Embattled Fort Bend ISD Transportation Director Suddenly Resigns
Richard Torres, Fort Bend Independent School District’s embattled transportation director, has resigned from his post.
A district spokeswoman said Torres has been replaced by transportation department [...]
June 26th, 2009 | Published in News | 12 Comments
FBISD Transportation Employees Being Paid To Make Campaign Buttons, Drivers Say
School bus drivers were upset Wednesday to see a transportation supervisor’s employees making campaign buttons - during work hours at a Fort Bend Independent School [...]
June 12th, 2009 | Published in News | 3 Comments
Another High-Ranking Administrator Leaves FBISD
Update: Tom Carter has left Fort Bend Independent School District, FortBendNow has learned - the second member of the district’s senior leadership team to leave [...]
May 7th, 2009 | Published in News | 6 Comments
FBISD School Board President Issues Statement On Bus Driver Case
Late yesterday, Fort Bend ISD School Board President Sonal Bhuchar responded to a request for comment from FortBendNow on the controversy over bus driver Jack [...]
April 22nd, 2009 | Published in News | 10 Comments
FBISD Bus Driver Suspended Again, Richardson Claims Continued Retaliation
Just days seeing his Level III grievance against Fort Bend ISD Transportation Supervisor Richard Torres denied, bus driver Jack Richardson has again been handed a [...]
April 21st, 2009 | Published in News | 5 Comments
FBISD ‘Bus Barn Bully’ Gone, Retaliation Remains, Bus Driver Says
In spite of the fact that former FBISD transportation supervisor Dann Long, dubbed the “bus barn bully” after assaulting a bus driver, is gone, that [...]
April 16th, 2009 | Published in News | 8 Comments
FBISD Transportation Employees Say They Fear ‘Bus Barn Bully’
Even as it continues to deal with allegations of maintenance work being done on privately-owned vehicles, the beleaguered Fort Bend ISD Transportation Department has now [...]
February 16th, 2009 | Published in News | 6 Comments
FBISD Memo Warns Staffers About Work On Private Vehicles
Despite the fact that Fort Bend ISD officials continue to insist no repair work was being done on private vehicle at district maintenance facilities, more [...]
February 6th, 2009 | Published in News | 11 Comments
Belt-tightening Shaves $8.1M Off Fort Bend ISD’s $9.9M Deficit, District Officials Tell Trustees
Fort Bend Independent School District administrators say that as of December, they’ve shaved more than $8 million off of the district’s $9.9 million budget deficit.
Due [...]
January 27th, 2009 | Published in News | 21 Comments
Thomas Bus Recall Impacts Several Area School Districts
Thomas Built Buses, a major manufacturer of school buses, has issued a recall order for five models produced between October of 2000 and January of [...]
May 22nd, 2008 | Published in News
