For Your Approval posted a great list of career advice for new PR students. In short:
Yep, completely agree.
From the Houston Chronicle’s School Zone blog:
[snip]After meeting in closed session for about an hour, the board also unanimously approved his amended employment contract — which, in a nutshell, guarantees Saavedra his $327,010 base salary through next March, even if the board finds a new superintendent before then.
That means the district could be paying Saavedra and a new superintendent at the same time, though Saavedra’s attorney, Vidal Martinez, predicts the overlap won’t be much since superintendent searches can take a while.
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KIPP expanding single-gender school program
Charter for boys will soon have a girls’ campus nearby
– Houston Chronicle2
[snip]The campus, KIPP Voyage Academy, is expected to be Houston’s first all-girls public school. Nationally, the number of single-gender public schools has jumped from 11 in 2002 to 518 now, according to the National Association for Single Sex Public Education.
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2 = article may expire in a few weeks.
The Cision blog lists “eight terrific conferences” for media relations in 2009:
And I’m probably not going to make a single one.
On the corner of Waugh and Hyde Park in Houston, Texas a typical 20 foot shipping container has been adapted into a sustainable “green” design for the offices of Mirabeau B. Condominiums.Powered by the solar panels, their last energy bill was NEGATIVE $193.
Their proposed development boasts an array of sustainable design components from green screens and roofs to energy efficient HVAC systems and a water retention system.
Interesting. I wonder what you can do to an existing house to help with energy efficiency.
Pearland city council gave the go-ahead on the design and building of University of Houston-Pearland. Inside Pearland blog reports:
The building is expected to cost the city about $11 million to
construct and will be finished by mid-2010. An additional 10,000 square
feet of office space have been set aside at the location for the
Pearland Economic Development Corporation offices, Reid said.
Lifehacker’s Kevin Purdy posted about his success in dieting by using a an approach called flexitarianism. What that means is that he doesn’t eat meat before dinner, and that seems to make all the difference in the world.
So what did he do to succeed at this? He recommends:
Interesting approach.
From the Houston Chronicle’s chron.Commons Blog:
The Fairy Godmother Project of Houston provides free prom attire to Houston-area teens who may not otherwise attend their prom. Since 2000 we have made prom dreams come true for hundreds of students from Magnolia to Galveston and Dayton to Brookshire.In these tough economic times with so many neighbors still struggling from the effect of this summer’s Hurricanes, we are here to give a sense of normalcy. We try to let high school students experience an important milestone while removing the burden of an extra expense.
Students who apply for our program receive prom attire at the shopping day, held March 28-29, 2009. No financial proof is needed, just an online application and a student ID.
Please visit www.fairygodmotherproject.com to learn more about our program and apply easily online. Applications will be accepted through March 20. Pass the word along!
In these tough economic times, I can imagine how difficult some families are going to find prom. Sounds like a very good project.
Union, refineries reach tentative labor agreement
– Houston Chronicle2
Negotiators from the United Steelworkers Union and Shell Oil Co., which is representing the energy industry, announced today that they reached a tentative deal for a new contract that will serve as the minimum standard for wages, benefits and working conditions for covered employees nationally.[snip]
Good news, I guess.
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2 = article may expire in a few weeks.
And she tells us why in an article in the African-American News & Issues.
