School Notebook highlights weekly elementary events
Austin to Blanton and other local elementary schools list upcoming activities. Pledges, meetings, health fairs, AR Café, report cards, spirit days, and parent conferences appear across several campuses. Notable items include firehouse demos, CIT meetings, vision screenings, ESL orientation, and Halloween safesale plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Blackshear
Phyllis Fortenberry
AR Café
Blanton
Avora DelBosque
Cassie Carlisle
Burleson Elementary School
Cavazos Elementary
Cougar
Sylvia Herrera
Dowling
UTPB Wins Spanish Masters Program for Permian Basin
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin won approval this summer for a master’s in Spanish emphasizing linguistics literature and Hispanic civilization. Enrollment includes 18 students led by coordinator Rhina Torufo, with four full time and two adjunct professors from Latin America and the U.S. The program requires 18 upper level Spanish hours and uses standard Spanish in class to avoid Tex Mex usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Nahson
Uruguay
UTPB
Odessa
University of Texas
Permian Basin
J. Tillapaugh
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Sul Ross University
Alpine
Angelo State University
Tillapaugh
Nancy Ramos
Ramos
Mexico City
Bonham Junior High
Rhina Torufio
Toruio
Torufio
Texas Coordinating Board of Higher Education
Rhina Torufo
el Salvador
Ana Le6én
Venezuela
Jaime Aguilar
Houston
Hugo Palacios
Columbia
John Gladstein
Educators defend Texas class size waiver limits
In Austin educators protest a Texas Education Agency letter proposing direct waiver authority to superintendents. Groups argue waivers undermine state law limiting class sizes to 22 per teacher. Public input remains required for board action, while waivers affect about 90 districts this semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Education Agency
Neeley
TEA
Debbie Graves Ratcliffe
Ratcliffe
Craig Tounger
The
Texas Pta
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Linkfreedom
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Alamo
Lad Elementary
Hays el
Hays Creed
LaNae Hataway
Traci Turk
Sharon Carver
Sandra Galindo
Shelia Thompson
Eliseo Gomez
Libby Regenold
Fee
Paul Zoeller
Gregg
Dale Bulla
Donna New Haschke
Association of Professional
Texas State Teachers Association
John Cole
Brock Texas Federation of Teachers
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