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| Jun 14, 2023 | ECISD joins other districts in deficit budgeting | Kevin Camacho, who will be a senior at OCTECHS in the fall, speaks to the board about the Bond Advisory Committee's recommendations Tuesday night. Next to him is fellow bond committee member Priscilla Hernandez, a sixth-grade art teacher at... |
| Apr 22, 2023 | Bonham assistant principal finds reward in her job | Bonham Assistant Principal Josie Mata poses for a photo in the foyer of the school. She recently earned her second Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association Assistant Principal of the Year Award for her work at Bonham. (Ruth C... |
| Mar 29, 2023 | Trustees fill executive, principal posts | The Ector County ISD Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved hiring several top officials.
Matthew Spivy from Greenville ISD was announced as executive director of human resources, replacing Staci Ashley.
Jaime Miller was named executive dire... |
| Mar 22, 2023 | Board hears legislative update, reports | Ector County ISD Superintendent Scott Muri gave an update on the legislative session in his opening remarks at the board of trustees meeting Tuesday.
Muri told trustees the Texas House of Representatives debated vouchers Tuesday and the Sen... |
| Mar 4, 2023 | Trustees: Bond should go forward | A majority of Ector County ISD board of trustees agree that a bond needs to move forward and some are questioning a demographic study that showed growth flatlining and declining.
During a Feb. 14 board workshop, trustees heard a report from... |
| Feb 4, 2023 | ECISD facing vouchers, talent searches | Scott Muri
Personnel quests, possible vouchers on the horizon and the bond committee at work, there’s a lot going on in Ector County ISD.
Recently, some top executives have left ECISD for Midland ISD. Superintendent Scott Muri said they are... |
| Feb 4, 2023 | District progressing, but more work awaits | Jessica Gore, Ector County ISD’s new executive director of accountability, says there has been a lot of student growth, but there is still more work to do with new Texas Education Agency Accountability rules set to take effect this year. (C... |
| Jan 20, 2023 | AVID students get motivated | AVID students from Permian and Odessa High participate in activities Thursday which explain how the AVID program impacted their lives during an event at the Odessa College Black Box Theater. The two-day event will continue Friday at the sam... |
| Jan 18, 2023 | At FETC 2023, Lisa Wills from Ector County ISD Presents Session to Help District Leaders Ask the Right Questions When Choosing An Online Tutoring Partner | In the concurrent session, which is geared to K-12 administrators, Wills will share how her district is reshaping academic support for its students using high-impact tutoring.
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| Jan 14, 2023 | UTPB STEM Academy notches high test scores | UTPB STEM Academy is celebrating its high standardized test scorers with plaques (and a breakfast).
Middle/High School Principal Cody Griffin said the idea was suggested by a teacher when they started getting their SAT and PSAT scores back ... |
| Dec 24, 2022 | Staffing shortages cause slow testing | Artwork decorates the outside of the Ector County Independent School District Administrative offices, located at 804 N Sam Houston Ave., even though the building sits empty during the beginning of the holiday season. For Ector County ISD's ... |
| Sep 28, 2022 | ECISD creating counselor, diagnostician pipelines | Stemming from a need for counselors and diagnosticians, Ector County ISD has set up pipelines with local and regional universities to grow their own.
“Right now, we have an agreement with UTPB for a diagnostician pipeline, and we are in the... |
| Sep 25, 2022 | Crockett nets variety of grants | Crockett Middle School Media Specialist Juliette Farris talks about the Education Foundation grants she and several teachers were awarded recently for book trailers, a trip to the Holocaust Museum in Dallas and podcasts. (Ruth Campbell|Odes... |
| Sep 21, 2022 | ECISD approves superintendent salary increase | The Ector County ISD Board of Trustees approved an increase for Superintendent Scott Muri’s salary and extending his contract to June 30, 2027.
His salary will rise from $309,927 to $319,224.81 per year, which is a 3 percent increase, the s... |
| Sep 4, 2022 | New PHS theater chief looks to level up | In line with Ector County ISD Superintendent Scott Muri’s theme of leveling up, newly minted Permian High School Head Theater Director Micaela Grenier has been awarded a grant titled Take the Drama to the Next Level.
The $3,500 grant was aw... |
| Aug 27, 2022 | New ECISD assistant chief takes on safety | Newly appointed Ector County ISD Assistant Police Chief Jeff Daniels comes to the job with a wealth of institutional knowledge and out of the box thinking.
