful bilingual program. The Arts and Cultural leaders
seek to promote a more diverse representation of the life and residents in our
community.
In that vein, Denton County LULAC has adopted and sustains that
same visionary and independent thinking and outlook. It has a strong voice
at the LULAC regional, state and national level. It continues to build
bridges with other organizations and seeks to portray itself as a strong leader
in the community by giving of their time, thinking and energy to other
organizations and initiatives to improve the quality of life in the community.
Denton County LULAC is now a mature organization that is fully
awake and inside the house with the capacity to meet the challenges of this
and future generations ofLULAC leaders. The Latino growth in the United
States has been astounding. In 1980, it was 14.5 million or 6% of trhe
population and now it is 50.5 million or 16.3% of the population. The work
of LULAC is still in high demand and calls for ongoing commitment.
And so tonight, I am grateful, honored and humbled to have this
historic opportunity to come together and share with you some brief
thoughts about LULAC and its beginning and its transition to the LULAC
we are today. I am also proud and content that the seminal work begun 30
years ago is still alive and thriving. Every single member and leaders led by
21 different LULAC Presidents refused to allow their vision and their
thinking get hijacked and instead did the hard work required to make the
council a highly productive one. This included selling burritos at various
community events, promoting dances, conducting fundraisers, marching in
parades, registering voters, writing letters to the editor and to organizational
leaders, providing widespread input, conducting regular meetings and so
much more.
(Llorar y llorar)-We still have so much to communicate about our vision
and our work. Reminds me of this owner of a cantina who needed a vacation
and begged his buddy to take it over for a week. He said come over and I
will give you some tips -he got there and it was a bar for folks who couldn't
hear or speak. He freaked out. The owner said -it is easy -watch ...
It's all about having channels of communication to share our message!
And it is happening and your presence tonight is a testament to that calling.
Thank you!
So, now, at this hour, on this day, and in this place, I salute all former
and current LULAC members for their determination, vision and
commitment in bringing out the best in our community and for continuing
with the work begun in 1929, reaffirmed in 1981 and celebrated here tonight.
I bid you all God Speed and leave you with the motto uttered at that
first LULAC meeting in 1929: ALL FOR ONE and ONE FOR ALL!!
Damas y Caballeros, ,Muchisimas gracias y buenas noches!
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·oenton Record-Chronicle
Cinco de Mayo celebration to promote educatio
By Karina Ramfrez
Staff Writer
The Denton community usually
comes out the first Saturday in May to
celebrate Latino culture, but this year
attendees also will get information
about local colleges and universities.
A Texas Woman's University Mobile
Go Center and other sources will pro-
vide information about school enroll-
ment, financial aid, technical careers
and scholarships during the Cinco de
Mayo event set for 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday.
The event to be held at Quakertown
Park also will provide students with
information about the area's summer
programs and encourage adults to
attend English education classes.
Each year, the Cinco de Mayo festi-
val includes a parade, entertainment, a
children's area for arts and crafts,
pifiatas for children in grades one
through six, a soccer tournament, a La
Reina Pageant and a variety of food
and music. But this yeai~ sponsors and
collaborators wanted to include educa-
tional outreach.
"It is so important for our college
and universities to encourage all
Latinos to get an education regardless
of immigration status," said Roxanne
Del Rio, associate dean of student serv-
ices at North Central Texas College.
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Ceja Escamilla
PAGEANT CONTESTANTS
Flor
Hernandez
Layla
Hernandez
Oyuki
Hernandez
Following is a list of contestants for the La Reina Pageant set for Saturday at the Denton Civic Center:
■ Joanna Ceja, 16, Denton School student 19, North Central Texas College
High School student ■ Aor Hernandez, 18, Guyer freshman
■ Marla Delosangeles High School senior ■ Oyukl Hernandez, 16, Guyer
Escamllla, 18, Krum High ■ Layla Mellssa Hernandez, High School student
Peiia Yzaguirre
■ Cecllla Peiia, 18, Krum
High School senior
■ Zoe Danlelle Yzaguirre, 16,
Denton High School student
Deaton Record-Chronicle
From Pagl! 1A
Festival
NCTC is part of the Cinco de
Mayo event and a partner of the
Denton school district's Part-
nering for Success Tusk Force, a
program formed to encourage
students to stay in school and
reduce the number of dropouts.
The task force includes city offi-
cers and members of the com-
munity, civic organizations and
local universities and colleges.
Dr. Rudy Rodriguez, a Den-
ton school board member, said
the educational outreach is the
result of a project soon to be
" ... Cinco de
Mayo has grown
and become one
of the major
community
events
celebrating the
diversity of
languages and
cultures that
help make
Denton so
special."
called Ed:ucacwn es Poder, or
Education is Power, which
seeks to ensure Latino educa-
tional success.
The Denton school district,
the University of North Texas,
1WU and NCTC will take part,
Rodriguez said.
Denton had its first Cinco de
Mayo celebration in the mid-
1970s in the auditorium of
1WU's Multipurpose Classroom
Laboratory as a way to celebrate
the city's diverse culture.
