Live Feed: San Marcos CISD school board debate
Candidates for San Marcos CISD school board are taking questions at a League of Women Voters debate.
Texas Board of Education approves new math standards
The State Board of Education has unanimously approved new K-12 math standards, despite objections from business leaders that they weren’t rigorous enough.
Travis, DeZavala students to be issued iPads, Kindle Fires
Student in three grade levels at two San Marcos elementary schools will be issued an Apple iPad or Amazon Kindle Fire next fall as part of an initiative to engage a wired generation of students in education.
Four San Marcos school board candidates to debate at league event
Four candidates for San Marcos CISD school board will face off at the San Marcos Area League of Women Voters debate 7 p.m. Monday, April 23 at the San Marcos Activity Center.
inSanMarcos holding school board candidate forum
inSanMarcos, the civic affairs group chaired by former city council member Pam Couch, is holding a forum for school board candidates.
Audio: School districts preparing for anti-bullying law
School districts across Texas are working to comply with a broad anti-bullying law passed by state lawmakers in 2011. NICK BERNIER of KUT News reports on how school boards have been changing their policies to prepare for the law, which will allow bullies to be moved to other campuses.
San Marcos senior wins state high jump title
San Marcos High School senior Allex Austin cleared 7 feet, 1/4 inches to win the Class 5A gold medal in high jump at the 2012 Texas Relays last week.
More than $32M in loan program never reached students
In fiscal 2011, more than $32 million of a pool of money set aside for a college loan program created by the state — more than one-third of the program’s total funding — was left on the table without ever reaching Texas students.
League of Women Voters schedules school board, primary debates
The San Marcos Area League of Women Voters has scheduled two candidate debates leading up to the upcoming San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District’s school board election on May 12 and the spring Democratic and Republican primary elections on May 29.
Ninth graders get break under STAAR rule change
EDITOR’s NOTE: The San Marcos CISD school board is expected to decide at its regular meeting Monday, March 26 whether to hold off for a year before implementing a rule that would count ninth graders’ performance on the STAAR standardized test as 15 percent of their grades. The role of the more-stringent STAAR is being [...]
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