Testimony Continues Wednesday On Fate Of Local Middle School
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Testimony Continues Wednesday On Fate Of Local Middle School
Testimony continues for a second day Wednesday in a hearing that will determine the fate of a local middle school that school district officials want to close.
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(August 27, 2008)—Testimony continues for a second day Wednesday in state district court in Waco in a hearing on a lawsuit that will determine the fate of Waco’s low-performing G. L. Wiley Middle School.

The hearing started Tuesday morning, a little more than 12 hours after Waco School Board members voted 4-3 for a second time to close the low-performing school.

State District Judge Jim Meyers issued a temporary restraining order last week that allowed about 100 students to report to Wiley for the first day of classes Monday.

The school’s supporters are suing in an attempt to keep the doors open.

Six witnesses testified Tuesday including Wiley’s principal, Kermit Ward and WISD Board member Alex Williams, who voted against closing the school

Attorneys plan to call 14 more witnesses and the hearing is expected to continue until Thursday.

On Aug. 7, Waco School Board members also voted 4-3 to close the school after it received poor ratings for five straight years.

Students were transferred to other middle schools, and many evidently decided not to return to Wiley after Meyers temporarily barred the district from closing Wiley.

Texas Education Agency Commissioner Robert Scott had already given the school a one-year waiver to improve, but board members who supported closure cited the school’s declining enrollment and poor test performance.

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Posted by: I Feel Sorry for WACO on Aug 27, 2008 at 05:38 PM

Oh course we know stupied is what stupied does.I wish you had left your name when you wrote in Wilbert Austin's name so that there would be another lawsuit. HA,Ha, you only smell funny.
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Posted by: Wilbert Austin Location: Waco on Aug 27, 2008 at 03:31 PM

" I pray dat de jurdge do uh keep uh Wiley open...."
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Posted by: Me Location: Central Texas on Aug 27, 2008 at 12:21 PM

As someone else said, these children need to be transferred to the Cameron Park Zoo (so as not to disrupt other classrooms with their disrespectful/disruptive behaviors.)
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