The Denton League of United
Latin American Citizens collab-
orated, and continues its efforts
to help plan and conduct the
annual event
'We never envisioned at that
time that this annual celebra-
tion would become such a major
-Dr. Rudy Rodriguez,
Denton school
board member
event The event continued at
the MCLAuditorium for several
years thereafter until the city of
Denton incorporated the event
as part of their annual commu-
nity activities," Rodriguez said.
'We should all be proud of how
Cinco de Mayo has grown and
become one of the major com-
munity events celebrating the
diversity of languages and cul-
tures that help make Denton so
special."
KARINA RAMiREz can be
reached at 940-566-6878. Her
e-mail address i,s kramirez@
dentonrc.com.
The Board of Trustees
invites you to a special reception honoring
Dr. Rudy Rodriguez
Board Member
2008-2014
IJJr. !l(udg 20tfriguez
"Rudy has been an educational leader,
supportive parent and grandparent, active
community member, and a responsible
part of numerous boards and commissions.
His work for helping children in all these
areas has made him a stellar school board
member and an asset to the district."
-Dorothy Adkins,
former board member
The Board of Trustees
of
Denton Independent School District
cordially invites you to
a special reception honoring
1Jr.1(wfy '1{9cfriguez
for Six Years of Service
to the students, staff and community
of Denton ISO as Trustee
5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 12, 2014
(With special presentations at 5:45 p.m.)
Board Room, Central Services Building,
1307 N. Locust
Denton, TX 76201
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Local LULAC plani
candidate forum '$
By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe
Staff Writer
The public is invited to a candidate
forum organized by Denton LULAC
Council No. 4366, beginning at 6:30
p.m. Saturday in the council cham-
bers at Denton City Hall.
Z.Oltner are on the June 23 runoff bal-
lot for Place 5. Mark Bunoughs and
Neil Durrance continue their race for
mayor.
Candidates from both of Denton's
June 23 runoff races were invited to
participate. Both Place 5 City Council
and the Denton mayoral races had
three candidates for the May 12 elec-
tion, with no candidate receiving more
than 50 percent of the vote.
Questions over open government
and accountability drove both races. In
Place 5, Z.Oltner, a veterinarian, said the
current City Council holds too many
closed-door meetings and isn't respon-
sive to the public. Incumbent Pete
Kamp says the council believes in open
government and follows the law during
its executive sessions.
Therefore, Pete Kamp and David See FORUM on 9A
From Page 1A
Forum
Burroughs and Durrance are
both lawyers who served
together on the council from
1998 to 2001 but have rarely
agreed on the campaign trail.
Durrance has criticized
Burroughs, the incumbent, for
pursuing a state law to build a
power plant project near
Denton Airport rather than call
an election and for his business
ties to the city as a partner in
the law firm that collects the
city's delinquent truces.
But the city government
weathered the economic down-
turn without eliminating
essential services or furlough-
ing staff during his tenure,
Burroughs has said. The city
Burroughs Durrance
itself has seen economic
growth along University Drive
and near the new downtown
transit center.
Roberto Calderon, president
of the local League of United
Latin American Citizens chap-
ter, said the group felt it could
contribute to the community
by having the forum.
Each candidate will be
allowed to make a five-minute
opening statement. A modera-
tor will ask the candidates six
questions and each candidate
Kamp Zoltner
will have two minutes to
respond to the questions.
Denton LULAC members
were still meeting to draft the
questions, Calderon said.
"We'll be asking things that
don't typically get asked in
other Denton forums -for
better or for worse; Calderon
said, adding that the topics
would be those that are impor-
tant to Latinos living in the
city.
'We are a growing -bur-
geoning -part of the city,"
"We'll be asking
things that don't
typically get
asked in other
Denton forums
-for better or
for worse."
-Roberto Ca!deron,
president of Denton
LULAC Council No. 4366
Calderon said.
The forum is expected to last
about 75 minutes.
PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE
can be reached at 940-566-
6881. Her e-mail address is
phei,nkel-wolfe@dentonrc.com.
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LULAC scholarship
banquet coming up ,
By Karina Ramirez
Staff Writer
kramire,z@dentonrc.com
The Denton chapter of the League
of United Latin American Citizens will
be granting 28 scholarships during a
banquet scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Satur-
day at Denton Country Chili, 1213
Country Club Drive in Argyle.
Seventeen students will be named
National LUIAC Scholars. Another ll
will receive scholarships that LUIAC
will grant in partnership with North
Central Texas College, the University of
North Texas and Texas Woman's Uni-
versity. The LUIAC Council No. 4366
will grant approximately $107,000 in
scholarships with funds gathered from
local donors, educational institutions,
businesses and organizations.
Isabella Pina-Hinojosa, this year's
scholarship chairwoman, said the
group received a good selection of stu-
dents from local high schools.
"We are getting a lot more appli-
cants than we did when we first started
20 years ago," Pifi.a-Hinojosa said.
"Among this year's students, we have
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,CHOOLS 13 dlK.Cf.Tlofl/ ✓<£:Llf C£)l s
GOAL Copa Familia
slated for March 28
Students and their families
are invited to a tournament of
friendly pickup soccer matches
from 9 a m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,
March 28, at Calhoun Middle
School, 709 W. Congress St
The third annual tourna-
ment, GOAL Copa Familia, is
sponsored by the Denton ISD's
student enrichment program.
