HARLINGEN – “You guys think you could suture me together if something happened?”
“If you give us enough time,” said Jamaris Nuñez, 11, a member of the Future Health Professionals of America.
She was talking to Mike Morath, Texas commissioner of education. He was touring the Valley yesterday and had stopped at the School for Health Professions where Jamaris and her fellow club members were suturing bananas to demonstrate what they’d learned.
Morath was here to tour local schools and meet with the Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative. That initiative included Raymund Paredes, commissioner of higher education, and three representatives of the Texas Workforce Commission.
The three entities met to ensure local education is in line with the needs of the workforce.
Morath, who has been education commissioner for one year, stopped first at the South Texas Academy for Health Professions in Olmito before continuing to Harlingen.
One thing he noticed was how the community was involved with the local school districts.
“It’s great to see the partnerships between business and education and the community,” he said.
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