The former lieutenant’s promotion comes at a time when school safety is once more in... |
| Jul 31, 2022 | Russell determined to boost Bowie | Coming from Travis Elementary School, Amy Russell is taking on Bowie Middle School to get its ratings up in the state accountability system and unite the campus.
Bowie, along with Burnet Elementary, is a RISE campus.
The Rapidly Improving S... |
| Jul 10, 2022 | New Gonzales principal determined to make a difference | A product of Ector County ISD, Adonica Galindo is now the newly minted principal of Gonzales Elementary School.
Galindo has been with the district for 22 years.
Initially, she was undecided about going into education.
“Right after high scho... |
| Jul 9, 2022 | Hernandez earns Officer of the Year honors | Growing up, Larissa Hernandez wanted to become a nurse, but she didn’t like needles. Instead, she became a police officer.
And it’s worked out. This is her eighth year with the Ector County ISD Police Department and recently, she was awarde... |
| Jun 26, 2022 | Lee takes the reins at Burnet | Longtime Gale Pond Alamo STEAM Academy Principal Regina Lee is making a move to Burnet Elementary, officially starting July 1.
This is Lee’s 20th year with Ector County ISD. A Post native, Lee earned a bachelor’s degree in early childhood e... |
| Jun 25, 2022 | Most of ECISD budget goes to instruction | With a total budget of $384,932,641, about 60 percent is going for instruction at Ector County ISD and 10 percent for maintenance.
This includes across-the-board raises for the district’s 4,200 employees.
The 2021-22 budget was $352,511,770... |
| Jun 12, 2022 | SHE TAKES HER HAPPINESS TO WORK: Transportation Employee of the Year grateful for honor | Longtime Ector County ISD bus attendant Belinda Galindo loves her job.
She has been with the district for 22 years, 16 of which as a special needs lift bus attendant.
“I make sure that they’re sitting in their seat and they have their seat ... |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Counselor of the Year gives her all | When Gonzales Elementary School’s Christy McGuire realized she had won Counselor of the Year for Ector County ISD, she got emotional.
McGuire is in her 15th year with ECISD and her 10th year as a counselor. She taught for five years and thi... |
| May 27, 2022 | OHS top 2 look forward to big things | Odessa High School’s valedictorian and salutatorian are looking forward to big things ahead and glad their efforts have paid off.
Rigoberto Mendoza, 18, is heading to Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., and James Fogle is off to the U.S. Merc... |
| May 22, 2022 | Multi-classroom leaders find unique niche | Interested in making a larger impact, Karen Vicory at Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School and Sydney Garcia at Pease Elementary made the leap from classroom teachers to multi-classroom leaders.
The position, through Opportunity ... |
| May 17, 2022 | Board raises teacher pay to highest in region | The Ector County ISD Board of Trustees approved pay raises for its 4,200 employees during their meeting Tuesday.
Superintendent Scott Muri said a proposed compensation plan was discussed last week.
The total budget impact is $9.367 million,... |
| May 7, 2022 | ECISD bond props fail | Ector County ISD’s proposed $398 million bond failed Saturday, unofficial results show. But members of the political action committee backing the measure say they will be back for another try.
Results were 61.45 percent, or 4,786 votes, aga... |
| Apr 28, 2022 | ECISD receives more than $2.2 million from TEA | Ector County ISD detailed in a press release that it has been selected to receive a Innovative Services for Students with Autism grant from Texas Education Agency in the amount of $2,253,140.
This project is a collaborative with Midland ISD... |
| Apr 28, 2022 | Muri: Growth determined high school site | Why a new high school would go to northeast Odessa if it passes and how students from other counties who come to school at Ector County ISD are funded was covered in Superintendent Scott Muri’s Wednesday media call.
Ector County ISD purchas... |
| Apr 11, 2022 | Nutrition director takes on challenge | Jieun Pando likes food and knows a lot about it, which serves her well in her job as director of School Nutrition for Ector County ISD.
Pando has been with the nutrition department since September 2013.
“I started as a school nutrition diet... |
| Mar 23, 2022 | Board OK’s proposed new high school site | Ector County Independent School District board members meet to discuss the approval of the location of a proposed new high school during a school board meeting Tuesday evening at the ECISD Administration building. The proposed location woul... |
| Mar 20, 2022 | GUEST VIEW: Good things are happening in ECISD | Scott Muri
By Scott Muri
As you are reading this, many of our staff and students are traveling back from Spring Break destinations. This was a well-deserved break from a very challenging school year. In fact, the past three years have prese... |
| Jan 27, 2022 | ECISD executive takes time to support teachers, students | In early December 2021, Ector County ISD Executive Director for Leadership Corey Seymour issued a challenge to all administrators.
