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Well, heres another one that

might blow up in our collective
face. Its likely that by now
youve heard of The Focus
Room Horror - a breathless
blog post recounting one of several
versions of a story that the parents of a Carl
Schurz student have been shopping to media
both here and in the UK, in what looks to
us like a sloppy attempt to shake the NBISD
down for a few bucks, you know, to go along
with the 15 minutes of fame that they, as
modern people, are entitled to.
There original text is below, errors
intact. Were not including the photographs
because, frankly, they make us cry, but if
youd like to see the pictures the students
motha, Lillian Snowden, posted for the
world, then by all means, go to helpingalex.
squarespace.com/images-1/ and have a
look for yourself.

A small 9 year old boy named

Alex was found in tears, confined,
and shivering in a small empty room
today at Carl Schurz Elementary
School. Alexs mom was taken to this
room after being denied five times
by the vice principle to accompany
her to retrieve Alex. Immediately
Alexs mom pulled out her phone
and started taking pictures as the
vice principle tried to block her.
Alex was confined to this room
for 90 minutes and was told he had
to sit in the circle to earn 90 minutes
in the classroom. But this wasnt the
first time, far from it.
This room contains nothing but
a hastily drawn circle in the center,
where the child is expected to sit,
and a large ball that serves as a seat
for an accompanying administrator.
The temperature of the room was
frigid. Alexs mom was denied
reentry into the room to take a
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photo of the thermostat.

Later
that
same
evening of May 13th
2015, Alexs parents
asked him about this
room and his treatment
while in the room. What
follows is a synopsis of their
conversation.
Here are a few questions Alexs
parents asked Alex;
Parents - What is that room
Alex?
Alex - Its called the focus room.
And its where bad children go and
serve their in-school suspension
(ISS).
Parents How many times have
you been in that room?
Alex Almost every day, once
for two straight days.
Parents is it always cold?
Alex Yes! I asked if I could get
my jacket and was told no, the teach
put her own jacket on and said Its
sure nice to be warm.
Parents Are they mean to you
in that room?
Alex Yes, sometimes they
shout at me and say rude things.
Parents What rude things do
they say?
Alex I dont know, I dont want
to talk about it.
Parents What if you get hungry
or need to go to the bathroom?
Alex Youre not allowed! You
dont get your regular snack either!
Parents Are you allowed to get
any exercise?
Alex No, Im stuck there all
day and if I dont do what they tell
me they make me stay there longer,
I have to go back tomorrow since I
couldnt sit in the circle because I
was too cold
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attending Carl Shultz Elementary
I strongly encourage asking your
child about the Focus Room, go
to the school and ask to see it for
yourself, insist on it. This is where
theyre are putting your child when
they misbehave, in a freezing room
with not so much as a chair, or even
a picture on the wall. No snacks, no
exorcise, confined to a small circle
created by a marker. Is that any
place for a 9 year old child?
Isolated, cold, confined to a circle
drawn on a floor of a featureless
room. Think about that for minute.
Who else deploys such tactics? And
under what circumstances?
This story is far from over and
sadly not very unique. We need to
raise more awareness to these sorts
of abuses and protect our children.
Had the mother of this child not
insisted aggressively to accompany
the retrieval of her child then she
would know any different.
Much is being made of the fact that
the mother decided to take photos of her
obviously-in-distress son rather than comfort
him. Well call that Strike One. #momfail
The blog states that the boy was
confined to the room for 90 minutes. But in
her interview with KENS 5, the mother stated
that she had been in class with the boy until
lunchtime and came back an hour later to find
him in the room. Thats either a 33% (1/3
of 90 minutes) or 50% (1/2 of 60 minutes)
lie, depending which direction you feel
like doing the maths from, and making the
incredibly generous assumption that he was
put in the room immediately after Snowden
left the school. Strike Two.
Also according to the mothers statement
to KENS 5, The boy was cold and wet because
he had been running about this way and that,
hither and yon, willy-nilly even helter-skelter,
one might say, in the rain, when he was
supposed to be inside the building. He ran out
there after throwing something during lunch,
and made a break for it as the Vice-Principal
was escorting him from the lunchroom, as one
does. So, you know. Highly relevant piece of

