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A student from Buda who was denied admission to UT in 2008 hope to overturn a landmark 2003 U.S. Supreme Court opinion allowing the use of race in the admissions process at the Michigan Law School.
February 22, 2012 /
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San Marcos CISD administrators say they will have a better idea of what resources are available for staffing from year to year, though the local teachers association says this comes at the cost of job security for its members.
February 20, 2012 |
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A record nine students from Goodnight Middle School made the Region 18 All-Region Choir with four more students making District (considered alternates for the All-Region Choir).
February 19, 2012 |
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Responding to pressure from lawmakers, parents and school leaders statewide, Education Commissioner Robert Scott announced today that the Texas Education Agency will defer a rule requiring that new student assessments count for 15 percent of students’ final grades.
February 19, 2012 |
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The San Marcos High School Speech and Debate Team took nine of 15 top honors at a tournament last weekend.
February 16, 2012 |
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San Marcos CISD is offering three information sessions about the new standardized testing system that will replace the current program.
February 14, 2012 |
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Four San Marcos Academy swimmers have qualified for a swimming championship set for Feb. 17-18 at the Northeast ISD Natatorium in San Antonio.
February 13, 2012 |
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San Marcos High School athletes were presented with awards on Feb. 4 at the annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day banquet held at Texas State University.
February 11, 2012 |
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After much debate, San Marcos CISD trustees voted last month to adopt a math program intended get students learning algebra in eighth grade. Traditionally, elementary and middle school students are not taught algebra and the Texas Education Agency does not mandate schools teach the subject until high school.
February 9, 2012 |
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It is a precarious time for Texas school districts. Faced with roughly $5.4 billion less in state financing, districts this year will administer new, more rigorous state exams called the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR. And for the first time in high school, the assessments are linked to graduation requirements and final grades.
February 6, 2012 |
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