Local School News

One last time, �from the heart�

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:21:00 EST

College Station firefighter Lt. Michael Ruesink rolled across the floor Friday to the sound of kindergartners laughter.

El Paso school district rebuilds after testing fraud

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:04:00 EST

EL PASO 8212 During his sophomore year, Jose Avalos was urged by a principal to drop out of high school. The next year, his brother was told to do the same after entering the 10th grade. A third Avalos brother shared the same fate in 2009.

Blinn grad to read from his published works Wednesday on Bryan campus

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:49:00 EST

An award-winning author and former Blinn College student will read from his creative works Wednesday in Bryan.

Paper reports standardized test insecurity among states in U.S.

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:37:00 EST

ATLANTA The federal government has no standards to protect the integrity of the achievement tests it requires in tens of thousands of public schools, and test security among the states is so inconsistent that Americans cant be sure those all-important test scores are legitimate, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Community supports victim of school�s homecoming court prank

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:35:00 EST

WEST BRANCH, Mich. A mid-Michigan community cheered on a 16-year-old sophomore the victim of an apparent prank by classmates as she took her place with other members of her high schools homecoming court.

Rudder High School evacuated for small fire

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:07:00 EST

Students and faculty at Rudder High School were evacuated Wednesday afternoon after a small fire that sparked inside a sawdust evacuation system.

Viking Band seeking alumni for homecoming

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:59:00 EST

Bryan High School Viking Band alumni are invited to participate in the Oct. 5 homecoming festivities.

College Station, Anderson-Shiro school districts tapped for new education consortium

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:01:00 EST

Two Brazos Valley school districts have been chosen by the state to help develop the next generation of learning standards, assessments and accountability systems for Texas public-school students.

Bryan, Huntsville mayors wager on Friday game

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:19:00 EST

The mayor and city secretary of the losing football team in a Rudder vs. Huntsville battle will treat the other pair to dinner.

Texas school bars Bible banners at football games

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:17:00 EST

HOUSTON For three straight weeks, high school football players in a small southeast Texas town took the field by bolting through large red-and-white banners that hollered the praises of Jesus Christ.

Allen Academy students cultivate emotional intelligence in the garden

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:29:00 EST

Allen Academy students are growing more than vegetables in the campus garden this year.

BISD gets a reprieve on steeper bill from BTU

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:25:00 EST

Bryan Texas Utilities and the Bryan school district have reached an agreement to avert the districts sticker shock at what would have been a 350,000 rate increase.

Weighing options, Chicago teachers decide to remain on strike

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:43:00 EST

CHICAGO Chicago teachers uncomfortable with a tentative contract offer decided Sunday to remain on strike, insisting they need more time before deciding whether to end an acrimonious standoff with Mayor Rahm Emanuel that will keep 350,000 students out of class for at least two more days.

17 Brazos students named National Merit Semifinalists

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:06:00 EST

Being chosen as a National Merit Semifinalist is something of a tradition in Braden Gammon8217s family.

A gift of knowledge: Local woman donates dictionaries to Harmony third graders

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:15:00 EST

Floy Poe asked a third-grade class to tell her the longest word in the dictionary.