Education

The Brownsville Independent School District has posted a specially called board meeting for Tuesday to declare a board trustee vacancy and administer the oath of office to a new trustee if necessary.

Life could not be better for Texas State Technical College Automotive Technology graduate Thomas Rivera, who recently accepted a full-time job as an automotive technician with Valley Metro at the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council’s Transit Center in Weslaco.

The aviation maintenance program at Texas State Technical College is solidifying its reputation by producing the next generation of aircraft technicians, and now one of its graduates and one of its students are recipients of new job opportunities.

HARLINGEN — "Steel Magnolias."

Brownsville Independent School District trustees have approved a $750 retention stipend for all employees amid looming budget concerns that hinge on future decisions by the Legislature.

The McAllen school board on Dec. 11 voted to use monies from the recently passed Voter Approved Tax Rate Election, or VATRE, to provide more compensation to district staff.

Representatives from Driscoll Children’s Hospital visited with some students and graduates of Texas State Technical College’s Surgical Technology program during a recent employer spotlight at TSTC’s Harlingen campus.

EDINBURG — The Edinburg CISD School Board unanimously voted to approve the hiring of Oscar Salinas as the district’s next athletic director during a special called board meeting on Thursday.

The former Brownsville Community Foundation announced a free program Monday to provide tablet-based internet connectivity to Brownsville Independent School District students — as the Rio Grande Valley Philanthropic Foundation — and to low-income Valley residents.

HARLINGEN — Some Texas State Technical College Dental Hygiene students recently gave a community outreach presentation to a group of Lyford Elementary School fifth graders about the negative effects of tobacco on oral health.