At least one new Belton ISD elementary school and other campus improvements could be recommended by a committee charged with exploring a potential bond between $100 million and $200 million.
Local school districts in Bell County are shouting their appreciation for their trustees this month, as January marks School Board Recognition Month by the Texas Association of School Boards.
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Joe M. Pirtle, known among his peers as the “ultimate Belton Tiger,” left a lasting impact on thousands of students and educators before his death in May 2019.
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The Belton Independent School District saved taxpayers more than $4 million after refinancing a series of existing bonds in December — a move that trustees OK’d this past fall in the hope of securing a lower interest rate.
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The Temple ISD school board voted 6-0 to approve the realigning of its seven single-trustee districts on Tuesday — a process that the district’s legal counsel began collaborating on after 2020 U.S. Census data was released last year.
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Wildcat Stadium will be shining in blue lights Tuesday evening for a cause — to observe National Human Trafficking Awareness Day on Tuesday.
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Temple ISD, a district whose residential population has grown unevenly since the 2010 U.S. Census, could finalize the realigning of its single-trustee boundaries on Tuesday.
A federal lawsuit filed in Illinois over the weekend accuses 16 private universities — including Rice University in Houston — of using a shared formula to calculate the financial needs of student applicants in a way that unfairly limits aid to students who need it.
Temple College’s financial assistance programs are available for spring 2022 that will enable students to take classes for little or no cost. For more information, visit www.templejc.edu/free-college.
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The Bell County Public Health District recorded five new COVID-19 deaths — including two in Temple — on its dashboard Friday.
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Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently shortened its recommended quarantine period for individuals infected with COVID-19 to five days, Temple ISD will return to a required 10-day quarantine period next week.
To fill remaining staff positions for the spring semester, the Belton Independent School District will hold a job fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 12, at the Pittenger Fine Arts Center.
Several school systems in Bell County, including the Belton, Salado, Killeen and Academy independent school districts will welcome students back to campus on Wednesday.
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Temple ISD Superintendent Bobby Ott is eager to welcome staff and students back from winter break on Tuesday.
Temple ISD Superintendent Bobby Ott is eager to welcome staff and students back from winter break on Tuesday.
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Mask requirements are returning in some school districts that had dropped them. Some are planning to vastly ramp up virus testing among students and staff. And a small number of school systems are switching to remote learning — for just a short while, educators hope.
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When students returned to school in August, several local school districts ensured the public that their communities would remain vigilant against COVID-19.
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Hope Cozart was perplexed when she received a letter from her son Maddox’s school in April telling her he needed to cut his hair because it was too long. Even so, she obliged: She took Maddox to get a haircut, which consisted of shaved sides with a little more hair left at the top. Cozart wo…
More than four dozen Killeen Independent School District teachers resigned or retired just prior to Christmas break, but district officials are hopeful upcoming job fairs will help bridge the gap.
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Belton New Tech High School @ Waskow is continuing to honor its namesake, Capt. Henry Waskow, with the soon-to-be stand-alone campus opting for red and purple as its official colors.