Over Twitter, Seymour asked them to teach a minimum of 30 minutes a month for classroom teachers. The post sa... |
| Jan 18, 2022 | Board decides to appoint member | Ector County ISD trustee Nelson Minyard was honored for his nine years on the board during Tuesday’s meeting with the Extra Mile Award.
Minyard is moving out of town. His term expires in 2025 and he serves in Position 7.
Mike Atkins, the at... |
| Jan 13, 2022 | COVID surge causing staff shortages | The current surge of COVID-19 cases has hit Ector County ISD hard.
During his media call Wednesday, Superintendent Scott Muri said the district has had more than 700 positive cases — adults and students — in the last three days.
Muri said h... |
| Dec 8, 2021 | Two OCA students earn associate degrees | Two Odessa Collegiate Academy students have reached the milestones of high school graduation and associate degree completion.
Shaily Brant, 18, and Jason Lambert, 15, will be taking part in Odessa College’s commencement set for 6 p.m. Dec. ... |
| Dec 7, 2021 | GT nominations still open | The criteria for being identified as a Scholar in Progress, or gifted and talented, have not changed, but it has been opened up to the community to ensure that students are identified.
“With COVID, we have a pretty good idea that we missed ... |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Choice school application window open | The Choice School application window in Ector County ISD is now open and there will be an ECISD Live event at 7 p.m. Dec. 9 to talk about it.
“We will talk specifically about choice schools and opportunities in ECISD,” Superintendent Scott ... |
| Nov 18, 2021 | Broadband task force gets notice in Houston | The ConnEctor Task Force, a group from Ector County looking at providing affordable, high-speed broadband to everyone in the county, had a chance to share the story of its efforts in Houston this week.
Ector County ISD Superintendent Scott ... |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Computer science heads to elementary | Computer science is becoming more commonplace around Ector County ISD even at the elementary level.
Caitlin Couch, district science coordinator, deals mainly with elementary computer science, but works closely with Career and Technical Educ... |
| Nov 4, 2021 | Pandemic prompts ECISD enrollment loss | Ector County ISD has lost more than 2,000 students, in terms of enrollment, during the pandemic.
There was some speculation that Bonham Middle School, for example, had fewer students due to regular immunization requirements.
“We know early ... |
| Oct 31, 2021 | Broadband still a work in progress | Working with a broad cross-section of community leaders, Ector County ISD is making inroads to offer internet to families.
Called the Connector Task Force, the group was formed more than a year ago with community leaders in education, gover... |
| Oct 21, 2021 | OHS observatory has grand opening | About a year ago, Ector County ISD brought broadband internet to families in the Pleasant Farms area through a partnership with SpaceX.
Wednesday night, the district hosted a ribbon cutting of a new and improved observatory on top of Odessa... |
| Oct 4, 2021 | Neuroscience course gaining popularity | George H.W. Bush New Tech Odessa students in Bernadette Barragan’s neuroscience class have gotten up close and personal with fly brains this year through virtual reality.
The course, Neuroscience Research and Design, has 46 students this ye... |
| Sep 30, 2021 | Maintaining the tax rate, tailgate on tap | Keeping the total tax rate the same, paying off bonds early and the upcoming tailgate party celebrating the 100th birthday of Ector County ISD.
In his media call Wednesday, Superintendent Scott Muri said the ECSID board of trustees voted to... |
| Sep 26, 2021 | Rising above: Bowie changing culture a step at a time | Less than two months into the RISE program, Bowie Middle School Principal Paul Fulce and his teachers say they feel they are making headway.
Along with Bowie, Burnet Elementary School also is a RISE campus. RISE stands for Rapidly Improving... |
| Sep 24, 2021 | OHS harp performances coming up | The harp program at Odessa High School is, for now, small but wiry.
Headed by Francesca Florance, the program has been in Ector County ISD since 1997 but has built from the elementary level up.
OHS now has six students, which may not seem l... |
| Sep 19, 2021 | Teacher prep program taking applications | Ector County ISD is about to start its first cohort of teachers with its own state approved teacher preparation program.
Known as Odessa Pathway to Teaching, it operated under the umbrella of TNTP, the New Teacher Project.
Beginning on Sept... |
| Sep 16, 2021 | ECISD COVID protocols unchanged | Despite President Joe Biden’s executive order on COVID vaccines and testing, nothing has changed in regard to Ector County ISD students and staff members.
