Preliminary STAAR scores are in
Wed, 08/23/2023 - 12:00am
Board hears that early data shows areas of growth, needed improvement
Board hears that early data shows areas of growth, needed improvement
Even with school back in session, the San Marcos Public Library continues to provide a wealth of activities for the family. Last week, youngsters learned about Texas animals and made masks in the Growing Up Wild presentation and craft event. The next Growing Up Wild session is at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7.
Photo by San Marcos Public Library
Where It’s Wild
Students from Mendez Elementary School held a parade and created a giant thank you note to present to the custodians and staff who, just like them, recently headed back to school.
Photo by SMCISD
Grateful Mendez Strikers
Sheriff Gary Cutler commends nine members of the Hays County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer unit for graduating in class number two of the Texas School Safety Center–School Based Law Enforcement master’s program. This 4-day course covered a multitude of sessions that covered advanced topics like understanding the development of the adolescent brain, bullying/cyberbullying, mental health issues in today’s youth and suicide prevention and intervention. This course reinforces the dedication of our SROs to better serve the students and staff members at our Hays County schools. From left, are: Jacob Starr, Ronnie Verette, Brent Bartsch, Alfredo Munoz, Steve Avalos, Manuel Moreno and Roland Cunningham. Not in the picture were Roger Ramirez and Sam Montemayor. Photo provided by Hays County Sheriff’s Office
Due to aquifer levels continuing to drop over the last two months, the city of San Marcos will enter Stage 4 drought restrictions effective Sunday, Aug. 27 at noon.
The Upper San Marcos River Watershed Protection Plan is in place to maintain clean water in this community. Pictured above and below are two views of the C. M. Allen Bioretention Basin.
Photos provided by San Marcos Habitat Conservation Plan Manager Mark Enders
Just as the city of San Marcos prepares to move into Stage 4 drought restrictions, amid a Monday that saw firefighters heavily engaged in battling wildfires across the region including off FM 1626, FM 2770 and Robert S. Light, which was closed from Smith Lane for part of the afternoon, a group of citizens have worked steadily behind the scenes to protect the Upper San Marcos River Watershed.
On Monday, thousands of students at Texas State University loaded up their backpacks and returned to class. They were not alone as fellow students, including the cohort of freshmen of the Class of 2027, were seen at the University of Texas at Austin, UTSA and other colleges across the region. For TXST, the next few weeks will be exciting as the San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce is promoting a Back the Bobcats series of events and competitions leading up to Spirit Week Sept. 10-16.
Daily Record photos by Gerald Castillo
GOING COLLEGIATE
Hays County residents and visitors can now access crime and arrest data for all of Hays County on one platform hosted called Citizens Connect. The system, by Tyler Technologies, boasts being the first in Texas to have all law enforcement agencies in the same county sharing data on a single Citizens Connect platform.
For seven days, people will be meeting at 8:30 a.m. at the Hays County Historic Courthouse in San Marcos to bring together their power of prayer in the goal of seeking the return of rain to this community. Area churches and others have been gathering periodically in the community over the last several weeks to pray for rain to alleviate some of the intense drought and heat affecting the city, the county and the state. Among churches recently participating here are PromiseLand, Sinai Pentecostal Church, First Baptist Church San Marcos, First Baptist Church NBC and San Marcos Community Church. Rain is forecast as a possibility this afternoon and through the evening as part of a tropical system coming out of the Gulf of Mexico.
Photos provided by Mark Carillo
PRAYERS FOR RAIN
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