Mesquite students needed a safe place to go after school, so the district created one
The program is proving so successful, the district is considering expanding it.
Mesquite ISD converted an empty bank building into an after-school program.(Wade Odom / Mesquite ISD)
A vacant bank building is now the site of a new after-school program in Mesquite.
Called Safe Landing, the program provides a comfortable place for middle and high school students who otherwise might not have one.
Each afternoon and evening, students chat with one another, work on homework or puzzles, play Jenga and video games, draw and eat dinner.
Yolanda Shepard is the first Black woman to serve on Mesquite’s Civil Service Commission
Shepard will help the three-member commission decide sensitive personnel matters.
Yolanda Shepard, shown with Mesquite Mayor Bruce Archer, will be the first Black woman to serve on the city s Civil Service Commission.(Courtesy photo / City of Mesquite)
Yolanda Shepard is the first Black woman to ever serve on the Mesquite commission that oversees appeals for personnel matters for the city, police and fire departments.
Mesquite City Council voted unanimously to appoint Shepard to the Civil Service Commission and Personnel/Trial Board last week and she was sworn in on Monday.