Education
Fort Bend ISD Names Sole Finalist For Superintendent Role
Posted on · The board selected Christie Whitbeck, who is currently the head of Bryan ISD, for the role. She previously served as Fort Bend ISD's deputy superintendent.
Tag: Charles Dupre
Education News
Fort Bend Superintendent To Resign December 2021
Posted on · Dupre's resignation comes just a few weeks after the Fort Bend school board voted to extend his current contract for an extra year, through April 2024.
Town Square
Town Square: Back-To-School and The Challenges of Distanced Learning (Sept. 8, 2020)
Posted on · Experts discuss strategies for online learning and plans for re-introducing in-person teaching.
Houston Matters
Thursday’s Houston Matters: Back-To-School Plans At Fort Bend ISD, And Parenting In A Pandemic (July 30, 2020)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: Fort Bend ISD Superintendent Charles Dupre, the unique challenges of online education, parenting in a pandemic, and adapting musical theater for the web.
Houston Matters
Special Edition: Dr. Vivian Ho, FBISD’s Dr. Charles Dupre, and Dr. Dietrich von Biedenfeld (July 17,2020)
Posted on · Conversations about the latest news surrounding COVID-19, school-reopening plans, and the current state of the economy.
Houston Matters
Friday’s Show: Distance Learning Opportunities At Fort Bend ISD, And Singer Judy Cheeks (March 20, 2020)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: Distance learning opportunities at Fort Bend ISD, a rodeo vendor on his lost income, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news, and Woodlands-based R&B musician Judy Cheeks.
News
Fort Bend School Board Approves Contract To Reinter “Sugar Land 95” Despite Pushback
Posted on · Fort Bend County Judge K.P. George has said a court should approve the reburial process while community members want DNA testing performed to find descendants.
Local
Deal To Rebury “Sugar Land 95” May Be Falling Apart
Posted on · Fort Bend County Judge KP George says the reinterment needs court approval, but Fort Bend ISD disputes the need for judicial oversight.
Top Stories
Masked Gunman Dies After Gunfire Exchange In Dallas, A Crucial Vote Toward Cemetery For “Sugar Land 95”, Heights Residents Appeal To Drivers To Slow Down, And More
Posted on · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.
News
UPDATE: Fort Bend ISD Board Approves Potential Agreement With County To Build A Cemetery For “Sugar Land 95”
Posted on · The next step is for the Fort Bend County Commissioners Court to also vote on the agreement.
Houston Matters
Department of Education Clears Fort Bend ISD After Six-Year Probe into Disciplinary Practices
Posted on · The district implemented measures when Charles Dupre joined as superintendent in 2013
Houston Matters
Exhuming Unmarked Graves In Sugar Land: Inside The Process And What Can Be Learned
Posted on · Nearly a hundred unmarked graves in Sugar Land will be exhumed so Fort Bend ISD can build a new student facility. Houston Matters learns about the process and the concerns of one local anthropologist.