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Video: HISD's Lee High School shuffles staff, extends class time under program for struggling schools
Tuesday, Aug 24, 2010, 10:32AM CST
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By Lynn Walsh

The Houston Independent School District is starting the 2010-11 school year with a new program at some high schools and middle schools across the district. Lee High School is part of the Apollo 20 program aimed at increasing academic achievement at underperforming schools in HISD.

Watch and learn what changes students and parents can expect at Lee and how much it is going to cost the district.

 

Contact Lynn Walsh at at 713-228-2850 or lynn@texaswatchdog.org. Follow news about the Houston Independent School District on Twitter, #HISD.
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wondering
Wednesday, 08/25/2010 - 08:35PM

The Bellaire Examiner is reporting that 1 million has been raised to make up for the deficit in Apollo 20 funding since Dr Grier's initial presentation to the Board turned out to be overly optimistic.

Why the difference in numbers? Did the district PR machine round 650 K up to one million?

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