Tag: Education

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.

They swept through the store in the early hours, filling the aisles with their searching eyes armed with the power of generosity for a morning of shopping.

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.

HARLINGEN — Cheers rang out at the South Padre Island Convention Center for more than 240 graduates as they walked across the stage and received certificates of completion or associate degrees at Texas State Technical College’s Fall 2023 Commencement held Tuesday, Dec. 5.

HARLINGEN — The sun gleamed across the sky as representatives of Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 7.

MERCEDES — With its inaugural year in the Rio Grande Valley, the NASA HUNCH program has over 1,300 students participating in it with South Texas ISD hosting the first review session featuring NASA engineers Thursday.

SAN BENITO — Overcoming a drop in federal coronavirus pandemic recovery money, officials scored high marks on the school district’s annual financial audit, which cited a massive cash reserve.