School-select tutoring approval and summer hiring rule changes
Pecos Enterprise reports approval of for teachers to tutor their own students for pay and superintendent hiring authority during the summer from May 1 to August 31. The district also updates reduction in force steps, GPA calculation changes, and changes to school search language and student drug testing protocols. Corporal punishment rules now allow an administrator of a different sex to administer it if witnessed by a same sex employee.
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Pan
Pecos
Pecos district to fund Chicago band trip and new housing plan
The superintendent gains approval for student travel out of state with limits on parking for student pickups. The Pecos district plans a December high school band trip to Chicago to showcase the program after advancing from Division IV to I. Funds must be raised, and air travel is likely due to winter weather. The board also moves to house staff before the 2013-14 year, considers prefabricated homes via a Lubbock supplier with bids required, and approves four pickups from Stockton Ford. An interlocal Region 18 agreement allows district purchasing and continued Internet services through Region 18.
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Boyd
Chicago
Lemons
PHS
Stan) Mauldin
Town of Pecos
Fred Reyes
John Salcido
Lubbock
Pecos
Shaw
Stockton Ford
Colt Chevrolet
P-B-T Isd
Region 18
Board discusses offer advertising and lease legality
Maley notes the offer will work but requires a two week advertisement. Scoggins says the board will be ready for the next meeting. Jay Lee adds that improved legal details from the lawyer allow a proper advertisement and clarify what is being leased or sold.
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Scoggins
Jay Lee
Pecos hospital district approves bids and reviews valuations
The board approved the earliest of two $1,500 bids on 624 E 13 St by Corey Matthews of Longview and awarded similar bids on two other parcels. Valuations for Reeves County and related entities fell by tens of millions while mineral values may rise as new leases enter the tax roll. The panel delayed a $25,000 contribution to the Trans-Pecos Weather Modification Program and rejected a Petrohawk BHP Billion land lease. A four county cloud seeding budget fight led to a June meeting to tighten spending. Public works include Red Bluff Dam spillway blasting and a new 2013 audit contract with Smith and Rives PC.
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Pecos
E. 13
Corey Matthews
Longview
Matthews
Huddleston
Fort Worth
State Comptroller’s Office
Reeves County
Reeves County Hospital District
P-B-T Isd
Pecos City
Trans-Pecos
Petrohawk Bhp
Red Bluff
Robin Prewit
Reeves
Culberson
Loving
Ward
Precit
Ava Gerke
Ward County Water Irrigation District No.1
Reeves County Wid No. 2
Gerke
Precht
Scoggins
BHP Billion
Red Bluff Lake
Bob Sanford
Petrohawk
Sanford
Texas
Smith and Rives PC
Red Bluffs
Rocky Rives
Monahans
Alpine
Former Toyah mayor pleads in federal scheme to take city funds
Sanchez forged a second signature on checks issued to himself while serving as Toyah mayor from 2006 to 2012. About 1.6 square miles town near Pecos with 100 residents. Money was found in city possession. sentencing pending with FBI investigation and AUSA Austin Berry leading.
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Sanchez
Toyah
Pecos
Texas
Karen Hornburger
John Stacy Young
Sweetwater
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Austin Berry
Unemployment Rates Rise and Fall Across West Texas Counties
April unemployment figures show varied changes across counties. Brewster and Culberson counties posted declines in jobs and labor force, Crane and Dawson counties added workers and jobs, Pecos, Ward, and Loving counties saw mixed gains, while Presidio and Winker counties reported higher rates and fewer jobs. The TWC notes year over year shifts with different monthly patterns.
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Crane County
Crane
Culberson County
Dawson County
Howard County
Pecos County
Ward County
Winker County
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Presidio
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