The Victoria school board will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Administration Building Board Room, located at 102 Profit Dr.
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Students set sail with Capt. Whitney Curry and her crew on the Texas Floating Classroom. The 90-minute boat tour allows students to learn about the San Antonio Bay by catching, touching and seeing the various marine life within the waters.
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A blue rubber ball bounced off 9-year-old Clayton Wise’s foot with a boink.
Although an estimated 90% of public schools in the U.S. practice active shooter drills, there’s little standard protocol across the country.
When it comes to mass shootings, the United States has more, and deadlier, mass shooting events than any other country in the world.
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At least once a year, students in Victoria public schools practice what they would do if there were a gunman on campus.
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There’s no question about it – John Gilley loves St. Joseph High School.
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Mandy Heinold wanted a play that would empower her female students.
Milk and bread are served with each meal.
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Dressed in a pink shirt and pink bow, Miley the dog celebrated her first Blessing of the Pets with her new owners.
A male sixth-grade teacher at Ganado Secondary School resigned after being investigated for inappropriately touching a female student.
A Ganado Secondary School student was taken into custody Thursday after he threatened to blow up his school and injure the principal.
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A Calhoun High School employee deleted a photo on Facebook that the district said violated policies regarding political neutrality.
Victoria West High School selected Piper Kallman as the 2019 homecoming queen and Immanuel (Manny) Flonnory as 2019 homecoming king at its Sept. 27 game with Corpus Christi Miller. Both are seniors.
More than 3,500 pumpkins will be unloaded Friday night to form the 27th annual First United Methodist Church pumpkin patch.
The families of University of Houston-Victoria students will get a firsthand look at life at the university Friday and Saturday during Family Weekend.
Ganado school district officials put a sixth-grade teacher at Ganado Junior High on leave after allegations of inappropriate contact surfaced.
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A sea of pink swept over the Victoria West High School gym as people stood together in solidarity for the third annual Dig Pink Night.
Milk and bread are served with each meal.
Members of the public can continue to speak on all matters during school board meetings, Victoria school board decided Thursday.
St. Joseph High School senior Erin Dent has been named a National Merit Semifinalist, and seniors Sean Judge and Grace Hammack have been named Commended Students in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
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Since Tavi Schaller was in sixth grade, she’s felt called to lead her fellow students in prayer.
Victoria school board members Thursday will discuss how the public can communicate with them during public meetings.
O’Connor Elementary School principal Vickie Dunseth resigned Sept. 12, according to her resignation letter to the Victoria school district.
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Bloomington school district Superintendent Mark Anglin has only been on the job two months, but he already has big dreams for the district’s future.
Most days, Layton Shadle blends in with his seventh-grade football team, choir or student council group at Howell Middle School.
Milk and bread are served with each meal.
The Victoria ISD Education Foundation will present the ninth annual MVP Challenge Award to the most valuable player of Friday night’s Victoria East and West football game.
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Students and their families packed the gymnasium bleachers at Our Lady of Victory Catholic School for their annual open house Thursday evening.
Milk and bread are served with each meal.
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James Christopher White, a former Victoria school district wrestling coach and teacher, was indicted by a grand jury in August – six months after he was arrested on warrants charging him with sexual assault of a child and improper relationship between an educator and student.
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Theresa Jaen is trying to teach her grandkids to grow their own vegetables.
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Victoria Superintendent Quintin Shepherd provided an overview of school finances and academic performance Wednesday during VISD’s annual State of the Schools address.
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One day, outside the agriculture building at Victoria East High School, there will be an area where students will be able to plant several different types of vegetables and learn more about horticulture.
People interested in serving on the Victoria school district’s task forces can now apply for the 2019-20 school year, according to a VISD news release.
A national health vendor that had partnered with the Victoria school district to provide flu shots to students at no cost this year will not be offering the vaccine clinics, according to a news release.
University of Houston-Victoria has hired a 25-year veteran of higher education in Texas to be its new vice president for enrollment management.
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CUERO – Lisa Wright’s lab was buzzing Friday morning as students discussed how to create a small tower out of Legos.
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There are three ways Erica Gutierrez tries to get out of the Bell Tower neighborhood every morning to drop off her daughter at school: down Mockingbird Lane, through Zac Lentz Parkway or cutting through neighborhoods to avoid heavy traffic at Victoria East High School.
Victoria College has proposed a tax rate that could increase how much some homeowners pay in property taxes this year.
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For the third time in her life, Clarissa Manuel is helping one of her children move into a university dorm.
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The Victoria school board adopted a lower overall tax rate and a budget Thursday night that would increase revenue by $5.5 million and direct about $1 million to replenish the district’s reserve balance.
The Victoria school board will have a public meeting Thursday to discuss the budget and proposed lower tax rate.
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CUERO – More than 100 people gathered at the Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum at noon Tuesday to honor Errol John Dietze, the first Eagle Scout in Cuero.
Suddenlink, joined by school board member Margaret Pruett and Principal Kelly Gabrysch, passed out free school supplies to every student attending Shields Elementary School on the first day of school.
The VISD Education Foundation announced the recipients for its Grants for Great Ideas program at the VISD Convocation on Aug. 9.
YOAKUM – Red paper crabs, lobsters, an octopus and a multicolored paper fish hung from an orange net on the ceiling as students listened to a reading assignment Friday morning at Yoakum High School.
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