Education

In a unanimous vote Monday, the Pharr-San-Juan-Alamo Independent School District Board of Trustees renamed Alamo Middle School to Jesus “Jesse” Vela Middle School to honor the trustee’s lifetime of service to the community.

High school and college students are invited to the annual Rally in the Valley Conference, a networking event offering internship opportunities.

Idea Public Schools announced last week the hiring of its new chief information officer, Marlon Shears, to its executive team that assists in overseeing core functions throughout the public charter schools.

An attorney for the La Joya school district has doubled down and expanded on his criticism of a state investigation that could lead to a potential intervention there.

Following a board workshop held Monday, the McAllen Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the advertisement for a permanent superintendent.

HARLINGEN — Educating and training men and women for truck driving careers is a commitment taken seriously by the instructors at Texas State Technical College’s Professional Driving Academy.

HARLINGEN — Andrew Garza, a Wind Energy Technology student at Texas State Technical College, hopes to channel his previous managerial experience toward a management position someday in the renewable energy industry.

HARLINGEN — Training future medical professionals is a vital component of meeting Texas’ workforce demands, and an integral part of that process for any medical education program is being accredited.

SAN BENITO — The San Benito school district's new board of trustees, on a 4-3 vote, suspended Superintendent Theresa Servellon Sept. 8, a year after the past school board hired her.

NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Frank Rubio on the International Space Station answered questions from Brownsville Independent School District students via live downlink Wednesday morning, their weightless condition obvious and their candor drawing smiles.