Ector County weighs staffing as enrollment uncertain
Odessa district plans to add 25 second grade teachers to meet state size limits while cutting 2 slots elsewhere due to expected enrollment drop. A $4 million cut is proposed to the $60.4 million budget as Deputy Superintendent Lloyd McKee notes 29 planned teaching jobs may be eliminated amid potential population loss from lower oil prices. A district survey asks parents if their children will stay in the district next fall, sent home with students except graduates.
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Ector County
Lloyd McKee
McKee
Odessa
Ector County Independent
Chuck Hornung
Crane Urges Economical Water Use in Drought Plan
In Crane Texas 53 year old Earlene Morrison waters a sun baked yard unaware of a voluntary conservation program. The city asks residents to stop watering on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays to keep water supplies ample through the summer.
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Crane
Earlene Morrison
Odessa
Morrison
Jerry Curfew
Odessa nears completion of Monahans Draw parkland plan
City planners expect to wrap land negotiations for a 160 acre park in several weeks. They already own 21.9 acres for about 150000 and envision a flood plain recreation area with pond trails fields and shelters. Final parcels may cost about 100000 more. total land acquisition spans 103.5 acres over about a year and a half.
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South Odessa Park
Judy Miller
Miller
Monahans Draw
McKinney Park
Odessa
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
West Texas to host first graduation party at Water Wonderland
Park hosts an alternative graduation night called the West Texas graduation party at Water Wonderland on May 29 and 30 from 10 PM to 2:30 AM. About 200 high schools from the Permian Basin and Jal New Mexico are invited. Admission is 8.50 per person per night.
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West Texas
Water Wonderland
Permian Basin
Jal
N.M
East Highway 80 Water Park
Nancy Sturges
Permian
Sturges
Glenhaven Drive
The Enigmatic Key A Crunchy Closet of Clues
A quirky meditation on keys that seem useless yet hold potential. The piece muses on why adults carry mysterious keys, the paranoia of misplacing or discarding them, and the fear of a burglar discovering a suddenly usable fit.
Unknown Keys and Their Everyday Utility
A humorous meditation on keys and key rings, noting how daily use makes keys familiar yet easy to misplace. It discusses carrying multiple keys, the value of lost keys, and the odd second life of unused keys as makeshift tools and pocket jingles.
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Roland Pickett
Kentucky
Vermont
Ector County Road and Bridge Department
Parkland
Jack Dillard
Permian High School
Shannon Sturges
Pagella
Leverett
Parker
Closet of Solutions
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