Texan turned New Yorker turned Texan again. I photograph people, places, kids and food for some top editorial clients and some great commercial clients as well
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Buff Strickland retweeted
Great teachers make great schools!!! @AustinISD
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Conflicts of interest have shrouded Austin school closures, critics say
statesman.com/news/20191216/…
#txed #austinschooclosures
Buff Strickland retweeted
@Peasebobcats are the bees knees! The 2nd grade @girlscouts troop put together an awesome gift for their brothers and sisters at @BrookeLions! This is #community at its finest. #BrookePride #AllAreWelcome #AISDGameChangers are all creeds and colors.
Buff Strickland retweeted
Another even-keeled look at the Austin school district by the cutting-edge @statesman education watchdogs:
Conflicts of interest have shrouded Austin school closures, critics say
statesman.com/news/20191216/…
#txed #austinschooclosures
The process was flawed. So many people have said it. Now it’s time to own it. You’ve hurt children and broken communities of color @AISDSupt @RevDrJayme
Conflicts of interest have tainted Austin school closures, critics say
statesman.com/news/20191216/…
ditto @ClaraB8 So many friends in @amberelenz district that have changed their minds about her.
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Buff Strickland retweeted
Today (Mon 12/16) at 5:30 - press conference and call to action. Support our schools! Carruth Administrative Center 1111 West Sixth Street, Austin, Texas 78703
@SaveSchools_ATX press conf Mon Dec 16 at 5:30 before AISD bd mtg. Call for ext equity audit and reversal of vote to close schools.
Buff Strickland retweeted
300+ apartment units going in cattycorner to @BrookeLions so at least 60 affordable housing units in easy walking distance if there was still a school. Need better planning/communication btwn @AustinISD @austintexasgov to create a family friendly walkable City #aisdgamechangers
"Without bringing more parents to the table, and without providing credible information about the metrics behind the school closure recommendations, the district failed to treat parents as partners in the process” #TruthMatters @AISDSupt @statesman @SaveSchools_ATX
The lack of credibility is never ending @AISDSupt
So #Austin ISD hires dude under criminal investigation for scummy contract & procurement practices at UT and puts him in charge of contract & procurement for the District. What, #AISD, you didn’t know? Is the secret goal to shred all credibility? texastribune.org/2019/11/26/…
Buff Strickland retweeted
The collective wisdom from @BrookeLions and @savepease communities, as well as reframe the game by an east ATX community collaborative @kevmfos are great examples of what #equitystrategies to reinvent the urban education experience. Our families are #AISDgamechangers
Buff Strickland retweeted
Austin equity officer: School closures are not equity strategies
statesman.com/news/20191209/…
Buff Strickland retweeted
💔 @BrookeLions every morning now. Overheard, "This sucks! My son graduated from here and my other is in 3rd grade. We don't know what to do." Diff conv, "I don't even know where these other schools are & they don't know me." #AISDGameChangers #displacement @AustinISDSEL
Buff Strickland retweeted
Do you know see what your vote has enabled?
@Geronimo4AISD @amberelenz @PTAnderson70
you are the leaders of the board. Lead. Listen to your moral compass. T/public deserves to see t/unedited equity report. Let @shawley03 do t/job she was hired to do.
As I suspected, Austin ISD attorneys have denied my and at least seven other people's open records requests for a copy of the equity analysis performed by Dr. Hawley, the district's chief equity officer.
#txed #austinschooclosures
Buff Strickland retweeted
This report matters if the community makes it matter. The quest for equity, if genuine, matters more:
.@AustinISD has denied the public records request many of us sent in to see Dr. Hawley's equity report that was drafted (and possibly submitted for discussion, not sure) before the Nov. meeting but not made public.
Buff Strickland retweeted
As I hear from other parents on school options,I hear some really great things about other schools but, unanimously, nothing out there like Pease. Who knew? @savepease @SaveSchools_ATX thanks 2 the families of the past 143 years. It was wonderful. – at Sunset Valley, TX
Buff Strickland retweeted
Why was an equity analysis of Austin school closures shelved?
statesman.com/news/20191122/…
#txed
Buff Strickland retweeted
This was an earthquake moment. Some seismographs were turned off.
.@Katie_Statesman transcribed @AustinISD's equity officer Stephanie Hawley's remarks about the school closure plan.
Buff Strickland retweeted
“ Hawley said she tried for weeks to meet with AISD Superintendent Paul Cruz to discuss what she was learning about the impact the closures could have, but was not afforded the time.”
Grief, Anger, Activism Follow AISD’s Move to Close Schools austinchronicle.com/news/201… via @austinchronicle
Buff Strickland retweeted
When we educ leaders of color are lured into the sunken place to make racist decisions, children of color are harmed. How do we disrupt white supremacy control of education & transform pub schls together 4 better outcomes 4 all? #realleadersdisruptracism
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