Writings:

Hurricane of Neglect in Public Education – How our School Districts Budget practices are driving good teachers out of the county www.shawnbeightol.com/hurricane.doc

Rudy Crew’s Offering of $40,000 for starting teachers’ salaries the week before Karen asked for $37,000 www.shawnbeightol.com/supestargets.doc

An outside audit firm that would, based on its track record, free up $800 million from the districts budget for teacher and employee salaries www.shawnbeightol.com/MGTInformation4teachers.doc

Someone asked me why, in a predominantly Hispanic community, why our UTD under represents this segment of our population in it’s membership and leadership. My research www.shawnbeightol.com/HispanicCoalitionQuestions.htm

The email that pissed off the high paid administrators downtown: www.shawnbeightol.com/100kclubgetoutgetmadgetpaid.htm

Poems:

“You laughed as I drank water

From a glass made for wine... ”

For Cap’n Mike:

“Captain, words to honor you,

The way you chose, hour by hour,

The friend you were, day by day

I can’t find, can’t express… ”

On Pitching a Tent…

“And on truly majestic nights,

By river bluffs and treble,

Sanguine shadows dim her face,

Take the color of blood. ”

“In a moment, a blink of an eye,

A sheet parts, a sail fouls,

The tack is lost in narrow straits,

Shoals and coast bare their teeth. ”