Career Technology Lab Opens at Sumnerwood ISD
Sumnerwood ISD launches a new Career Technology Lab on the first day of school August 11 led by Superintendent Gerry Nickell. The program, unique between Fort Worth and Amarillo, targets juniors and seniors under teacher Scott Fariey and features self testing courses with automatic grading and a sixth grade reading level curriculum.
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Sumnerwood Isd
Gerry Nickell
Ft. Worth
Amarillo
Summerwood
United States
Scott Fariey
Reading Marathon Starts August 18 At Wellington Elementary
Wellington Elementary announces the 2000 2001 incentive program to boost homework attendance and on time work submissions. Fridays feature a 15 minute reading session for K 3 in the gym and 4 5 in the library with guest readers.
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Wellington
Wellington Elementary
Vicki Decker
Vada Wood
Carl Taylor
Leslie Schnaufer
Texas TxDOT offers school year traffic safety tips
With the new school year, TxDOT urges mutual respect for student pedestrians and bicyclists and cautions motorists to watch for school buses. Violating flashing red lights can cost up to 1000 dollars and may trigger license suspension. Pedestrians should use intersections and crosswalks, yield when crossing outside marked areas, and ride with traffic while bicyclists wear helmets and use signals.
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Texas Department of Transportation
Txdot
Carlos Lopez
Lopez
Texas
Studious Sparklers Shine at Wellington Elementary
Wellington Elementary unveils Studious Sparklers Shine, a parent involvement activity replacing Meet the Teacher Night. On Tuesday August 22, K5 students rotate through 15 minute blocks of P E Reading and Math from 8:05 to 9:00 a m to show parents how learning happens with student led mini schedules and hallway rules demonstrated by the pupils.
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Wellington Elementary
Diane O'Rear
TxDOT worker earns Wheeler County service award for 10 years
Marcia Howard of the Texas Department of Transportation and four Wheeler County colleagues were honored with the Wheeler County Maintenance Section service award for a decade of service. Terry Keener, Childress Director of Operations, praised their years of hard work and dedication.
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Marcia Howard
Texas Department of Transportation
Wheeler County
Txdot
Wheeler
Terry Keener
Childress
Marcia Henard
David Deger
Kenneth Whitaker
Otis Franks
Heward
Low costs seen in cotton weevil eradication program
Cotton growers in the Northern Rolling Plains Eradication Zone report that 1999 to June 2000 spending mainly funded weevil elimination. For every dollar in eradication, about 74 cents went to insecticide and aerial applications, with salaries 12 cents and vehicles 5 cents. State and federal funds add over 3.8 million, while growers paid 2.6 million in 1999.
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Rolling Plains
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