Monday, November 17, 2008

DISD budget shortfall hurts teacher


photos © Mark M. Hancock and The Dallas Morning News

Sarah Nour poses for a portrait with Howard, her 3-year-old Teacup Maltese, at her boyfriend's home in Little Elm on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008. Nour left a corporate job to teach children in the Dallas ISD.


Sarah Nour poses for a portrait with Howard, her Teacup Maltese, at her boyfriend's home. She was laid off with hundreds of other district employees due to the DISD's $84 million budget deficit.



Sarah Nour watches television at her boyfriend's home in Little Elm. She cried with her first-grade students after she said good bye. Now, she's unemployed.

Please read, "In her own words," the personal report of Maple Lawn Elementary first-grade teacher Sarah Nour, 26.

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