information left out of the blog account. Strike

Three. Remember the TX Citizen motto: An act
of omission is an act of intent.
The author of the blog accused the VicePrincipal of attempting to block Mrs Snowden
from taking photos. She either wasnt, in fact,
trying to get in Snowdens way, or shes the
single worst shot blocker since George Zidek
played for Charlotte - nine photos of the room
and the boy made it onto the blog. Well call
that Strike uh, Four.
In the days following the blogs post we
discovered that it was written by none other
than the boys father. WTF. He sure did go
out of his way to conceal that meaty fact.
You know, in the way people do when they
want to add weight to a questionable story.
Strike Five. (Sorry. We probably should have
thought the baseball analogy through a little
better before starting this piece.)
If you think that maybe an argument can
be made that would let him off the hook for
that act of omission/intent, let us sweeten the
pot for yall. Heres what he posted on his
Facebook page to promote the blog:

and unsubstantiated accusations. Tis a pity.

The guy might have had some moral authority
had he played it straight.
One more thing. Photos of that distressed
little boy will be on the Internet forever. There
is no getting rid of them. He gets to live with
that. Thanks Dad. Youre a real peach (and
by peach we mean lying media whore).
Strike Six. Youre out.
Twice.
\m/
Mike Reynolds
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief

Chase Cochran contributed to this column, and should

be named as a co-defendant in any litigation filed as a
result of its publication.

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Oh dear. Thats certainly dishonest.
Another poster asked Is this real? He
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happening for months as the parents
were trying to work with the school
side by side, then discovered this.
So if there was any doubt that the guy
was representing himself as something
other than an interested party, let it be put
to rest at this time.
We dont know for sure what happened
at the school, and we may never know. The
District isnt talking. But we do know one
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cold liar, who realized his story wasnt strong
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project properly, and generally just wasting as hard as concrete, but remains flexible. is going to slide. This will be evidenced as

Back in 2012, I made a bold prediction

time. If the name Ramming Paving sounds Its what allows the road surface to remain

cracks and pumps (high/low spots where

in this publication about Goodwin familiar to you, it should. Theyre one of the in place, but move with the weight of the
Lane falling apart after the City of New many contractors the City burned through traffic. If the base isnt worked correctly,

vehicle tires travel). This will also show up

within a year. Cross my heart.

One would expect professional road

Braunfels repaired it. I even went so far on the Walnut widening project. They were its no different than placing a heavy
as to give a time frame. And I nailed it. Im removed from that project for dragging their object on a pile of sand. Eventually, the contractors to know all of this. And they

going to go ahead and make that two-for- heels, not staffing the project properly, and heavy object will settle. This is what will would certainly expect the entity that
two now. Im kinda like the Nostradamus generally just wasting time. Its almost as if happen on Common Street. The giant constructs the entire infrastructure with their
the City wants to get screwed.

of street failures.

low spots that were there before the tax dollars to know this. But this is the City

Six weeks. That was the project time

Paving roads isnt inherently hard. In

project, especially on both corners of its

of New Braunfels were talking about. To

length that the City reported the repairs

its most simplistic form, its no different than

intersection with the Loop, will be back

expect that would be like expecting to see

to Common Street, between the Loop and a house, a career, or even a marriage. If within a year. Pinky promise.
Another non-option when it comes to
Gruene Road, would be completed in. the structure is to last, it must be built on,

a quality Tyler Perry film in the theater. Or

That was on March 16. As of publication, and attached to, a solid foundation. This road building is the glue that holds it all

You go in knowing youll be getting ####

getting a gourmet meal from McDonalds.

the project will be finishing out its eleventh isnt rocket surgery, its common sense. If a together. That glue is oil. Applying oil to for your money. The City has a long, long
week, and wont be completed yet. The Citys road is built on top of loose material, its the base prior to paving is Road Building history of hiring ###### contractors who do

due to the weather. (Never mind the fact

101. No, check that. If road building were ###### work, and not learning #### from
material, and not even attached, its a college class, the students would have their mistakes. And we have the ######
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hill (respectively) for more than a couple of

paving, it must be processed. This isnt an

asphalt is basically a piece of paper on

days during the last weeks of rain)

option. But apparently the CoNB believes

the floor. Yes, its on top of the floor, but

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the second you slide something across it,