GOAL, or Guys/Girls Operating
As Leaders, fosters interaction
between family members, their
sons and daughters, and the
program mentors.
The tournament features a
community outreach fair with
Denton-area groups and organi-
zations providing information
and services.
The outreach fair will in-
clude legal counsel for families
of second-language learners,
voter registration, college ad-
mission and financial aid infor-
mation and details on adult ed-
ucation.
In addition, information will
be avalable on services from
~e of lfnited Latin Ame,ri-
ca.ncitizens, Omted Way of
Denton County, Denton Police
Department, and University of
North Texas service groups Phi
Iota Alpha and Sigma Delta
Lambda
GOAL helps students devel-
op leadership in and out of the
classroom through academic ex-
ercises, teamwork activities and
soccer.
Soccer equipment is option-
al.
Program sponsors will pro-
vide balls and officiating. Stu-.
dents can participate without a
family member.
All participants are responsi-
ble for their own transportation
to and from the school.
For more information, con-
tact Chris Ice at 940-369-2382
or cice@dentonisd.org.
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League of United Latin American Citizens
MAYORAL & CITY COUNCIL
PUBLIC FORUM
MODERATOR'S SCRIPT
Denton LULAC Council #4366
Saturday• Ju
MAYORAL & CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC FORUM
DENTON CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
SATURDAY, .JUNE 2, 2012
MODERATOR SCRIPT
INTR.ODUCTJON
Good evening and thank you for attending our public forum. I am
Roberto R. Calderon, your moderator for this forum featuring the
candidates in the municipal runoff election. With us this evening we
have Mark Burroughs, the incumbent mayor, and Neil Durrance, the
challenger. In the city council race are Pete Kamp challenged by
David Zoltner, both candidates for Place 5.
{ This forum is sponsored by Denton's League of United Latin American
Citizens Council #4366, a non-partisan organization dedicated to
strengthening the economic, political, and social standing of our
nation's more than 52 million Latinos as of July 2011 per the US
Census Bureau's latest numbers. Foremost is the goal of improving
educational opportunities and success. Tonight's questions will reflect
these basic goals.
The Denton LULAC Council is an affiliate member of Texas LULAC
and National LULAC. LULAC is the nation's largest and oldest Latino
civil rights and volunteer-based organization and its more than 900
councils work to empower Latino communities. L ULAC is a home-
grown Texas organization founded in South Texas in 1929.
Will members of Denton LULAC please stand and be recognized.
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GROUND RULES
First, each candidate is allowed two minutes for their opening
statement. Then we'll follow with a series of five questions in which
each candidate will have two minutes to respond. We will end with
closing statements of 3 minutes each.
Second, Alfredo Sanchez is serving as TIME KEEPER. Candidates are
asked to please keep their remarks within the time allowed. Alfredo
will signal you when you have 30 seconds left to wrap up and then
again when time's up.
CANDIDATE STATEMENTS (2 MINUTES EACH)
We will start with Mark Burroughs, followed by Neil Durrance.
Then, we'll hear from Pete Kamp, followed by David Zoltner.
FORUM QUESTIONS 1-5
Question #1
Context: This city like the state and nation are in the 11iidst of a
historic demographic trans/ or11iation. This is com1non knowledge. US
Census data indicate that in 2010 Latinos comprised over 21 percent
of Denton 's population. The continued growth of Latinos in Denton
and in Denton County through the year 2040 is supported by the
report recently released by the United Way of Denton County entitled:
2011 Community Assets and Needs Assess11ient.
(Mr. Burroughs •!• Mr. Durrance •!• Ms. Kamp •!• Mr. Zoltner)
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Question: In this emerging context, what will you do to see that
Latinos have a more active substantive and representative role
within city government and boards? And what's your vision for the
future of our city that's more racially and culturally diverse?
(M.r. Burroughs ❖ Mr. Durrance ❖Ms.Kamp ❖ Mr. Zoltner)
Short Follow-up Question
QUESTION: As a follow up to the United Way report, would you
support forming a city sponsored TASK FORCE to conduct a
more detailed study focusing on the needs and issues faced by
Latinos in Denton? The study would include review of current
services, employment concerns, recreational and education
services... The parameters and timeline for completing the study
would be set by the Task Force comprised of city officials and
Latino community members.
Question below you can leave or delete
Question: As another quick YES and NO question that need only be
answered with a "Yes" and/or "No" answer: Will you support naming
the soon-to-be constructed "Soccer Field Complex" at North Lakes
Park in honor of Dr. G. Roland Vela?
Question #2
Context: Unlike most states Texas is in the envious position now and
in the future of having a growing student population. Educating our
growing minority student population will have much to do with our
future economic prosperity and overall stability as a city. More than
95 percent of Texas schoolchildren are enrolled in public schools and
more than 50 percent are Latino. An increasing number of these
students are from working class and poor families, and lack the
( economic resources to be successful in school at a tilne when our
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schools are being severely challenged by a state budget that grossly
under/ unds education.
(Mr. Zoltner •!• Ms. Kamp •!• Mr. Durrance •!• Mr. Burroughs)
Question: Given these issues, how can the Mayor and City Council
help the Denton ISD in making public education a top priority?
