<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589917135478398062</id><updated>2011-08-03T20:42:49.947-07:00</updated><title type='text'>DEDICATED TO OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION &amp; THE ALIEF COMMUNITY</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://voteforgarycook.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7589917135478398062/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://voteforgarycook.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Vote for Gary Cook</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589917135478398062.post-4562288155222134946</id><published>2007-10-18T14:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-17T10:59:31.770-07:00</updated><title type='text'>VOTE NOVEMBER 3, 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RE-ELECT GARY COOK&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;POSITION 7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ALIEF I.S.D. BOARD OF TRUSTEES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BACKGROUND&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;31 Year Alief Resident&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Married 33 Years; 3 Children, All graduates of Hastings HS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Director of Operations, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;B.S., M.S. Texas A&amp;amp;M University&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;11 Year Member, Alief I.S.D. Board of Trustees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE A.I.S.D. BOARD OF TRUSTEES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Outpacing State Gains in Student Achievement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Maintained Competitive Salary &amp;amp; Benefits for &lt;strong&gt;ALL&lt;/strong&gt; Alief Staff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Partnered with HCC to Establish Early College High School&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Provided After School Transportation for HS Tutorials, Clubs &amp;amp; Sports&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Improved Campus Ratings, 7 Exemplary and 17 Recognized Campuses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Expanded Night High School and After School Intervention Programs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Raptor Security Screening System Implemented in all AISD Facilities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Dual Language Immersion Program Implemented at Holmquist Elementary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Expanded Alief Institute of Math &amp;amp; Science Program to Intermediate Schools&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Administrative Cost Ratio is 2nd Lowest in the Greater Houston Area&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;21% Tax Decrease Over 10 Years&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Current Member - Alief I.S.D. Board of Trustees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Served as President, Vice President - Alief I.S.D. Board of Trustees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Board Member, Past President - SW Houston Recreational Swim League&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Past Board Member Huntington Village Community Association&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Past Treasurer Hastings Bear Backers Association&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;VOTE NOVEMBER 3, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Political Ad - Paid for by The Re-elect Gary Cook Campaign, Rick Moreno - Treasurer, 12215 Greenglade Houston, TX 77099&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7589917135478398062-4562288155222134946?l=voteforgarycook.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7589917135478398062/posts/default/4562288155222134946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7589917135478398062/posts/default/4562288155222134946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://voteforgarycook.blogspot.com/2007/10/vote-november-6-2007_18.html' title='VOTE NOVEMBER 3, 2009'/><author><name>Vote for Gary Cook</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