Gov. Greg Abbott has also issued an executive order forbidding mask mandates, which i... |
| Sep 15, 2021 | District hires associate super | The Ector County ISD Board of Trustees voted 6-0 to approve Anthony Sorola as associate superintendent of operations.
Sorola, who was OK’d during a Tuesday night workshop, replaces Stephanie Howard, who is now superintendent at Crane ISD.
S... |
| Sep 8, 2021 | Zavala working toward a micro-society | Having seen the success of its Careers and Community program campus years ago, Zavala Elementary School wanted to revive it.
The kindergarten through second grade campus recently received a $3,000 grant from the Oliver Foundation to recreat... |
| Sep 3, 2021 | The gift of reading | As a way of giving back, retired Ector County ISD principal and teacher Merita Hart donated a book vending machine to Goliad Elementary School.
Unveiled Friday morning, it also provided birthday presents for students King Swearington and Ja... |
| Aug 18, 2021 | ECISD marks a century | For its 100th birthday Wednesday, Ector County ISD celebrated with gifts, well wishes and, of course, cookies.
At 1:01 p.m. Aug. 18, 1921, the governor of Texas and the Department of State signed House Bill 58 into law creating the district... |
| Aug 17, 2021 | Board OKs extended sick leave resolution | A resolution for extended sick leave during COVID was approved Tuesday by the Ector County ISD Board of Trustees.
With Tuesday evening’s move, the board dissolved the 2020 resolution on employee leave during an epidemic and adopted this new... |
| Aug 8, 2021 | Certified teachers moved to struggling campuses | Qualified teachers have been pressed into service at Bowie Middle School and Burnet Elementary to fill open spots.
Many of those teachers are from the gifted and talented ranks and have been serving in those spots for years. Some were given... |
| Aug 1, 2021 | New greenhouses coming to ECISD | Horticulture students at Ector County ISD will start the year with new greenhouses and a new location.
The program will be moving out to the Ag Farm at 7649 W. Dunn St. Two new greenhouses also are being on the site and they are expected to... |
| Jul 8, 2021 | Howard lone finalist for Crane superintendent | Stephanie Howard
Ector County ISD Deputy Superintendent Stephanie Howard has been selected as the lone finalist for the superintendent position at Crane ISD.
Howard will officially start July 22 and she will replace Janet Hunt, who is retir... |
| Jul 5, 2021 | New Pease principal ready for challenge | Having been acting principal at Pease Elementary School for about four months, Micah Arrott is well prepared to take on the top job officially.
She was approved for the upward move at the June 8 Ector County ISD Board of Trustees meeting. A... |
| Jun 28, 2021 | Grants set to transform PHS arts | Armed with grants from the district’s Education Foundation, Permian High School art teacher Luis Trejo Fuentes plans to create a pottery program, a botanical garden that could become a community attraction and an art gallery.
In the works f... |
| Jun 21, 2021 | Rickman takes on first principal role | Deciding from a young age that she wanted to be in leadership in education, Tiffany Rickman recently fulfilled that goal by being named principal at Barbara Jordan Elementary School.
Previously, she has served as an assistant principal for ... |
| Jun 16, 2021 | ECISD nutrition team members honored | Two Ector County ISD School Nutrition team members have been recognized for their work this year with employee of the year awards.
Director Brandon Reyes won the professional employee of the year honors and Vuthy Thong, in warehouse deliver... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | New leader ready to take on challenges | A longtime educator and principal with Ector County ISD, Erin Bueno is ready to start a new position as an executive director of leadership with the district.
Bueno has worked for ECISD for 17 years, including serving as assistant principal... |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Watts finds joy in assistant principal post | Permian High School Assistant Principal Megan Watts could not escape becoming an educator.
Her parents are David and Denise Watts. David Watts was president of UTPB and Denise Watts was in institutional research. They now live in Richardson... |
| Jun 1, 2021 | AP stunned by district award | Finishing her sixth year with Ector County ISD and her first as an assistant principal at Downing Elementary, Zealia Jenkins has already made her mark being named the Elementary Assistant Principal of the Year for the district.
“It is still... |
| May 21, 2021 | Jordan top team in Battle of the Bluebonnets | The team from Jordan Elementary School works out the answer to a question at Friday’s Battle of the Bluebonnets, held at the Odessa High School Fieldhouse.
