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The Dunbar Historic District was recently awarded a $30,000 Underrepresented Communities Grant from the National Park Service.
The dictionary describes a convocation as a group of people formally assembled for a special purpose, mostly academic. In the case of San Marcos CISD faculty, teachers and administration it was that and more. On Friday, hundreds filled the Embassy Suite banquet facilities to reflect on an extraordinary year full of challenges and to celebrate the school year to come. Above, the San Marcos High School Diamond Line struts into convocation at the Embassy Suites on Friday. Below left, a district employee shows off her wonder woman cape. Below middle, a group of employees pose for a photo with their cowboy hats. Below right, SMCISD Superintendent Dr. Michael Cardona speaks during convocation. Daily Record photos by Lance Winter
As the new school year approaches, the City of San Marcos’s Public Works Department will inspect traffic signals within school zones, beginning Tuesday.
San Marcos Lions Club has given more than $170,000 total to nonprofits, including $45,000 in scholarship to graduating seniors. In 2019 the club gave away more than $350,000 to nonprofits. The Lions also gave $5,500 in $50 gift cards to teachers at San Marcos Consolidated ISD campuses. Above left, Lions Club President Dennis Gutierrez speaks to the crowd of SMCISD employees at convocation on Friday. Above middle, a group Lions club members pose for a photo Friday. Above right, Lions Club members Debbie Smith and Mitch Hoffman smile for a photo. Daily Record photos by Lance Winter
Texas Regional Bank recently donated $1,000 to Head to Toe — a San Marcos organization that helps local grade school students. Texas Regional Bank's donation sponsors 50 kids through Head to Toe. Above, Texas Regional Bank employees and Head to Toe organizers pose for a photo. Daily Record photo by Lance Winter
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The San Marcos Consolidated ISD Board of Trustees will consider approving a no new revenue tax rate during its regular meeting Monday.
KZSM.org, together with our partners the Main Street Program of the City of San Marcos and the innovative event management company Apogee Presents, proudly announces the second concert of our Kissing Alley Summer Series, Thursday, August 19, from 7-10 p.m. featuring the Johnathans.
HOUSTON (AP) — Several South Texas school districts along with the state's most populous county won temporary legal victories on Friday as they seek to override Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates, which they argued is making the COVID-19 pandemic worse.
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man who was scheduled for trial on murder charges this week has instead been granted release on bond after Dallas police revealed that material in his case might be among troves of data lost from its computer system.
Above, Elisabeth Aarstad with Susan and Larry Hanson. Photo submitted by Rotary Club of San Marcos
Shannon Fitzpatrick traveled to Austria from San Marcos as a Rotary Youth Exchange student in 1978, She shares her experience at the Rotary meeting on Aug. 18. San Marcos Rotary is 100 years old this year and plans to celebrate different programs supported by Rotary. One is the youth exchange, which brings young people from other countries to San Marcos, and sponsors San Marcos youth to go abroad.
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