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to pave right on top of unprocessed base.

its going to move. Theres nothing holding One of the MKT Railroad plaques that

Again. They wont tell you that going with

Processing base involves adding water,

it in place. Apparently, neither the City nor

the 4-B Board spent part of $220,000 to

the low bid bit em in the ass. Again. They mixing it several times, and rolling it

the contractors went to middle school, or

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Paving for the project. Ramming got the

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previous convictions

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JAMES GILBERT
Male 602 200 lbs
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under $20,000

HERNANDEZ,
ANTONIO
BERMUDEZ
Male 600 210 lbs
DOB: 06/11/1942
CHARGE: Driving
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Male 506 165 lbs
DOB: 01/10/1994
CHARGE: Failure to
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with intent to deliver
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DOB: 03/23/1968
CHARGE: Possession
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DOB: 05/17/1987
CHARGE: Driving
while intoxicated 3rd
or more

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Houston Freezes Over

As I write this weeks column, its Memorial Day.

The weather outside is reminiscent of what we
went through in October of 98, except instead
of New Braunfels and San Antonio getting the
brunt of it, its been San Marcos, Wimberley,
and Austin. Streets Ive driven, places Ive
frequented and still do on a daily basis, now
underwater. My hope is that as youre reading
this, you, your friends and family in those
affected areas are safe.
At the Freeman household, there is no
barbeque cookout. Instead, Im cooped up
inside the comfort of my home, doing puzzles
and coloring with my 4-year-old daughter (and
knowing what colors to use for each My Little
Pony in said coloring book. BRONIES FOR
LIFE.) After putting down the right Crayola
shade of purple for Raritys hair, I slump in
front of the computer, trying to find something
else to distract me from my cabin fever.
Im reminded again of Memorial Day and
the floods in the late 90s and it comes to me: The
Memorial Day Miracle. So I log on to YouTube,
watch replays of Sean Elliotts miraculous
game-winning 3-point shot against the Portland
Trailblazers in May of 1999 and take a personal
trip down memory lane. (Disclaimer: I may have
also done this because Im undergoing Spurs
withdrawals since San Antonio has long-since
been eliminated from the playoffs).
I was one of the lucky 35,260 fans to be
there. I had just graduated from high school,
and, as a graduation present, my father got me
two tickets to the game. A lot was going through
my mind heading to that game: I cant believe
the Spurs are three wins away from their first
NBA Finals, OMG how great is Tim Duncan?,
Man the Blazers are stacked, It would really
suck to go back to Portland 1-1, etc. You know,
important stuff, not Which institution of higher
learning should I go to? or Maybe I should
have studied harder for the SAT because Im not
sure that 895 is going to cut it.
Up until that game, my little sports fan heart
suffered quite a bit of heartbreak when it came
to the Spurs. They hadnt made any memorable
playoff shots, but plenty were made against them,

by players like Charles Barkley, whose game

winner in 93 closed down Hemisfair Arena.
Before my time, there were the 1979 Spurs,
who blew a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference
Finals against Washington. The best way to sum
up San Antonios existence as an NBA franchise
until the 99 season was a bridesmaid, never a
bride, and it appeared to be happening again.
The Spurs found themselves down 18 in
the second half. But then, instead of folding
(which I had seen so many Spurs teams do
before in similar situations), the Spurs went
to work. By the end of the third quarter the
lead was down to seven and the Spurs were
down just two with 12 seconds left.
My 18-year-old self was thinking: How
much would it suck to witness a loss like
this in person? You have to go to Duncan
here, right? When does that new Smashing
Pumpkins album come out? (90s WILL NEVER
DIE BRO). Then, it happens:
Inbound to Elliott (after a near steal by
Stacey Augmon).
Corner 3-point shot released (after a near
block by Rasheed Wallace and near turnover
by Elliott who had to keep his heels off the
floor to prevent from being out of bounds).
Swish.
I had been in the Alamodome many times
before, but never did I hear it louder than
after that shot. After the Blazers missed on the
other end, and 35,000+ went into a state of
euphoria, the Spurs finally had their moment.
They had an even bigger one just weeks later,
hoisting their first NBA title in Madison Square
Garden after a five-game triumph over the
Knicks, and have had several more since then.
But that day, that Memorial Day of 1999
was when everything changed for a franchise
which, until then, had always been good but
not quite good enough. Ah memories. Now
back to Ponies.

