We Messed Up

An early voting breakdown listed in the Thursday print edition of The Terrell Tribune is incorrect.

Through Wednesday, 397 ballots had been cast in the joint City of Terrell and Terrell ISD election. Of that number, 16 had been cast by Terrell ISD voters who live outside the city limits all others were cast by voters within the city limits. It had been previously reported that through Tuesday only 9 voters had cast ballots in the TISD election. That number is an error. TISD votes and city rental integrity ordinance votes within the city limits are included in the combined number (397).

The Tribune regrets the error and any confusion it may have caused.

Early voting is being held in council chambers of Terrell City Hall, 201 East Nash St., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 2, 3, 4, 6, and 9. Early voting also will be held at city hall from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 5 and 10.

On the city ballot will be a decision as to whether or not to approve Ordinance No. 2457, better known as the Rental Integrity Ordinance.

The Terrell ISD ballot features a race between incumbent Ann Kines McDonald and challenger Carol Keto.

TISD narrows AD search

The Terrell ISD board has narrowed their search for a new athletic director and head football coach to three candidates, but they have not yet released the names of the finalists.

"We have told them that they need to inform their district because we will be calling references, but we want to give them the opportunity to have the conversation," said TISD Human Resources Director Stacey Ellis. "We will publicly release those names on Wednesday."

Ellis said 42 candidates applied for the position. A committee of board members and administrators selected 11 for interviews over the last two weeks, but two of those candidates withdrew.

Police respond to school bus accident, report no injuries

Terrell and TISD police have responded to a minor accident involving a school bus and one other vehicle this afternoon. We do not have firm details regarding the bus that was involved, but responders reported that there were no injuries in either vehicle.

We will update our website with a more complete story when details become available.

E! Terrell Great American Songbook tonight

The E! Terrell performance series hosts another performance tonight, Matt Davenport's Great American Songbook.

The company produces shows and attractions for various touring acts. This one looks very similar in scope to last years "Red Hot Hollywood."

Here are a couple of photos from that show at the TISD Performing Arts Center.

At $50 per season ticket ($10 for students), the seven shows are quite a bargain for the entertainment value.

The show starts at 7:30.

Volleyball tonight

JV action vs. Wills Point last week

Lady Tiger volleyball teams serve up some action against Lancaster tonight at the THS Athletic Complex. JV and Freshman play at 5:30, Varsity at 6:30.

The varsity squad is coming off of a 4th place finish in the Tiger volleyball tournament last weekend.

TISD Board meets tonight

The Terrell ISD board will meet tonight at 6:30.

(Photo from Feb 15, 2010 meeting)

Full agenda information is available here.

It looks like a relatively short meeting, but I've said that before.

Another meeting will be held at noon August 31 for public comment on the 2010-2011 budget. One story about that is here... like many districts, cuts are on the table and revenue sources are under scrutiny.

TEA, TAKS, TEKS, APY, EOC... What is accountability anyway?

TISD's Lauren Johnson took time out of her busy day to give me the lowdown on Terrell's "Academically Acceptable" rating from the Texas Education Agency for an article for Thursday's Tribune.

If you want to see the ratings first-hand they can be viewed here.

Deciphering what they actually mean is another matter altogether.

The good news, by Johnson's estimation, is that Terrell was only about 80 passing students away from being "Recognized" as a district.

Don J.