Linda Nell (Richmond) Norton passed away on August 24, 2022, in the care of the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn, Maine, after a long illness. Linda was born on August 27, 1944, in Kerr County, Texas. She grew up in Hamilton, Texas, graduating from Hamilton High School before going on to attend Texas Woman’s University, […]
Kemp ISD denies state findings of bribery, intimidation, racism
The district’s lawyer shifted blame to previous administrators and denied anonymous employee accounts.
Kemp officials denied the state’s findings, appealing investigators’ recommendations that TEA remove the elected trustees and appoint managers to oversee the district.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
Kemp officials deny that there’s a case for the Texas education commissioner to take over the district and say an investigation calling for such a penalty was “one-sided.”
The Dallas-area school district is facing severe sanctions after a Texas Education Agency review substantiated allegations of racism, bribery and procurement law violations.
Principal who reported Kemp superintendent’s use of racist slur alleges retaliation
The North Texas district is under state investigation for concerns of racist remarks and a toxic climate.
The Kemp principal who reported her superintendent’s use of a racist slur to the Texas Education Agency is now alleging that district officials retaliated against her.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
The Kemp principal who reported her superintendent’s use of a racist slur to the Texas Education Agency is now alleging that district officials retaliated against her for raising concerns about discrimination.
Jennifer Easterling, a Black woman, filed a complaint with the Texas Workforce Commission last week alleging that district officials reprimanded her in retaliation for her reports against interim Superintendent Douglas Moore.