A full page ad in the local paper regarding the impending bond election offers an interesting fact.

My kids are homeschooled.

Guess what? My kids can spell the word "Treasurer", too. Ellen? Call me. I can help.

Other claims are less factual. Here are "mean ACT scores" . In 2002, the last full year of the previous superintendent's administration, we saw ACT of 17.2 but the most recent years available are down to 16.5 andf 16.4 Compared to the overall Texas ACTs LISD has gone from 95% of the mean in 1994, steadily down to 86% of the state score in 2002, and down FARTHER since Dr Lewis arrived to 81.5% of the Texas average score.

SAT scores show a parallel decline, from mean score of 847 before Lewis to 802 after he arrived. This is 86% of the state average once to 81.3% currently.

And the TAKS scores, all tests all grades, according to latest AEIS figures (and the 2005-06 won't be official until AFTER the election, isn't that convenient?) have declined from 62% of the state rate to 54.8% of that rate.

Full details upon request.

Anybody can lie in a paid political ad. First Amendment rights trump truth. I have no problem with that.


But let's not be stupid.