Locally as a city leader how will you act to restore the 2011 funding
cuts to education?
Question #3
QUESTION #3: This is too long and too many numbers that can
confuse the candidates, I would suggest you focus on most essential
items from this without all the numerical references. and
incorporate in the intro/contextual statement for Question #1.
(Mr. Burroughs •!• Mr. Durrance •!• Ms. Kamp •!• Mr. Zoltner)
( Context: The City of Denton needs to do more actively address the
needs of its growing diverse population and especially that of the
Latino community. Workforce diversity statistics received from the
city staff today, for exa,nple, show that Whites (non-Hispanic) are
comprise a total of 80.02% (965) of the city's workforce when in 2010
per the US Census non-Hispanic Whites comprised 61.9% of the city's
total residents. By comparison, Latinos who comprised 21.2% of the
city's residents in 2010, in June 2012 comprised 11.86% (143) of the
city's total work/ orce of 1,206 employees. Of this number two
departments accounted for 39.2% (56) of the total number of Latino
employees, the Solid Waste and Water and Wastewater Utilities
Departnients with 28 such workers each. Etc. We in fact do not know
much about who Latinos are in the city and the City of Denton has not
previously engaged its formidable administrative and governing
authority to determine as much either. It is time, we can do better.
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Question: Considering the rapidly changing demographic nature of
our city would you support establishing a City of Denton Task Force
on the State of Latinos that would be tasked with producing a
publicly available report that would ideally influence the policies of
this city by way of issuing specific recommendations to the council to
remedy and provide equity to several areas including: 1) levels of
city employment 2) hiring Latinos at all ranks including executive
level positions 3) health services 4) affordable housing 5 ) services
for the elderly 6) transportation 7) gentrification 8) citizenship and
English classes for the nearly one in every six (12.6%) of our
residents who were foreign-born in 2010 and preponderantly
Latino?
QUESTIONS 4 and 5 are ok.
Question #4
(Mr. Zoltner •!• Ms. Kamp •!• Mr. Durrance •:• Mr. Burroughs)
Question: Compared to existing policy in neighboring cities, policies
within our city departments make it near to impossible for
construction and renovation of housing and buildings. How will you
remedy this?
Question #5
(Mr. Burroughs •:• Mr. Durrance •:• Ms. Kamp •:• Mr. Zoltner)
Question: Currently, our city has a task force to create new
regulations for gas drilling and production. Studies show that
environmental contamination stemming from unregulated industrial
activity tends to have adverse disproportionate impacts on poorer
communities of color. What will you do as mayor and members of
the council to see that regulations protect all citizens equally?
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END OF Q & A: CLOSING ST A TEMENTS
Each candidate now has 3 minutes for a closing statement starting
with Pete Kamp and then David Zoltner. They will be followed by
Mark Burroughs and Neil Durrance.
DESPEDIDA
THANK YOU, our audience.
Please join me in thanking Mark, Neil, Pete and David for their
willingness to serve our community as leaders in Denton City
Government. I believe we all learned from this forum and are ready to
vote in the June 23rd runoff election. Early voting begins on June 11th
at the Carroll Courts Building on Carroll Boulevard.
Those of you interested in becoming members of LULAC, and those of
us interested in registering to vote, please go by our table and pick up
the appropriate application or speak to any LULAC members here this . evemng.
6Mil gracias y buenas noches!
6Si se puede!
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Saturday, June 2, 2012
Denton, Texas
APPENDIX: EXTRA QUESTIONS
Q: Will you support revising school finance laws to be fair and
adequate to all Texas students?
Q: A big part of the Latino growth rate in our city is comprised of
senior citizens who speak little or no English. Will you initiate a
plan that will improve the outreach to the Spanish-speaking Latino
seniors, including enhancing their involvement in services provided
by the Senior Citizens' Center?
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GROUND R.ULES
First, each candidate is allowed two minutes for their opening
statement. Then we'll follow with a series of five questions in which
each candidate will have two minutes to respond. We will end with
closing statements of 3 minutes each.
Second, Alfredo Sanchez is serving as TIME KEEPER. Candidates are
asked to please keep their remarks within the time allowed. Alfredo
will signal you when you have 30 seconds left to wrap up and then
again when time's up.
CANDIDA TE STATEMENTS (2 MINUTES EACH)
We will start with Mark Burroughs, followed by Neil Durrance.
Then, we'll hear from Pete Kamp, followed by David Zoltner.
FOR.UM QUESTIONS 1-5
Question #1
Context: This city like the state and nation are in the midst of a
historic demographic transformation. This is common knowled_ge. US
Census data indicate that in 2010 Latinos comprised over 21 percent
of Denton 's population. Based on this data we project that by 2020 our
city's continued growth will find that Latinos, Blacks, Asians, and
others together will co,nprise the 1najority population. Latinos are at
the leading edge of this demographic transfonnation. Thus by 2020
non-Hispanic Whites in Denton, to borrow a phrase from the Census
Bureau, will constitute 50 percent or less of the city's residents for the
first time since 1857, when the city was founded five generations ago.
