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Annual Balloon Fest set Saturday
The second annual Van Zandt County Balloon Fest will be Saturday near Edgewood. Festivities will kickoff at 10 a.m. at the Tailwind Airpark and Thompson Airport with an assortment of family-friendly activities, including dunking booths, pony rides, face painting, paper airplanes as well as a petting zoo and bounce house, according to a news ... (more) Comment?
The longtime West Side resident of the Edgewood Independent School District became the legal case name for the landmark decision that found the state's method of funding public education unconstitutional. Comment?
How to Fast Track Medical School
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When Robert Cooper was growing up in Edgewood, Texas, he liked his neighborhood family doctor so much that by the time he got into medical school in 2010, he already knew he wanted to go into primary care . Comment?
2 more districts join Pre-K 4 SA
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Edgewood ISD President Joseph Guerra and Superintendent Dr. Jose Cervantes share a light moment at Tuesday's board meeting. Comment?
Edgewood joins Pre-K 4 SA - Northside to vote tonight
Edgewood Independent School District trustees unanimously voted Tuesday to become the sixth school district to join the city's Pre-K 4 SA program, with Northside ISD's board expected to vote later tonight on whether to become the seventh. Comment?
Region 19 exec 'Jimmy' Vasquez keeps up funding equity fight
... public schools. Vasquez, the executive director of the Region 19 Education Service Center, was superintendent of Edgewood Independent School District in San Antonio, then one of the poorest in Texas, that filed a landmark case in 1984 arguing that ... Comment?
Southwest High School's mariachi band places second in state
Maria Ortega , Daniel TreviA o and Frank Tovar get one another energized before their performance at the Texas High School Mariachi Competition by the Mexican American School Board Association at Edgewood ISD Theater of Performing Arts on Saturday, Feb. Comment?
School district upgrades security badges on all campuses
The Edgewood district is bringing old-school neck badges into the digital age. About 15,000 students and staff members now have ID badges that might hold the key to school security. Comment?
Edgewood ISD, parents develop school safety plan
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"Of course, Edgewood is about education," said Rolando Martinez with the Edgewood Independent School District. Comment?
Edgewood ISD, parents to develop school safety plan
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"Of course, Edgewood is about education," said Rolando Martinez with the Edgewood Independent School District. Comment?
Lockdown lifted in Grand Saline, Edgewood schools
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Grand Saline ISD Superintendent Trish Elliott and Edgewood Superintendent Andy Baker both confirm that police have given them the "all clear." Both schools have lifted their precautionary lockdowns. Comment?
Grand Saline ISD and Edgewood ISD on precautionary lockdown
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... since the Kaufman County shooting suspects are at large, and as a result of another situation police are working in Edgewood, their doors are locked and children are staying inside today. Edgewood students are in class as usual, and no one is going ... Comment?
Gift From Family and Friends of Noted Baptist Ethicist Benefits Baylor's Truett Seminary
... Ethics bolsters that mission by providing Truett Seminary with its seventh endowed chair or professorship. Born in Edgewood, Texas, Dr. Valentine responded to the call to preach and was ordained at the age of 17. He received his bachelor's degree ... Comment?
Van Zandt County authorities investigate house fire
Authorities on Friday were investigating a structure fire in Van Zandt County. About 10 a.m. that day, the Van Zandt County Fire Marshal along with Fruitvale, Grand Saline, Edgewood and South Van Zandt fire departments were dispatched to the 11000 block of U.S. Highway 80 in Fruitvale on a reported structure fire, according to a news release. Comment?
Edgewood grad Hinojosa in the school finance fight spotlight
... MALDEF southwest regional counsel, speaks during a news conference announcing the lawsuit in December 2011. The Edgewood grad says "Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools," Jonathan Kugel's 1991 book about school funding in the Edgewood ... Comment?
Edgewood weathers strong storm
... spawn any tornados in East Texas, but powerful straight line winds caused damage and knocked out power in the area. Edgewood, located in Van Zandt County, was one of the hardest hit areas with several reports of trees down. Wednesday night's storm ... Comment?
Services for Jason Lee Eubank, 43, of Edgewood, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. Comment?
High standards, without means to achieve them
Did you see the other day where the state acknowledged the woeful inadequacy of state funding for our very own Edgewood Independent School District and all other economically challenged districts? Perry said he favors letting individual school districts decide whether new high-stakes testing should count for 15 percent of a high school students' ... (more) Comment?
... the Lord on November 27, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio with her family by her side. She was born on April 7, 1924 in Edgewood, Texas and was a long time resident of Fairborn, Ohio. She retired after a passionate lifelong career at Wright-Patterson Air ... Comment?
Edgewood educator appeals to judge for help
Edgewood Independent School District Superintendent Jose A. Cervantes appealed for help from the courts Thursday because the desperately property-poor school district isn't getting it from Texas lawmakers. Comment?