Tag Archives: Stuyvesant High School

HISD gives final approval to revised mascot/nickname policy

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

That’s that. Four HISD campuses will have to adopt new mascots after the school board gave final approval Thursday to a policy banning certain nicknames, such as the Redskins. The proposal from Superintendent Terry Grier drew some debate among students, … Continue reading →

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Observing a milestone

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Charles Kuffner

Thirty-five years ago today, the course of my life was completely changed. I didn’t know that at the time, of course. Oh, I knew that my life at the time had changed, but I had no way of knowing how … Continue reading →

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HISD board approves its bond package

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

In the end, it wasn’t a close vote. The school board voted 8-1 to seek a $1.9 billion bond issue that would rebuild or renovate most of the district’s aging high schools, remodel several elementary and middle schools, and upgrade … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Old school

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Three weeks ago was my 25-year high school reunion. This weekend is Alumni Weekend at my university. I couldn’t attend either, but I could put together a school-and-nostalgia oriented Friday Random Ten. 1. Schoolhouse Rock Medley – Lager Rhythms 2. … Continue reading →

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RIP, Frank McCourt

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Bestselling author and former high school teacher Frank McCourt has died at the age of 78. Frank McCourt, the retired high school English teacher who became a best-selling memoirist, liked to say he had disproven F. Scott Fitzgerald’s adage about … Continue reading →

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Frank McCourt “gravely ill”

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Sad news. Frank McCourt is gravely ill with meningitis and is unlikely to survive, the author’s brother said Thursday. Malachy McCourt said that his 78-year-old brother, best known for the million-selling “Angela’s Ashes,” is in a New York hospice, “his … Continue reading →

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