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(Mr. Burroughs •:• Mr. Durrance •:• Ms. Kamp •:• Mr. Zoltner)
Question: In this emerging context, what will you do to see that
Latinos have a more active substantive and representative role
within city government and boards? And what's your vision for the
future of our city that's more racially and culturally diverse?
(Mr. Burroughs ❖Mr.Durrance ❖Ms.Kamp ❖ Mr. Zoltner)
Short Follow-up Question
Question: As a quick follow-up question that need only be
answered with a "Yes" and/or "No" answer: Will you support
naming the soon-to-be constructed "Soccer Field Complex" at
North Lakes Park in honor of Dr. G. Roland Vela?
Question #2
Context: Unlike most states Texas is in the envious position now and
in the future of having a growing student population. Educating our
growing minority student population will have 1nuch to do with our
future economic prosperity and overall stability as a city. More than
95 percent of Texas schoolchildren are enrolled in public schools and
more than 50 percent are Latino. An increasing number of these
students are from working class and poor families, and lack the
economic resources to be successful in school at a time when our
schools are being severely challenged by a state budget that grossly
underf unds education.
(Mr. Zoltner •:• Ms. Kamp •:• Mr. Durrance •:• Mr. Burroughs)
Question: Given these issues, how can the Mayor and City Council
help the Denton ISD in making public education a top priority?
Locally as a city leader how will you act to restore the 2011 funding
cuts to education?
3
( Question #3
(Mr. Burroughs •:• Mr. Durrance •:• Ms. Kamp •:• Mr. Zoltner)
Context: The City of Denton needs to do 1nore actively address the
needs of its growing diverse population and especially that of the
Latino community. Workforce diversity statistics received from the
city staff today, for example, show that Whites (non-Hispanic) are
comprise a total of 80.02% (965) <if the city's workforce when in 2010
per the US Census non-Hispanic Whites comprised 61.9% of the city's
total residents. By co,nparison, Latinos who comprised 21.2% of the
city's residents in 2010, in June 2012 comprised 11.86% (143) of the
city's total workforce of 1,206 employees. Of this number two
departments accounted for 39.2% (56) of the total number of Latino
employees, the Solid Waste and Water and Wastewater Utilities
Departments with 28 such workers e(lch. Etc. We in fact do not know
much about who Latinos are in the city and the City of Denton has not
previously engaged its formidable administrative and governing
( authority to determine as niuch either. It is time, we can do better.
Question: Considering the rapidly changing demographic nature of
our city would you support establishing a City of Denton Task Force
on the State of Latinos that would be tasked with producing a
publicly available report that would ideally influence the policies of
this city by way of issuing specific recommendations to the council to
remedy and provide equity to several areas including: 1) levels of
city employment 2) hiring Latinos at all ranks including executive
level positions 3) health services 4) affordable housing 5 ) services
for the elderly 6) transportation 7) gentrification 8) citizenship and
English classes for the nearly one in every six (12.6%) of our
residents who were foreign-born in 2010 and preponderantly
Latino?
Question #4
(Mr. Zoltner •:• Ms. Kamp •!• Mr. Durrance •!• Mr. Burroughs)
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Question: Compared to existing policy in neighboring cities, policies
within our city departments make it near to impossible for
construction and renovation of housing and buildings. How will you
remedy this?
Question #5
(Mr. Burroughs •:• Mr. Durrance •:• Ms. Kamp •:• Mr. Zoltner)
Question: Currently, our city has a task force to create new
regulations for gas drilling and production. Studies show that
environmental contamination stemming from unregulated industrial
activity tends to have adverse disproportionate impacts on poorer
communities of color. What will you do as mayor and members of
the council to see that regulations protect all citizens equally?
END OF Q & A: CLOSING ST A TEMENTS
Each candidate now has 3 minutes for a closing statement starting
with Pete Kamp and then David Zoltner. They will be followed by
Mark Burroughs and Neil Durrance.
DESPEDIDA
THANK YOU, our audience.
Please join me in thanking Mark, Neil, Pete and David for their
willingness to serve our community as leaders in Denton City
Government. I believe we all learned from this forum and are r eady to
vote in the June 23rd runoff election. Early voting begins on June 11th
at the Carroll Courts Building on Carroll Boulevard.
5
Those of you interested in becoming members of LULAC, and those of
us interested in registering to vote, please go by our table and pick up
the appropriate application or speak to any L ULAC members here this . evening.
iMil gracias y buenas noches!
iSi se puede!
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Saturday, June 2, 2012
Denton, Texas
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APPENDIX: EXTRA QUESTIONS
Q: Will you support revising school finance laws to be fair and
adequate to all Texas students?
Q: A big part of the Latino growth rate in our city is comprised of
senior citizens who speak little or no English. Will you initiate a
plan that will improve the outreach to the Spanish-speaking Latino
seniors, including enhancing their involvement in services provided
by the Senior Citizens' Center?
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( DATE: DRAFT
Elena Segura
Education Program Coordinator
Ford Driving Dreams through Education Grants
LULAC National Office
1133 19th Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036
Dear Ms. Segura:
The Denton (Texas) LULAC Council #4633 president has recently informed me that his council, in
collaboration with the Denton Independent School District, is requesting funds from the Ford
Driving Dreams through Education Grant program.
