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The Uvalde Dual Language Academy may house seventh-and-eighth-graders and implement an advanced math track down the road, according to a May 2 letter to families. Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District did not specify when these plans will take effect nor whether they had been formalized. The letter to families detailed plans to change the now pre-K-through-sixth-grade campus from a charter […]
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AgriLife hosting grass workshop May 21
The Texas A&M AgriLife county extension office will host a turfgrass workshop on May 21 from 9 a.m. to noon in the Leona Room at the Uvalde County Fairplex. The workshop qualifies for three continuing education credits for pesticide applicators for $30. It is also open to the community free of charge. Organizers ask that attendees register in advance by […]
Chohlis talks Texas Chiefs report, DPS on campus
Superintendent Ashley Chohlis addressed the district’s recent release of the Texas Police Chiefs Association’s 2022 findings report during her April 15 security update. Other items of discussion included reducing but maintaining DPS presence on campus, ongoing staff training, and establishing a Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program. Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District last month complied with an open records request filed […]
Local band Surge to play Oklahoma festival
Local rock band Surge will perform at a Labor Day festival, Rocklahoma, set Aug. 30 through Sept. 1 in Pryor, Oklahoma. They will perform alongside bands such as Slipknot, Halestorm, and Skillet. “It’s an honor an privilege to share the same platform with these legendary artists, and we couldn’t be more excited to bring our unique energy to such an […]
Scammers targeting Lone Star Cards
Fraudsters making fake phone callsThe Texas Health and Human Services Commission is receiving an increasing number of complaints about a phone scam targeting clients who use Lone Star Cards and receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. The HHS Office of Inspector General reports that their fraud hotline is getting 10-15 complaints per day about the new […]
UCISD students call for support of after-school programs
Uvalde High School students participating in the Just Keep Livin’ program traveled to Washington, D.C., last month to advocate for after-school programs and mental health services in schools nationwide. Students Javier Ramirez Rangel, a senior, Luciana Gonzalez, a junior, and Lucio Ortiz, a sophomore, met with politicians at the nation’s capitol alongside foundation representatives, Program Coordinator Samantha Silva and Antoinette […]
Correction
The story titled “Albarado still lives in the house he built 50 years ago,” which appeared on Page 1A of the May 4, 2024, edition of the Leader-News, should have listed Emma Albarado as one of his four daughters. The newspaper regrets the error.
County burn ban lifted May 2
Uvalde often sees high rainfall in MayMitchell’s order ending the county burn ban urges those who conduct outdoor burning to do so with extreme caution.
Uvalde students participate in 2024 FLS Spring Games
FREEUvalde Consolidated Independent School District parents and students gathered May 3 for the 2024 FLS Spring Games. The event, held 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Honey Bowl, was held specifically for students enrolled in Functional Living Skills programming, which provides services to students who have cognitive or other qualifying disabilities. Students, clad in gold medals, hopped mini hurdles, raced […]
Chohlis: Rumored threat against UCISD not credible
False rumors that the district planned to initiate a districtwide lockdown amid a security threat to schools had been circulating on the morning of May 6, Chohlis said.
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