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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Student Journalists Ask the Questions

This week, journalism students from Gorzycki Middle School, Akins High and McCallum High asked me some great questions about issues that affect AISD students and schools. Three students, pictured here, attended the news conference in person, and the journalists from Akins attended virtually by television feed.

The news conference took place at the district's Channel 22 television studio. We talked about the district's budget, new school designs, the transition to end-of-course testing, and other topics of interest to our student audience. These young reporters really know how to ask the tough questions. And I know how to tell a great knock-knock joke -- just ask them!