Going against a pared down field of nine, Jordan Elementary School won the Battle of... |
| May 21, 2021 | Exchange student gets Texas souvenir | Permian's foreign exchange student Chaeha Kim, 16, poses for a photo with a certificate for a flag that flew over the Texas Capitol given to her by State Rep. Brooks Landgraf in recognition for her scholastic achievements in Thursday at Per... |
| May 18, 2021 | Board approves pay hikes, new principals | Pay increases for everyone from teachers to school nutrition staff are on the way in 2021-22 for Ector County ISD employees.
The ECISD Board of Trustees approved the bump during their meeting Tuesday night.
Additionally, the board approved ... |
| May 17, 2021 | Wilson & Young redesign powers ahead | As a way to improve its performance, Wilson & Young Middle School, along with Noel and LBJ Elementary are taking part in a School Action Fund Grant through the Texas Education Agency.
According to information from Ector County ISD, Wils... |
| May 13, 2021 | ECISD gathering equity, discipline data | Although it’s been out of the headlines, Ector County ISD continues to work on its equity and discipline issues with a survey that will help inform its decisions moving forward.
About a year and a half ago, the district presented data to th... |
| May 12, 2021 | Bueno named to new leadership role | San Jacinto Elementary School Principal Erin Bueno was named an executive director of leadership for Ector County ISD at a recent board workshop.
Bueno will start July 1 and replace Andrea Martin who is retiring. After an executive session,... |
| Apr 29, 2021 | Leaders: Stimulus funds crucial to ECISD, community | With the prop of a very tall three-legged stool next to him, Ector County Independent School District Superintendent Scott Muri announced the pending receipt by the district of $55.9 million in federal stimulus funds Thursday in the foyer o... |
| Apr 28, 2021 | NTO grads value their experience | In its 10th anniversary year, George H.W. Bush New Tech Odessa graduates said they thought attending the fledgling school was going to be easy, but it surprised them on many levels.
When Shauna Brenell arrived at the campus, she thought she... |
| Dec 30, 2020 | The Pandemic Closed Our Doors But Opened Our Minds: Why My School District Will Not Return to ‘Normal’ | Educators around the globe knew this school year would be like nothing we had ever experienced. In the face of a worldwide pandemic, how do school districts properly balance the well-founded fears of staff and families with the equally well... |
| Oct 27, 2020 | Dozens of families in rural Texas will get SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet for free in 2021 | Elon Musk's SpaceX has agreed to provide internet in a Texas school district via its Starlink network of satellites.
It will provide internet to 45 families in early 2021, and an additional 90 families later on. The families will not pay fo... |
| Oct 26, 2020 | SpaceX Starlink to go south for first time with planned deployment in Texas | Enlarge / Starlink logo imposed on stylized image of the Earth.
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| Oct 24, 2020 | SpaceX launches 60 more satellites during 15th Starlink mission | SpaceX has launched another batch of 60 Starlink satellites, the primary ingredient for its forthcoming global broadband internet service. The launch took place at 11:31 AM EDT, with a liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florid... |
| Jun 19, 2018 | AVID director retiring from ECISD | ECISD
The originator and district director of the Advancement Via Individual Determination program at Ector County Independent School District is retiring.
Dianne Mata has been in education for 29 years — 27 of them with ECISD.
She started ... |
| Jun 15, 2018 | ECISD trustees delay vote on tax rate increase | A Texas ranger walks outside the ambulance entrance at Medical Center Hospital after three sheriff deputies were shot in the line of duty Monday night in North Odessa.
While members of the Ector County Independent School District Board of T... |
| Jun 4, 2018 | ECISD proposes higher tax rate | A Texas ranger walks outside the ambulance entrance at Medical Center Hospital after three sheriff deputies were shot in the line of duty Monday night in North Odessa.
The Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to ... |
| Jun 4, 2018 | Retiring instructor plans to advocate for CTE | ECISD website
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Longtime Frost Technical Center campus supervisor and dual credit welding instructor Natividad “Nat” Subia Armendarez is retiring and passing the torch to one of his former students.
A product of Ec... |
| Jun 3, 2018 | Tax election up for discussion | The Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees will discuss options for a possible tax ratification election during a noon meeting Monday.
A bond and tax ratification election failed in November 2017, but given district budg... |
| May 30, 2018 | Two ECISD teachers heading to space camp | A math teacher from Falcon Early College High School is heading to the LiftOff Summer Institute at NASA’s Johnson Space Center June 24 through June 29 in Houston.
