“School districts, what they have to do if they lose a student, [is] be smart about how they allocate their resources and maybe that’s one less fourth grade teacher,” Steve Lecholop, a TEA deputy commissioner, said in a call with a parent that was secretly recorded.
The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association found its new chief executive officer in another part of the Lone Star State. The NIADA board of directors selected Jeff Martin, the executive director of the Texas Independent Automobile Dealers Association, to lead the 75-year-old dealer-driven association. According to a news release distributed on Monday morning, Martin will be starting his new role on March 20.