Election Day set for Saturday
After thousands of voters in Potter and Randall counties made their voices heard during early voting, Saturday will serve as the last day voters in the counties will be able to voice their opinions in numerous races affecting city leadership, as well as school board leadership, in the near future.
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., voters can choose from among numerous locations in the counties and vote in various races including for Amarillo City Council and Canyon City Commission; mayor for both Amarillo and Canyon; Amarillo College board of regents; and the school boards for the Amarillo Independent School District, Canyon ISD and River Road ISD.
In May s general election, one of the races voters will be making their voices heard on is who will be four members of the city council for Amarillo for the next term.
The new members of the city council will join the person elected to be Amarillo s mayor, a race which is also on May s election ballot. A preview for that specific race ran previously in print and is available on the Amarillo Globe-News website.
The Globe-News reached out to all 12 candidates running for the four places on Amarillo s city council. Each candidate was asked a set of questions via email, and those answers are presented in a question and answer format below.
Amarillo ISD Board takes action to make progress on AmTech Career Academy
During the most recent meeting of the Amarillo Independent School District Board of Trustees, the board took action on numerous measures, helping the AmTech Career Academy progress to its initial opening for students in August.
According to previous reporting by the Amarillo Globe-News, students were given the initial opportunity to pre-register for classes at AmTech, located at 3601 Plains, in January.
The academy will be an expansion of the Amarillo Area Center for Advanced Learning (AACAL) and will have nine schools, including the School of Architecture, Construction and Manufacturing, as well as the School of Medical Arts. Those schools consist of more than 30 pathways for students, including animal science, plumbing and audio/visual (TV) production.
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A decision regarding face coverings, which stemmed from Wednesday’s special meeting of the Amarillo Independent School District Board of Trustees, is set to go into effect beginning Monday for some students and staff.
After Wednesday’s four-hour special meeting resulting in a 4-3 vote, the Amarillo ISD board took action to allow students in pre-K through fifth grade, as well as staff at elementary campuses and visitors to those campuses, the option on whether or not they want to wear a face covering while on campus. This includes the staff who teach fifth grade at Lorenzo de Zavala Middle School.