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' Thursday, November 10,1988 The Battalion Page 11 tate education groups hope for reform measures DALLAS (AP) — Education groups Bglhg a close eye on the state Board of • pcation hope the new elected body -g j kes another look at some school reform If \ Hires, and the teacher appraisal sys- T m tops the list. J Ipjnalee Boice, assistant executive di- Cstor for programs for the Texas State ce reality and the-jMChers Association, said the current lations with Latin :>praisal system does not allow teachers ^Kh flexibility. And that, she said, unerica, Puentes creativity and professionalism, and the problemofj“f prescribes a method of teaching,” he country’s $104 oice said. “The teachers are very much Mexican illegalawH^d from making decisions.” a Mexican impoitsCrow, associate executive di- clations between; :ctor °f Ihe Texas Association of School Regan and de la,\L oartls ’ sa i d his group also will be llmg the Board of Education to exam- .tands this andsoc iethe teacher appraisal system. )atTnan, TreasurywB e teachers’ organization endorsed Jrady and Attoni;fN illates in 13 contested and non-con- tomburgh, whoatt iste<i races T ues day. Nine of the TSTA •s of the Bush (.MSdates emerged victorious. It was ^■irst time Texans have elected the IB board in four years. He 15-member panel became an ap- " minted body after sweeping education sfonns were passed in 1984 and Gov. "I O r™k lark White selected members of the 4. JL 1 oard. The reforms called for the return to an elected board. Boice said she believes the TSTA en dorsements carried weight and attributed some endorsed candidates’ losses to coattails of contenders in races higher on the ballot. ‘‘We had anticipated that there would be a coattail effect, and we saw that even in the state Board (of Education) races,” Boice said. Sliding by their opponents and landing seats on the new elected board were two appointed incumbents, Democrat Mary Helen Berlanga, who defeated Republi can Fransan Boatright in District 2, and Democrat Carolyn Crawford, who downed Republican Glenn Arnett Jr. in District 7. But incumbent Democrat Paul Dunn of Levelland lost to Republican Monte Hasie of Lubbock in District 15. Appointed incumbents returning to the board are Geraldine Miller, R-Dallas, in District 12 and Dr. Emmett Conrad, D- Dallas, in District 13. Neither faced op position. In other uncontested races, Democrat Rene Nunez of El Paso won the seat in District 1, while Democrat Ray Alexan der of Houston gained the post in District 4. Contested races without incumbents saw Democrat Esteban Sosa downing Republican Mary Beth Williamson in District 3; Republican John Shields de feating Democrat John Sullivan in Dis trict 5; Republican Robert Cummings routing Democrat Donna Ellis is District 6; and Democrat Mary Perkins beating Republican Charles Whiteside in District 8. Also, Bob Aikin, a Democrat, outdis tanced Dee Hilton, a Republican, in Dis trict 9; Democrat Will Davis emerged over Republican Dorothy Chandler in District 10; Republican Jane Nelson de feated Democrat Dorothy Adkins in Dis trict 11; and Democrat William Hudson downed Republican Donald Dorsett in District 14. TSTA supported Nunez, Berlanga, Sosa, Sullivan, Crawford, Perkins, Ai kin, Davis, Adkins, Miller, Conrad, Dorsett and Dunn. Another education organization, Tex ans for Education, Excellence and Schools, which includes Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby and Dallas billionaire and educa tion reform leader H. Ross Perot, had backed eight candidates — seven Demo crats and one Republican. Four of the candidates won and four lost. The school board association does not endorse candidates, but Crow said TASB hopes the new board will commu nicate with local school districts. ‘‘They’ve done a good job of commu nicating with school district people, and we hope that continues,” Crow said. New board members can expect to 1 hear from education groups about the teacher career ladder, which increases compensation as teachers move to higher ladder levels. Hance vows to draw state into oil scene DALLAS (AP) — Victorious over his Democratic opponent, Railroad Com missioner Kent Hance vowed to keep Texas moving toward more involvement in the world oil scene. And one of his first orders of business was to schedule a Thursday meeting in Austin of a handful of non-OPEC oil- producing nations and states. Hance, who made highly publicized trips to meetings of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in Vienna, Austria, faced criticism from opponent Clint Hackney for attending the international gatherings. Despite that, Hance downed Hackney Tuesday by a 55-to-45 percent margin, or 2.7 million votes to 2.2 million votes. The two were vying for the remaining two years of the unexpired term of Mack Wallace, who stepped down from the three-member panel last year. The other incumbent on the commis sion, Democrat Jim Nugent, held on to his post as well, defeating Republican challenger Ed Emmett with 2.8 million votes, or 56 percent, to Emmett’s 2 mil lion votes, or 41 percent. A Republican appointed last year to Wallace’s unexpired term, Hance, 45, said his attending OPEC meetings and pushing for Texas involvement in the in ternational oil market contributed to his win. ‘T think the public likes for somebody to stand up for Texas,” he said. ‘T think in that resect, it helped. ” Hance, a former congressman and state senator, will welcome the state and foreign officials attending the meeting Thursday. Nations planning to send representa tives to the gathering are Mexico and Oman, according to Hance and officials in his Railroad Commission office. States expected to be represented are Texas, Oklahoma, California, New Mexico, Alaska and Colorado. ‘‘(We’re) trying to establish a dia logue and see if there are things we agree on,” Hance said after his victory Tues day night. He and his aides have charac terized the meeting as a “round table” discussion before the next OPEC meet ing, scheduled for later this month. ture texas highway funding amendment receives most votes kly noted that vote is continue to els >eal office, andsii sidentia! candiik ay to appeal to thos y best shot. We la and our not-so-p asked several tint ve commercials ans about the preside! to name the archiK James A. BakerlL^ retary of state, his news conferee the morning in I calling succesl ndidates to conpM AUSTIN (AP) — The top vote-getter i the general election in Texas wasn’t ligned with any political party. Hoposition 1, an amendment to the exas Constitution saying federal high- raf funds must be used for roads, gar- ered nearly 3.6 million votes, or 86.9 ercent to 13.1 percent with 99 percent fthe precincts reporting Wednesday. “Roads are neither Democrat nor Re publican,” Don Ward, president of the Texas Good Roads-Transportation Asso ciation, said. “Roads are roads.” All three amendments on the state bal lot passed by substantial margins. Proposition 2 creates the “Rainy Day Fund.” It calls for any state budget sur pluses to be set aside for spending in other years when revenues fall short of projections. Proposition 3, dubbed the “Texas Growth Fund,” grants more investment flexibility to trustees of the state’s two education funds and two state-employee pension funds, including permission to invest in the growth fund. With 99 percent of the precincts re- NEW T-BUCKS HELP LOWER THE COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION. mown for ipty House at fltectj ivc business. 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