January 6, 2015 - Superintendents from Joaquin, Shelbyville, Tenaha, Timpson and Excelsior discussed the impact of the funding level for small schools in Texas after a meeting with the Equity Center Executive Director, Dr. Wayne Pierce. Many of our funding levels and weights are underfunded, but why would the state purposely create a special formula just to penalize a group of districts? This question originated some 31 years ago and has continued with significate impact on our schools in Shelby County and another 463 statewide.