Tag: Education
Confusion swirls on future of UTRGV’s lease with VA in Harlingen
With the lease contract for the VA Health Care Center at Harlingen with UTRGV expiring in 2022, a VA official said the university wants them to vacate the property next year while UTRGV claims that's not true and that it's willing to work with the VA to serve Valley veterans.
A&M ceremoniously starts construction on new Valley medical program
Ground was broken Thursday on the Texas A&M Health Nursing Education and Research Building, inching the Rio Grande Valley closer to recruiting, educating and producing more medical experts amid a shortage of helpers.
TSTC instructors share winter safety tips for truck drivers
Truck drivers have an essential job of transporting goods or materials, but winter weather conditions can cause concerns while they travel on the open road.
Brownsville Veterans Memorial tenor-bass choir to perform in San Antonio
The Veterans Memorial Early College High School Varsity Tenor-Bass Choir is putting the final touches on an invited performance at the 2024 Texas Music Educators convention set for Feb. 9 in San Antonio.
San Benito CISD denies holding back info in $40 million project shutdown
SAN BENITO — Facing residents’ concerns, school board members say they’re “not withholding any information” behind a $40 million bond-funded construction project’s 10-month shutdown.
Donna, Sharyland school districts named finalists for statewide H-E-B awards
The Sharyland ISD and Donna ISD school boards were named top five finalists for the H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards program for Outstanding School Board, with Donna ISD also being a finalist for the Early Childhood Education Facilities.
Harlingen CISD closes KEYS Academy after 32 years; revamps at-risk program
HARLINGEN — The school district is revamping its at-risk student program while shutting down KEYS Academy after 32 years.
Weslaco ISD approved firms for first phase of $160M in bond projects
WESLACO — The Weslaco school board at a meeting Tuesday approved several hires with architectural and engineering firms for the first phase of bond projects totaling $160 million.
Three years later, McAllen Wi-Fi initiative still helping students
McALLEN — When the COVID-19 pandemic first shut down schools in the spring of 2020, local leaders found themselves facing a different crisis: how to continue educating students who could no longer go to their classrooms.
City manager ‘unhappy’ as McAllen ISD mulls pulling $4M from Quinta Mazatlan, IMAS
McALLEN — City officials and community members were blindsided by the McAllen ISD school board voting 4 to 2 to engage in a discussion to uncommit a portion or the total amount of $4 million previously allotted for projects at Quinta Mazatlan and IMAS.