Lydia Roundtree, a math teacher at Falcon, will be joined by Amanda Webber, a... |
| May 21, 2018 | New Tech team heads to Odyssey of the Mind World Finals | A small group of students from George H.W. New Tech Odessa will be exercising their mental muscles in the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals May 23 through May 26.
Biology facilitator and Odyssey of the Mind coach Elias Martinez said he is ta... |
| May 18, 2018 | ECISD Superintendent Tom Crowe is retiring in December | People may not have always agreed with him, but Ector County Independent School District Superintendent Tom Crowe was described by people who have worked with him as someone with good people skills and one of the fairest people they know.
C... |
| May 18, 2018 | Top OHS students honored at luncheon | With parents, teachers and administrators in attendance, Odessa High School’s top 10 students were honored with a luncheon in the school’s performing arts center.
The students may have different goals and destinations, but they all worked h... |
| May 16, 2018 | Project Graduation plans in the works, donations needed | OHS Broncho, PHS Panther grads.jpg
Prizes, games and scholarships will be the featured attractions at Project Graduation celebrations later this month for Odessa and Permian high schools.
Both alcohol-free events will be held after graduati... |
| May 16, 2018 | ECISD reveals Top 10 students; board hears test results | Principals from each school introduced the top of the crop and all had racked up scholarships, awards, dual and Advanced Placement credit, volunteer hours and extracurricular activities, to name a few.
The top 10 students from George H.W. B... |
| May 14, 2018 | Falcon students to present TED talks | Members of Falcon Early College High School’s TED-Ed Club will be presenting short talks on a variety of topics at 6 p.m. May 15 at the Library Lecture Hall at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
Social Studies teacher Samantha Ha... |
| May 1, 2018 | TEA has 15 days to approve new proposal for Ector | The waiting game begins again for Ector County Independent School District after the board of trustees unanimously approved an agreement between the district and Ector Success Academy Network, a nonprofit entity, to operate Ector Middle Sch... |
| Apr 28, 2018 | Buice students contribute to nonprofits, offer goodies to first responders | From donating to community nonprofits to participating in the Kindness Olympics, Buice Elementary School’s gifted and talented students have been involved all year in activities to pay it forward.
During a Friday morning assembly, students ... |
| Apr 26, 2018 | ECISD honors its volunteers | Those who have given their time to Ector County Independent School District this year were honored at the Volunteers & Partners Awards Celebration today at the Ector County Coliseum.
At least 420 people attended the gathering, whose the... |
| Apr 25, 2018 | Wilson & Young could implement character curriculum next fall | In line with the namesakes of Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School, Principal Yolanda Garza said she hopes to implement a character education program recently introduced at the campus.
Retired teacher and principal Charlotte Clif... |
| Apr 7, 2018 | SHAC reviews Life Center curriculum | Odessa High School's Skylar Herrera (25) shoots against Permian's Reyna Rayos (10) during the first half Tuesday night at the Permian Fieldhouse.
A review of the curriculum taught to Ector County Independent School District students as part... |
| Apr 2, 2018 | Students use spot for friendship | Before a group of family members and students, a Buddy Bench at Gonzales Elementary School was dedicated to a former student at the school.
Isaiah Garza was a third-grader at Gonzales who died of leukemia July 24, 2016. His mother, Yvette H... |
| Mar 26, 2018 | Teacher spotlights the joys of language | Permian High School teacher Tim Gilley loves Latin and wants everyone to know its benefits.
Gilley, who is in his 23rd year of teaching at PHS and in the language, said he changed majors several times at Texas Tech University, but always to... |
| Mar 8, 2018 | OC makes credit proposal to ECISD | ECISD, OC logos.jpg
A plan to offer the first six semester credit hours to high school students free and increasing scholarship money for students to take more dual credit courses was announced by Odessa College officials during an Ector Co... |
| Mar 6, 2018 | Falcon students anticipating experiment launch | Students at Falcon Early College High School are preparing their experiment for launch to the International Space Station this summer.
Elizabeth Gray, Falcon Early College High School AVID coordinator, has said the experiment looks at wheth... |
| Feb 25, 2018 | Quintela takes over at Ector | Two weeks into his new post as principal of Ector Middle School, Charles Quintela is building relationships and trust with students and staff. And he’s optimistic that the campus will come off of the improvement required list under state ac... |
| Feb 17, 2018 | Clergy, educators gather to support public schools | Pastors for Texas Children
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Connection Christian Church
With the idea of bringing faith leaders and educators together to help Odessa schools, the Rev. Dawn Weeks, co-pastor of Connection Christian Church, org... |
