Community & Opinions

Spur ISD discusses Superior FIRST rating in public hearing prior to board meeting

Prior to the regular monthly meeting of the Spur Independent School District board of trustees on Oct. 23, 2023, Superintendent Craig Hamilton presented to the board in a 7 p.m.

2023 Community Calendar

SPUR VISITOR CENTER, 101 Hill Street at Burlington Avenue, is operated by the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce and open during regular hours Tuesday–Saturday. Vistiors seeking information on the area may email spurchamber@gmail.com or call (806) 271-3097.

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Kent County Commission: Updates on recent action

The Kent County commissioners court met multiple times in regular and special meetings during September and October, also incorporating several closed sessions. This issue’s coverage picks up at the second meeting of September. Regular meeting, Mon., Sept. 25, 2023. According to minutes read on Oct.

Patton Springs board discusses bond election communication plans in October meeting

COMPILED FROM MINUTES In the regular monthly meeting of the Patton SpringsIndependentSchool District board of trustees on October 9, Superintendent Bryan White provided bond election material and information to be mailed out and the date for the town hall meeting to present information to the...

Music’s beautiful nudge

In the mid-1990s, I taught Correlated Language Arts, which was basically for students who did not, at the time, think they wanted to go to college. These small classes (at the most I had eight or nine students) used a textbook curriculum which was modified.

2023 Community Calendar

SPUR VISITOR CENTER, 101 Hill Street at Burlington Avenue, is operated by the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce and open during regular hours Tuesday–Saturday. Vistiors seeking information on the area may email spurchamber@gmail.com or call (806) 271-3097.

Unable to take a break from breaking news

In the 1790s, a farmer in South Carolina would have been oblivious to the heinous executions during the French Revolution. The famines in India during the 1890s that led to the deaths of over nineteen million people were not table conversations in Enid, Oklahoma.

Abbott ties voucher passage to teacher pay, school funding

AUSTIN— Gov. Greg Abbott, just hours after the Senate initially approved a school voucher measure, said he would add teacher raises and increased public school funding to the ongoing special session agenda if the Texas Legislature passes his voucher plan, the Texas Tribune reported.

Spur ISD approves interlocal agreements in September meeting

In the regular monthly meeting of the Spur Independent School District board on September 26, trustees unanimously approved interlocal agreements/ memorandums of understand with the City of Spur for emergency assistance and Dickens County for emergency assistance.