Brant Freeman is a seasoned local sportscaster,

serving as the radio voice of Texas State University,
hosting television coverage of Texas State Athletics and
delivering the goods as a reporter for major pro and
collegiate sporting events in the greater San Antonio
area for over a decade.
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ASK A MEXICAN!

By Gustavo Arellano not care for their little girls, assuming their
sons are going to marry Mexican chicas
Dear Mexican: From what Ive calientes anyways? Unlike your pendejo
seen and heard, Mexicans are very ass, the study determined factors other than
family-oriented. They take the names race skewed death rates a certain way
of their mothers and fathers, live with (the most-killed pedestrians statistically?
extended family, take carpooling to the Chinitos 75 and older).Your assumptions
nth degree, and tattoo the names of just make an ass out of you and tu, but
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our Hispanic friends. She showed up

with her grandmother, mother, sister,
and her two kids! What the hell was
that all about?
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Whenever I see Mexican men and
women walking along busy streets, or
through stores, or standing at the bus
stops, their little kids are usually more
than an arms length away, sometimes
trailing as much as several feet behind
them. Its also not uncommon to see
little kids crawling around in front
seats, back seats, and beds of trucks,
totally unrestrained! Im quite sure
these are the same people that put the
In memory of... on the back windows
of their vehicles when their kids die
from wandering into traffic or an auto
accident. Maybe there is some sort of
perverse logic that I dont understand.
Perhaps those decals on the back
windows are more highly respected by
the Mexican community than raising
good, healthy, honest kids. What are
your thoughts?
Dingo Gringo

Dear Mexican: Why do Mexicans

love to watch American movies with
Mexican voices dubbed over the
actors when they speak their lines?
I find this very irritating. What is this
fascination? When Americans watch
foreign films, the language is left
intact, with only subtitles added at the
bottom. There is nothing more amusing
than watching Arnold Schwarzenegger
speak Spanish.
Gabacho Confundido

Dear
Confused
Gabacho:
In
the early days of sound, Hollywood
productions would film multiple takes
in multiple languages to appeal to their
fans worldwide. Moviemakers knew even
then that foreign audiences like hearing
dialogue in their native language, even if
said in a phonetically hilarious tone ala
Laurel and Hardy, or dubbed completely
to ludicrous results (you think Ah-nuld is
funny? You gotta here Homero on the
Latin American broadcast of The Simpsons).
Nowadays, only the biggest foreign films
or television shows get dubbed in Mexico,
Dear Gabacho: The Centers for Disease taking into account that children and
Control and Preventions 2013 study Motor the poor might not yet have the reading
Vehicle Traffic-Related Pedestrian Deaths comprehension to understand subtitles.
United States, 20012010 broke down Besides, youve never seen The Lion King
pedestrian death rates for children 1-14 by until you hear it dubbed in Spanish, the
ethnicity. Findings showed while more nios way my family did with a piratera copy
were involved in fatalities than gabachos, again and again and again.
the rate isnt too far off1.66 deaths per
Ask the Mexican at
100,000 population for gabacho boys
themexican@askamexican.net,
compared to 2.61 for Latino boys. On the
be his fan on Facebook, follow him on
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Twitter @gustavoarellano or follow him
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With Kelly Colby

On Rand Paul and

the Patriot Act
Rand Pauls not a filibuster regarding the
Patriot Act and NSA spying on American
telecommunications may have been more
successful than even he intended. Ultimately,
it appears that at least part of the Patriot
Act will not be renewed (at least for the
moment), and this has already started a
wider discussion of what is appropriate
when it comes to the governments attempts to
protect us from terrorism. Because the 2016
presidential primary has already started for
the Republicans, Paul can expect a lot of heat
from his detractors and competitors. Im not
sure that Pauls stance was a politically smart
one, but it is both a brave and necessary one.