As Director for the LULAC District Ill which includes the Denton LULAC Council, I've become
acutely aware of the enormous challenge we have in our distict's cities and communities of
retaining Latino students in school. Some of the possible vital causal factors include a lack of
English language skills, achievement gaps in the areas of reading and mathematics; also, limited
engagement of Latino and Latina students in the type of extracurricular activities that help
strengthen the interest of our young people in their education. It is for these reasons that I
commend the Denton LULAC Council members and the Denton ISO for the supplemental and
much-needed assistance proposed in the Ford Driving Dreams ... grant application. Because of
the high regard I have for the long-time active and high-quality exemplary community service of
the Denton Council and the commitment of the Denton ISD to quality schooling for our "Children
of Promise", I, as District Ill director, wholeheartedly endorse the attached application and urge its
approval by your office.
Also, as District Ill director and in quarterly meetings of our district LU LAC officers, we ask that
our group receive periodic reports on the progress of the program. I expect we all can learn from
the student services and experiences of the Denton Council in addressing the vital need of
fostering and expanding improved educational opportunities for our children.
Sincerely,
Rene Martinez, Director
District Ill LULAC
Dallas, Texas
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Denton LULAC #4366
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Mariachi
Aguilas
Proposal for a
Pilot Mariachi
Program
A Proposal to
Barbara Fisher
Presented on
July 11, 2008
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Table of Contents
1 Need ......................................................................................................................... 3
2 Solution .................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Objectives ........................................................................................................ 4
2.2 Approach ......................................................................................... 4
3 Implementation Plan ............................................................................................... 5
3.1 Leadership ....................................................................................................... 5
3.2 Schedule .......................................................................................................... 5
3.3 Resources ....................................................................................................... 5
4 Costs ........................................................................................................................ 6
5 Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 6
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Given the growing Hispanic population in the United states, and
particularly in Texas, concerns about Latin issues should be in the
forefront of our thinking and doing, particularly for educators.
Hispanics in the city of Denton as of 2005 makes up 16.4% of our
total population with Hispanic students approximately 24%. A
primary issue of concern for our Latino/a students is that of retention.
The following statistics were published by the Texas Education
Agency's Department of Assessment, Accountability and Data
Quality in August, 2007:
Rates by student group. In 2005-06, the Grade 7-12 dropout rate
for African American students (3.8 %) was almost three times as
high as that for White students (1.3 %), and the rate for Hispanic
students (3.5 %) was more than two and one-halftimes as high
... Some student groups make up larger percentages of the dropout
population than of the student population. In 2005-06,for example,
Hispanic students made up 41.5 percent of Grade 7-12 students,
but 56. 5 percent of dropouts, a difference of 15 percentage points.
African American students made up 15.4 percent of Grade 7-12
students in 2005-06, but 22.6 percent of dropouts, a difference of 7.2
percentage points (accessible electronically at
http. /\\"" 11.:a.stat1. P.l..us res1.-.. c.h, pa s ~r-Jpcc:,,.-np 2005-06.p .... ')
One way to improve the retention rate among our Latino/a students is
to offer more diverse learning experiences that reflect a valuing of
their culture. Music is a particularly powerful cultural component,
allowing for expression, connections to historical roots, and
opportunities for student success that is often difficult in academic
classrooms. By offering a mariachi, Guyer would be one of the few
high schools north of Austin that allow their Latino/a students to
participate in this type of cultural expression.
However, a primary challenge in offering mariachi programs is in
hiring qualified instructors. There are few university programs
currently that offer music education degrees with specializations in
mariachi. Consequently, in North Texas it is almost impossible to
find a qualified director who is also certified to teach music. This
prevents our North Texas schools from participating in UIL
competitions for mariachi. The inclusion of mariachi in UIL began
this year, 2008.
Another challenge is in finding time during the school day to offer
classes and rehearsal times. Often the solution is to offer mariachi
after school, but this perpetuates the perception that mariachi is not
worthy of inclusion in the music curriculum. This often negates any
intent in demonstrating that Latino/a culture might be valued in the
school.
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An additional challenge is in providing funding for the instruments
necessary for a mariachi These include guitar, vihuela, guitarron,
violin, and trumpet.
In order to appropriately reflect valuing of Guyer's Hispanic students'
cultures and values, and in order to improve retention rates, we
propose a pilot mariachi program to be implemented in Fall, 2008. In
addition to listing objectives, this proposal seeks to address the
challenges mentioned above.
2.1 Objectives
• Objective 1
To appropriately value the cultural heritage of a large
percentage of Guyer's student population
• Objective 2
To give Latino/a students the opportunity to reconnect
with their cultural heritage, particularty those who are 2nd
and 3rd generation immigrants
• Objective 3
To improve retention rates of Guyer's Latino/a student
population
• Objective 4
To build a relationship between Guyer and the University
of North Texas to encourage college attendance by
Guyer's Latino/a graduates
• Objective 5
To give Latino/a students the opportunity to participate in
UIL competition as members of a mariachi, now
recognized by UIL
2.2 Approach
This proposal describes a pilot program for the development of a
mariachi as an integral part of Guyer's music program. This pilot
program could begin as soon as Fall, 2008 and would involve three
key individuals. Maria Dudash of Guyer's Bilingual Program would
serve as the high school representative; Dr. Donna Emmanuel,
music faculty at UNT and founder of UNT's Mariachi Aguilas would
serve as the University representative; Mr. Edwardo Cantu would
serve as the mariachi director.
