Scarlett61, THANK YOU!!!! There is nothing wrong with that school or the teachers. My son leaves every morning with a smile on his face and I pick him up with a smile on his face. He loves Torres and I do too!!! Thank you VISD for such a great, up lifting, safe school and great TEACHERS!! Mrs. Patek You ROCK!!!

RUKIDDINGME...where did you get your information about the gym only being built to hold 56 children? I know of very few elementary schools that have that small of numbers per grade level. Even with the 2 new schools. I was under the impression that all of the "gyms" were basically the same size but some still have to accommodate as many as 85-90 students with only 1 certified PE teacher and 1 aide. Tell you what be glad Torres at least has a fence. The grass will get there whether they "plant" it or not. But you can't grow a fence for the kids safety.

My son has never come home with mud on his schools!!! OMG, get over whatever you are on. Leave these teacher alone and let them teach!! Leave the kids alone they are already going to have enough trouble in this world with people like yall down gradeing them.

"The kids have to walk in circles in the mud for PE"...Don't they have a gym? It was my understanding that every elementary school had to have a gym for students to use indoors. Plus any new facility is going to have a few kinks to be worked out. Give them some time to fix it before we all jump on the already heavily loaded VISD GRIPE Wagon.

stupidity reigns the region!

Bobcats86 and jenna you hit the nail on the head with that one.

The president of the board of trustees for VISD said he was proud to present this school to the people and students? I've heard so many bad things about this school. The limited parking means you cant get down after school and visit with the teachers. The students have to walk in circles for P.E or recess because the playground is covered in mud because it rained and is all dirt.

I don't see any male teachers in that photo. I insist they shut down the school until I see a male teacher in a photo!! If you could produce a photo of a minority male teacher, my comrades and I would be satisfied.

Strength through Unity, Unity through Strength!

(PS - I prefer wooden chairs to metal chairs.)

very racist

Sounds like a bunch of pissed off democrats.Just go to your best play " THE RACE CARD".

Fatboy and Mommy:
The fact that you even NOTICED the race of the women in the photograph(bet you didn't notice there were no men in the photo...does this mean VISD is guilty of gender discrimination as well?) just tells me that YOU are the racist ones.

My son goes to that school and I love it. Does it really matter what race a teacher is? I rather him go and get an good education no matter what race the teacher is. He loves it and I love it. Can't ask for a better school, or teacher!!

fatboy___I could ask the same about nurses, doctors, laywers, etc.. But, I won't. I will say tho that a person, no matter what skin color they are. Chooses the field of work to go into. So maybe the black like a different field of work. Like maybe there are more white people that apply for the teacher jobs, and more black people apply for the nursing jobs. Get the point. It takes an appication to be filled out for the job to get the job, or even be choosen for the job.
Why are you so on what color the skin is. We are not to judge by the skin color in the work places also. We are to look at what the person is able to do, and how long they have done it, and how well they do it.
Stop putting color into the picture. Be proud that teachers still want to teach our children, and are not looking for other means of work. At least we got teachers welling to teach with the low pay they still get.
I tell you, you need to get a life for sure.
Teachers, thank you for teaching all the children that deserve a chance in life, (and that includes the blacks fatboy).

Fatboy, I thought the same thing when I saw the picture. I bet that many qualified black and hispanic teachers do apply. I think Victoria got in trouble for this before.

In compliance with No Child Left Behind every teacher MUST be highly qualified to teach their subject area or grade level. Please do not assume that just because there are no Hispanics or African Americans in that picture that VISD does not hire them. Please also understand that the principals are the ones who do the interviewing and hiring for their individual campuses. So if you have a problem with who is or is not teaching on that campus, you need to direct that question to that campus. And lastly, what difference does it make what the race of the students at the campus are? I am fed up with people trashing VISD and constantly complaining about this or that. If you can't be part of the solution, than don't be part of the problem. Signed a VERY PROUD VISD Educator of 20+ years.

Do any white kids go to Torres?

just looking at the pic does Mr. Moore or Mr. Chapa not hire black or hispanic teachers? do they apply?