proposed to make them safer will, in the long

always been extended to newer forms of

run, make them both less safe and less free.

technology. Since this is true, there can be no

Paul finds himself in the position of authorization for broad, unspecified warrants
making a solidly intellectual argument to an

covering huge swathes of the American

emotionally charged audience. Worse, the

public barring a constitutional amendment.

arguments against the Patriot Act continue to

As it stands now, the government has

sound cynical. Conversely, Pauls opponents

admitted to collecting data on phone calls

can imply that Paul is hopelessly nave, of U.S. citizens. They have been accused of
dovish, or paranoid without offering any

maintaining a record of the conversations

evidence, and if Paul should counter attack, themselves and have been somewhat coy
he risks insulting the very people he is trying about whether this is true. All of this is a
to win over in the process. Still, the argument

far cry from the original insistence that only

is one that needs to be made.

terrorists and suspected terrorists were being

Its easy to get caught up in a discussion monitored. None of this is what the Patriot
of the efficacy of the current surveillance

Act was intended to do. It is just one of many

programs, but Paul should be careful if

examples where the authorities have far

he does so. Thus far, there is no actual

exceeded the laws original language.

Its quite possible that Pauls stance

I should confess at this point that after evidence that collection and examination of
on
this
issue will cost him any hope of the
telecommunication
metadata
has
managed
9/11, I supported the passing of the Patriot
Act. I considered myself libertarian at the to foil any terrorist attack, but that is unlikely Republican primary. Politically speaking, this
time, and I was warned by those wiser than I
that this type of extraconstitutional legislation
is dangerous, providing a foot in the door
and undoubtedly morphing into something
never intended. Like many others at the time,
I felt that our country was clearly at war and
that certain sacrifices needed to be made.
Foolishly, I believed that our representatives
would, soon enough, return everything to
normal. Today, its hard for me to even write
this paragraph without trying to explain all
the obvious errors in thinking. Paul is brave
specifically because he has opened himself
up to criticism from people who continue to
think what I thought some 14 years ago.
There is no question that we are still
endangered by terrorism today. In fact,
we are likely in as much or more danger
than we were on 9/10/01. ISIS, Iran, and
homegrown threats are regularly in the news,
and whether we like to admit it or not, people
are afraid. Its one thing to try to argue with
your political opponents on constitutional
issues and government overreach; its quite
another to try to convince a well-meaning
person who is scared that what is being
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to stop his opponents from insisting it will.

might be the wrong hill to die on. Morally,

In addition, to argue that the surveillance

though, this is exactly the right fight to have. If

has not worked is to imply that it would be the Republican Party is going to bill themselves
appropriate if it did and invite the argument as strict constructionists with regards to the

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that the next terrorist attack could somehow be Constitution, someone has to call them on this
attributed to him for opposing the program.

unexpected flexibility regarding the Fourth

The best way to approach how well or Amendment. Paul almost certainly will not
if the program works is to insist on evidence. endear himself to the whole of the Republican
Its not necessary focus on specifics, but

Party, but he should ask if the party would

individual cases where the program was accept similar legislation affecting the First
applied and stopped some intended attack

Amendment, or the Tenth, or the Second.

or captured some bad actor would be a

It seems most likely that the Patriot

good place to start. Pauls opponents will

Act will be back in full force very soon.

want to focus on why someone would want The lapse weve seen is mostly an effect of
to keep this information out of the hands

arcane parliamentary procedure. But, that

of government, but supporters of NSA doesnt mean that it was all for nothing.
surveillance should be the ones explaining, Nor does it mean that things will never
explaining why the government needs this

change. What Paul has done (aside from

data, and that includes explaining how it will offering ammunition to his critics) is to ensure
actually make us safer.

that we will have a conversation about the

More important than the question of Patriot Act, and how it has been applied,
whether these programs are effective, though, this election cycle. Hopefully, that will make
is the fact that they are a clear affront to the

some small difference.

Fourth Amendment. The text of the Fourth

Amendment includes security for persons,
houses, papers, and effects, but this has

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