3 Implementation Plan
3.1 Leadership
In order to implement a pilot mariachi program at Guyer, one of the
first challenges is the need for a qualified director who has the
expertise to build a program that will excel musically. This person not
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( only needs fine musical skills, but also specific knowledge of all
aspects of mariachi including instrumentation, repertoire,
performance etiquette, and arranging. The director needs to have
teaching experience in mariachi, an understanding of secondary
students, good classroom management, and an understanding of
Latin culture. The ability to speak Spanish would be a necessity in
order to communicate with students who are learning English. In
addition, the director should be able to serve as a role model
musically, personally, culturally, and ethically. Mr. Edwardo Cantu
possesses all of these qualifications. Mr. Cantu's resume is included
in this proposal. As Mr. Cantu is not certified, the principal, Barbara
Fisher, would direct discussion with the appropriate parties to
investigate the possibilities of hiring a non-certified specialist.
3.2 Schedule
Ideally, classes would be offered for each instrumental group of the
mariachi, each meeting twice a week -violins, guitars and vihuela,
guitarron, and trumpet One class a week would be for all
participants to study voice. Also, once a week, all participants would
rehearse the entire ensemble. A template is suggested below:
Guyer Mariachi Rehearsal Schedule
Tune
8:00 am -8:45am
9:00 am -10:00 am
10:00 am -11:00 am
11 :00 am -12:00 pm
12:00 pm -1:00 pm
2:00 pm -3:00 pm
3:00 pm -4:00 pm
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
violins Trumpet violins trumpet
guitars guitarron guitars guitarron
vihuelas vihuelas voice Entire ensemble
3.3 Resources
Ms Dudash will be a valuable resource in monitoring the interaction
among the director and students participating in the ensemble. She
would be a district-wide spokesperson for the ensemble. Dr.
Emmanuel would provide any assistance and supervision,
particularly in the initial start-up, including monitoring rehearsals,
advising Mr. Cantu, and developing curricula. Because of the support
of the University of North Texas College of Music, many
opportunities for performances, master classes, and summer camps
would be provided to the mariachi students at Guyer. UNT's
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ensemble, Mariachi Aguilas, would serve as mentors for the Guyer
group, building relationships that would encourage excellence,
leadership, and college attendance.
osts
Initial costs would include a salary for Mr. Cantu and money to
purchase instruments. Dr. Emmanuel and Mrs. Dudash would write
grants to cover the cost of instruments, equipment, and supplies.
Because of the current focus nationally on Latino/a issues, it is likely
that substantial grant funding could be found.
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Very few public schools in the North Texas area have thriving
mariachi programs. Guyer's ensemble would serve as a model for
not only the other schools in Denton, but across the state and
country. The unique aspects of this program would be in hiring a
highly qualified director that would enable the ensemble to represent
North Texas well at UIL competitions. An additional unique feature
would be the collaborative efforts between Guyer and the University
of North Texas. Dr. Emmanuel's research interests center on
aspects of culture and education, particularly Latino/a issues. She
would conduct research examining the success of the program at
Guyer, publish the results, and present the findings at state, national
and international conferences. Very little research has been
conducted examining the impact of mariachi involvement as a factor
in improving retention.
From the beginning of the mariachi at UNT, Dr. Emmanuel's goal
was to build relationships with public schools, train highly skilled
mariachi teachers, and build partnerships between the University
and the Denton community. A mariachi at Guyer High School would
serve as the foundation for future programs in Denton County and
across the metroplex.
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Thank you for supporting Mariachi Dorado!
Our goal is to purchase uniforms for the group.
We hope you enjoy the show!
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to our outstanding
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We are so proud of the wonderful
contribution you are making as part of the
Denton ISD Fine Arts Department.
We wish you continued success.
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Front row: Glenna Harris, M.D., Board Vice-President; Dr. Jeanetta Smith, Board Member; Mia Price, Board President
Middle row: Dr. Rudy Rodriguez, Board Secretary; Barbara Burns, Board Member
Back row: Dr. Jamie Wilson, Superintendent; Charles Stafford, Board Member; Dr. Jim Alexander, Board Member
Alexis Alvarez
guitar and euphonium
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Erick Quintanilla
violin and vihuela
Johanna Calvo
violin
Nicole Leal
violin
Jailine Puga
violin, percussion and vocal solo
Emma Cantrell
guitarron and viola
Valerie Natividad
trumpet
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Brenda Dominguez
vihuela and vocal solo
Abner Orozco
guitarron and violin
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Serena Gonzalez
violin, vihuela and vocal solo
Jorge Pineda
trumpet
Carolina Ramos
violin and guitar
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Alex Ruiz
guitarron, percussion
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Denton ISO Mariachi Band.
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Proud of each and every one
of your accomplishments in such
a short period of time.
You are musical~ embracing cultural
heritage wtth your talents.
What a wonderful way to end
the year and continue
your instrumental journey.
Estamos muy orgullosos de lo
que han logrado hasta hoy.
