Correction The court-appointed Master in Chancery Michael Elliott identified himself when he arrived late at the Fort Bend ISD Sugar Land 95 task force meeting and was told to sit in the audience. A story last week incorrectly stated he was not allowed to speak. He did not ask to speak. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. In the first public … [Read more...] about Separate groups debate fate of graves at construction site
Sugar Land 95
Remains of Sugar Land 95 should be moved to cemetery
What to do about the Sugar Land 95? The so-called Sugar Land 95 are the 95 convict laborers whose skeletal remains were discovered last February at the construction site of the Fort Bend Independent School District’s James Reese Career and Technical Center. Since then, archeologists have painstakingly excavated and removed the remains for study and preparation for … [Read more...] about Remains of Sugar Land 95 should be moved to cemetery
FBISD wants cemetery order reversed – School district seeks removal of mediator in reburial case
Days after a judge delayed further actions on the unearthed grave sites at the construction site of the James Reese Career and Technical Center, the Fort Bend Independent School District filed a motion asking the courts to reverse the order. On Nov. 18, 434th District Court Judge James Shoemake assigned a court-appointed mediator called a Master in Chancery to address the … [Read more...] about FBISD wants cemetery order reversed – School district seeks removal of mediator in reburial case