The final meeting of the Dallas Achieves Commission was on September 17, 2009. But this thing was the epitome of the Dallas Way: a bunch of rich guys hired a bunch of consultants and talked to everyone for months and months, spent a ton of money, got little-to-no buy-in from the school board or the administration, and delivered a PowerPoint with a note that said YOU’RE WELCOME. I’d say the mechanism to have a special election if student outcomes don’t grow is a pretty damned big deal. Obtained a zero liability judgment after a two-week bench trial in a deceptive-advertising action brought by the FTC against three debt-settlement companies and their officers and directors in which the FTC sought more than $58 million dollars in damages, and then upheld the judgment on appeal. Nevertheless…, The commission came up with 100 recommendations. , No. Operational changes and governance changes are not the same thing. Successfully defended a major electric generating company in an administrative proceeding seeking the largest fine ($171 million) ever imposed by the Public Utility Commission of Texas. So I’m okay with that. All Trademarks and Copyrights are owned by their respective companies and/or entities.

Obtained a summary judgment and the upheld it on appeal in a million-dollar lawsuit by a Fort Worth used-car dealership against a floor-plan financing company for alleged breaches of the parties’ floor-plan financing agreement, DTPA violations, fraud, and defamation. Successfully tried six-week jury trial against Enron involving breach of contract and tortious interferance claims. Bob Weiss in Texas We found 45 results for Bob Weiss in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Hallettsville.

J.D., William & Mary School of Law, Editor, Clerk, Hon. The work he’s doing is a credit to the city. Saturday: Norm Sonju. Today I’ll respond to Veazey, who wrote the following: You realize, of course, you are now the lone wolf in the wilderness calling for radical governance structure changes at the top of the district. That said, it received. So pre-K expansion started pre-Miles, but post-Dallas Achieves, and apparently not in any way tied to Dallas Achieves. As the Dallas Mavericks celebrate their 40th birthday today, Kevin Sullivan remembers during their first year of existence when they actually suffered from an identity […] The idea that Dallas Achieves was a great plan that Miles threw aside is the fever dream of a few self-interested parties (*coughcoughDONWILLIAMScoughcough*) who say that Dallas Achieves’ plan would have improved Dallas schools if only Miles had championed it and followed the plan when he arrived. He has tried more than thirty lawsuits and arbitrations and has argued more than thirty appeals in both Texas and federal appellate courts. Successfully handled ERISA class action for major electric utility. Successfully represented several other pipe manufacturers in many multi-million dollar cases alleging design and manufacturing defects in prestressed concrete water pipe. Receive an email notification when changes occur for Bob Weiss. The truth is this: Dallas Achieves was a valiant effort by outsiders to try to influence operations within Dallas ISD, but much of it didn’t get done.

(Which is why, as another commenter noted, my suggestions involve school board reform more than school reform). Copyright © 2020, D Magazine Partners, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The commission was one of those typical Dallas commissions: loaded with too many smart people, run by consultants from out-of-state, loaded with money and good intentions but no real understanding of how to transform a school system. Miles has implemented an actual incentive system for principals, and it is in his plan this year to do the same for APs. Of the 92 remaining recommendations, they were broadly classified into categories of hierarchical difficulty, the most difficult of which was to prepare college ready students, which was effectively not achieved. The PLC time was eliminated in the last budget Hinojosa passed before he left. View Bob Weiss’ profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. This is the first of a five-part series chronicling the Dallas Mavericks’ 1980-’81 season, which was their first season in the NBA. The superintendent was Michael Hinojosa. CONTACT US NEWSLETTERS. The HRC has been convened to write a governing charter. Data inaccuracies may exist. Roughly $7M of the $20M raised by Dallas Achieves was for this project, which mostly came from the Dell foundation. Bob has eight known connections and has the most companies in common with Teresa Wilkinson. Those are serious governance changes, and only two of the many governance changes SOPS proposed.

That doesn’t mean that SOPS didn’t propose governance changes. Add “perceptive” to his qualifications. © COPYRIGHT 2019 Lillard Wise Szygenda PLLC, LWS Obtains Federal Appellate Victory Against the Federal Trade Commission, Jury Sides With LWS in Defense of Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LWS Wins Dismissal of Securities Fraud Lawsuit. The season is notable seeing the Mavericks make the postseason for the first time in franchise history. First let me say that I’ve talked privately to Veazey. Again, there’s just no comparison between Dallas Achieves and Destination 2020. Of the 92 Actionable recommendations from Dallas Achieves, a couple have to do with early childhood education. Bob Weiss The End of the Masturbatory Exercise That was the Home Rule Commission By Eric ... 750 North St.Paul St. Suite 2100 Dallas, Texas 75201. First, let’s quickly address the lone wolf thing. Successfully prosecuted a multi-million dollar claim for defective design and construction of one the world’s state-of-the art, largest, and most expensive aggregate processing plants. One of the recommendations was to provide collaborative planning time districtwide for teachers and was noted as 100 percent implemented. Tel: 214.939.3636 Fax: 214.748.4579. SOPS submitted their proposed charter two weeks ago and even it presented no changes to the present board /governance structure. That plan involved heavy investment in pre-k, creating more community schools, hiring and training the best principals in the profession and giving them autonomy to lead their schools, among many of programs and plans that directly impact kids and that we can all agree on.

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