Education

The Elsa Police Department on Monday arrested a juvenile linked to a threat made against Edcouch-Elsa ISD.

HARLINGEN — There is a new generation of motivated women who are gaining the hands-on technical skills to fill vacated welding jobs, and that is what led Haylee Whitt to Texas State Technical College.

ABILENE — Adrienne Reyes was ready to see how Texas State Technical College would utilize the latest teaching technology on the Abilene campus.

HARLINGEN — The Advocacy and Resource Center at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus recently held its third annual holiday meal drive so students can enjoy a Thanksgiving meal with their loved ones.

SAN BENITO — School district officials are launching a two-year program aimed at boosting student learning, graduation rates and enrollment while increasing teacher salaries.

The Mercedes school district has responded to a lawsuit brought by the district’s former superintendent and also in a separate filing asked a federal judge to dismiss it.

LYFORD — There’s one device for every student.

When Porter Early College High School’s Emile Perez dances in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, she and her family will have made good on their promise to her grandmother that they would do whatever it took to get her there.

HARLINGEN — Area school districts are spreading holiday cheer.

The James Nikki Rowe High School Student Council held its second annual food drive last Saturday giving community members boxes full of Thanksgiving sides, hoping it becomes an annual tradition for future generations.