Williamson County

Williamson County Schools serves nearly 38,000 students in 45 schools spanning grades PreK-12. Only 4.2% of the student population qualifies as economically disadvantaged. Fewer than 2% of the students are English Language Learners and 10% have disabilities while over 82% of the population is white. Additionally, WCS receives less than $9,000 per student in funding, among the lowest in the state. 79% of students have achieved a 21 or higher on the ACT (the minimum score to qualify for the Tennessee

around five-thirty. He returned home that afternoon to find the house cordoned off with yellow crime-scene tape. Six weeks later, he was arrested for her murder. He had no criminal record, no history of violence, and no obvious motive, but the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, failing to pursue other leads, had zeroed in on him from the start. Although no physical evidence tied him to the crime, he was charged with first-degree murder. Prosecutors argued that he had become so enraged with Christine

Soon after, Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmberg contacted Harle to request an appointment. The judge—who was in the midst of a capital murder trial in his home district—elected to speak to her by phone instead, but he had a court reporter transcribe the exchange, which took place on September 16. During a hearing in Georgetown ten days later, he provided a sealed transcript of the conversation to Morrison, Raley, Jernigan, and Roberts and called a recess during which the attorneys could read it. The

Many observers in Williamson County wondered if the matter would end there. Rarely have Texas prosecutors had to answer tough questions about their conduct, even in the wake of wrongful convictions. But in February, Judge Harle ruled that the investigation conducted by Michael’s lawyers suggested that there was probable cause to believe Anderson had broken the law in failing to turn over evidence that was “highly favorable” to the defense. Harle recommended that the Texas Supreme Court launch a court

Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor tells the story of Cassie, who is learning about the conflict about blacks and whites. Set in 1930's Mississippi, the main character sees and begins to understand the separation between blacks and whites, and how the whites did awful things in order to get the blacks to listen to them. Then, many bad things happen, including Mama losing her job as a teacher, and Papa getting severely injured, while the plans with the boycott did not go as they originally

Puritans are a historical group of American settlers who traveled to America to freely practice their own form of Christianity. They endured harsh and dangerous conditions simply for religious freedom. They were rather provincial in beliefs such as in Jonathan Edwards’ sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” where he expressed the idea that everyone is nothing in the eyes of god. Within their belief system they also believed that everything you did was for god as shown in Edward Taylor’s poem

Williamson County Essay In central Texas, north of Travis City, lies Williamson county. It is being established in Texas since March 13th, 1848. In March 13th, 1848 it was named after a leader and a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto his name is Robert McAlphin Williamson. Williamson County it’s not a very hot place the highest average is 94 Fahrenheit and the lowest average is 37 Fahrenheit it has an average of 34 inches of rain per year. Williamson county has a population of 508,514. Our

This principle is referred to as Kant’s practical imperative and is an important principle for an ethical system which says that each human being is an end in himself or herself. No human being should be thought of or used merely as a means for someone else end. Dr. Jeffrey Wigand the main protagonist of “The Insider” portrays himself to be a conflicted individual as he makes decisions throughout the movie. Against an undetermined future, he ruminates about what he knows is right for example, receiving

New Orleans Chooses Home Rule Charter The city of New Orleans is governed by a Home Rule Charter. The Home Rule gives a municipality the power and authority to determine how it city should be governed. Without this power a state can make it difficult for a city to function. It can be because of political differences, old grudges, or just because it can. The state can cause economic and financial hardship. The Municipality can be given as much or as little power as the state sees fit, because municipalities

solution to it. The Sorites Paradox begins with the problem that if one looks at a vague term such as a heap, at what point is it no longer a heap if you keep taking grains of sand out of it. The same can be said for cattle, if one keeps removing cattle from a herd when will it no longer be a herd. The Sorites Paradox is paradoxical because all the premises appear to be true as well as the argument being valid (the conclusion really follows from the premises); yet the conclusion appears to be