Sigan adelante alcanzando
sus suefios.
Se las desea,
Teresa Luna-Taylor
702 S. Elm Street
Denton, TX 76201
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Jose Hernandez, right, leads students during the University of North Texas' Mariachi Aguilitas Summer Camp on Wednesday in Denton.
'Whole new world'
UNT mariachi camp expands horizons
By Rachel Mehlhaff
Staff Writer
University of North Texas student Stephanie
Moreno's life was changed by mariachi camp,
and she hopes to share her experience with
other students.
"Being at the camp, they opened my eyes to
this whole new world," said Moreno, who first
attended the five-day camp about four years
ago as a Grand Prairie high school student The
camp motivated her to go to college, she said.
Moreno now helps teach at the camp and
sees herself as a guide and a role model. She's
. studying music education at UNT and plans to
be a choir teacher and start mariachi programs
at elementary schools.
The UNT Mariachi Aguilitas Summer Camp
is in its fifth year of teaching middle and high
school students from Arlington, Fort Worth,
Dallas, Grand Prairie, Garland and Krum.
1\vo years ago, students from the camp
began attending UNT.
"That's one of my primary purposes for the
camp," said Donna Emmanuel, associate pro-
fessor of music and founder of the camp .
Campers interested in learning more about
the admissions process are given the opportu-
nity to talk with UNT's admissions department,
Emmanuel said.
Other students, like Moreno, who have grad-
uated high school and gone off to college come
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back during the summer to
, help with the camp.
UNT student Juan Sigala
attended the camp and helped
teach at the camp this year. He
is studying music education at
UNT and said he hopes to
teach mariachi music.
was recognized as a category in
the University Interscholastic
League.
For current students at the
camp, the music is their
favorite part, they said.
Sigala, who plays violin and
sings, attended the camp for
three years while be was at
Paschal High School in Fort
Worth.
"It's a good experience to
have," he said.
Rice University student Janie
Rios also came back to teach at
the camp. She remembers the
camp being smaller when she
first attended it five years ago as
a student at Sam Houston High
School in Arlington.
"It was a lot smaller; she
said. "It was a lot more inti-
mate."
But it's nice to see the pro-
gram grow over the years, Rios
said.
The violinist said she enjoys
having been a student and now
experiencing the camp as a
teacher because she enjoys giv-
ing back.
Between 60 and 70 students
attended the camp this year,
Emmanuel said. The number is
down from last year's atten-
dance of about 100 students
because of a lack of grant fund-
ing, she said.
Normally, Emmanuel uses
the grant money to offer schol-
arships, she said.
This year, she bad to raise
tuition $50 and wasn't able to
offer scholarships.
Fort Worth, Grand Prairie
and Garland high schools help
their students cover the full
tuition of $250, she said.
"I love the music; said
Joshua Ward, 17, of Grand
Prairie. "It helps me in more
ways than musically."
Ward said more students
need to attend the camp.
Both Valeria Ibarra, 15, who
attends Krum High School,
and Seth Bullis, 15, who attends.
R.L. Turner High School in
Carrollton, found out about the
camp from their mothers, who
signed them up.
Ward, Ibarra and Bullis have
all been at the camp for four
years.
Bullis' school doesn't have a
mariachi program, he said. He's
enjoyed meeting the other
musicians and learning about
other cultures.
Ibarra has enjoyed learning
from mariachi maestro Jose
Hernandez, who has taught at
the camp for the past three
years.
"For me, it's really cool
because he's a trumpet player,"
said Ibarra, also a trumpeter.
Hernandez performs in an
ensemble Mariachi Sol de
Mexico, which has played for
film scores such as Rango and
Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
He's a wonderful musician,
and he's a wonderful teacher,
'fra.ditionally, in the public
school system, mariachi hasn't
been valued, Emmanuel said.
That's another reason she
decided to start the camp.
But it's gaining credibility,
she said.
A few years ago, mariachi
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tA. Denton Public School Foundation, Inc.
--enriching the quality of education in the Denton Public Schools since 1995 --
The Denton ISD Mariachi Band Support Fund Denton ISD is pleased to begin offering a unique opportunity for our students at the middle and high school level. Added to the district's other award-winning Fine Arts programs for the coming year will be Mariachi Bands! The district will be providing financial support in various forms. Community members, organizations, and businesses are being offered the opportunity to sponsor the purchase of uniforms for the students. The Denton Public School Foundation will be managing the funds donated for this purpose. All contributions will be maintained as a designated line item within Foundation accounts and will only be utilized for the donor designated purpose. ❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖ Name ___________ Address __________________ Amount _____ _
$250 Sponsor a middle school mariachi band uniform $450 Sponsor a high school mariachi band uniform
Make a contribution toward the support of the Denton ISD Mariachi Band program. Funds in this category will be expended at the request of the director of the band or DISD Fine Arts Director only and exclusively for support of the Mariachi Band initiative.
Contributions can be mailed to : Denton Public School Foundation, Inc. 1307 N. Locust Denton, Texas 76201
Make checks payable to DPSF. The Denton Public School Foundation is a Section 501 (c)(3) entity and will serve as the fiscal agent for this fund. EIN 75-2578743