Thanks to Dallas Central Appraisal District

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Thanks to Dallas Central Appraisal District

For the past two years I had the privilege of serving one (two-year) term on the Dallas Central Appraisal District Board of Directors as the appointee of the Dallas ISD. Generally, the Dallas ISD Board President nominates a Trustee to serve and the Board confirms the nomination.

My thanks to former Board President Adam Medrano for nominating me. I asked for the opportunity to serve because it was brought to my attention by a District 6 citizen.

It turned out to be a very good experience. The staff at the Dallas Central Appraisal District were professional , transparent and helpful. There were no hidden agendas, no games being played.

Board members were kept fully informed and provided thorough details and background information on the issues brought before us. There were no surprises.

It was a positive experience.

Thanks to the Dallas Central Appraisal District for making it so.

A Teacher's Creed

"In the classroom on the first day of a new school year, I am eager to meet my students. I have rehearsed my greeting and first day’s remarks, but no matter how many years I’ve prepared for this procedure, it’s always new. My heart pumps a bit harder, faster; I feel adrenaline like an athlete, or like an actor, or maybe like a novice public speaker. It’s a marvelous feeling, this first day, because I know that something special is going to happen, and I know it because I’ve experienced it before and I know that I will experience it every time I meet a new class throughout my venerable career. And then they’re seated before me and I smile at this special feeling. This is an assembly of students, yes. But there’s so much more, because each of these young persons is more than just a student entrusted to me. Each of these students has a story to tell, a lifetime, however brief, of experiences, a history in volumes whose richness and depth I can barely begin to fathom. And so as I absorb the first glimpse of these young charges, I must appreciate the extent of my responsibility, of the privilege I’ve accepted in presenting these young souls my special knowledge. In offering them my talent and passion, I am adding an enormous array of new bright stars to the vast firmament of their minds, stars that will never have time to fade in their lifetimes. I will be part of their story. And I know that each of them will always be part of mine. And that’s a good feeling, a feeling that is perpetually renewed, revisited, and rewritten in A Teacher’s Creed."

Carla Ranger - Dallas ISD Education Blog

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Thanks to Dallas Central Appraisal District

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