The latest in the ongoing saga of the Galveson ISD athletic director: He's suing the school district for lost pay and unspecified damages. Brent Jaco was removed from his job in December; although the district told him not to say why, everyone assumed it had to do with his reporting that a junior safety on the Ball High football team was ineligible because he didn't meet residency requirements. The UIL disqualified the Ball High team and people got a little upset.
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Grota Homestead, a small north Houston neighborhood, and the Montrose-area Wilshire Village Apartments made it on a list of the state's most endangered historic sites
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Ex-Galveston ISD Athletic Director Brent Jaco, who was demoted after he reported a UIL violation that caused Ball High's football team to be disqualified from the state playoffs, has asked for his job back. Jaco filed a grievance asking the Galveston school board to overturn the decision of Superindentent Lynn Hale, who recently announced her retirement.
If there's one thing you learn by living in Texas, it's that high school football is sacred. So when the Galveston ISD athletic director made a report that resulted in Ball High's football team being disqualified from the state playoffs, people got pissed. First there was the death threat against AD Brent Jaco, and now Jaco's been removed from his job.
If there's one thing Texans take seriously, it's high school extracurricular events. Remember Wanda Webb Holloway, the erstwhile cheerleader murderer? (That reminds us of another thing Texans take seriously: big hair.) This week, another story from the same file.
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