PHARR - For education majors, getting the opportunity to teach in a classroom before graduating is encouraged, and college students from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and Texas A&M International University in Laredo are gaining that experience by student-teaching at PSJA ISD this school year.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today recognized 367 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2020. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD’s own Kelly-Pharr Elementary in Pharr was one of the schools recognized with this honor.
Less than three weeks before early voting begins in Texas, a U.S. district judge has blocked the state from eliminating straight-ticket voting as an option for people who go to the polls this November.
On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at the International Municipal Lawyers Association Virtual Conference, IMLA will recognize Victor A. Flores of the McAllen’ City Attorney’s Office as being one of only two recipients of the Daniel J. Curtain Young Public Lawyer award. Named in honor of Curtin, the award recognizes young attorneys who aside from exhibiting traditional qualities of excellence the practice of law, the award seeks to recognize a public law practitioner who has provided outstanding service to the public and who possesses an exemplary reputation in the legal community, the highest of ethical standards and who revels in maintaining a life that balances a passion for professional excellence and the joy of family and friends.
Among the many funding streams in the CARES Act, Texas state and local governments received $11,243,461,000 via the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF).[1]
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