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Dickinson High School students have spent the past year and a half learning about aerospace engineering and bringing their own plane to life.
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Students are more likely to stay home if they feel sick or just need a break than they were pre-pandemic. Even as districts encourage this, it's affecting attendance rates.
The district last reconfigured its single-member voting districts in 2016 after annexing the La Marque Independent School District.
Eric Williams has faced criticism over some parents' fears the district is teaching critical race theory.
Eric Williams has been superintendent since January and, during his yearlong tenure, has faced accusation that the district teaches critical race theory, which officials say isn't true.
Explore the intriguing history of 19th Street and the Beach in Galveston and the connection to the United States joining World War I. We explore the role Galveston played in relaying the infamous Zimmerman Telegram, where Germany urged Mexico to wage war against the United States in 1917.
Eric Williams has faced criticism over some parents' fears the district is teaching critical race theory.
Eric Williams has been superintendent since January and, during his yearlong tenure, has faced accusation that the district teaches critical race theory, which officials say isn't true.
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Despite periods of high unemployment and what many have assumed was a vast rethinking of the future among people with much time to reflect, enrollment is down at community colleges across the state.
The district previously had suspended elementary students' access to the Harris County Public Library through a reading app after a parent complained her child had read an inappropriate book on the app.
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The board ended a controversial middle-school system by organizing students into campuses based on grade level, rather than the three current fifth- through eighth-grade campuses.
COVID cases have fallen in the district since the end of September, prompting the board to make masks optional.
Some districts are reconsidering mask requirements, while others are allowing parents back into campus buildings.
A committee tasked with determining the best option for middle-school alignment has proposed one campus for fifth and sixth grades and another for seventh and eighth grades.
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The program was founded two years ago, and many of the changes it has made over those two years have been student-driven.
David Swartz resigned after more than five years on the board because he plans to move to Schulenburg.
Texas City's Doyle family honored during naming ceremony at College of the Mainland's new administration building.
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A committee that's been looking at how to provide middle school education in Galveston will wrap up talks soon.
The University of Texas Medical Branch will receive less money than proposed by Texas Senate last week, whereas Texas A&M will receive $33 million more after a round of negotiations between the House and the Senate.
This round of federal funding will be spread out over the next three years.
In some districts, COVID disruptions are being blamed for declines in enrollment. Other county districts have had growth that's been sustained for several years.
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