Month: May 2024

Taking the bitter with the sweet: Viewing the beginning (1960) and the end (2024) of Spring Valley Elementary, Part 2 (the “bitter”) 
by Bill Jones

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To read Part 1, click here. As I noted in Part 1, Spring Valley is one of four RISD elementary schools that are closing because of budget constraints . . . in other words, because the Texas legislature has failed to adequately fund our state’s public schools. As most of my friends know, I am Read more . . .

Taking the bitter with the sweet: Viewing the beginning (1960) and the end (2024) of Spring Valley Elementary, Part 1 (the “sweet”) 
by Bill Jones

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To read Part 2, click here. How many people have the opportunity to be at a new elementary school when it opens and – 64 years later – be there as it prepares to close its doors for the last time? Not many, apparently. As alumni gathered on Saturday, May 11, to say a fond Read more . . .