More than 10 parents and community members opposed a potential closure of Georgia Brown Elementary School during the public comment period of the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District s April 27 board meeting. The superintendent said the district hasn t made a decision about closing the school. click to enlarge Photo By Jaysom Mellom
NO DECISION YET Paso Joint Unified says no decision has been made to close Georgia Brown Elementary school or cease its dual immersion program. Paso resident Elena Garcia spoke during public comment about the likely closure of an elementary school site in Paso, which we know is likely Georgia Brown.
Lubbock couple celebrates 70th wedding anniversary
Couple celebrates 50 years together after surviving COVID-19 By KCBD Staff | May 6, 2021 at 7:30 AM CDT - Updated May 6 at 8:48 AM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - According to the U.S. Census Bureau, only 11.8% of married couples reach their 50th wedding anniversary. It doesn’t even keep records for marriages that celebrate 60 years or beyond. So what happened at Raider Ranch on Wednesday was nothing short of spectacular.
Gene and Margaret Pershall were married 70 years ago on May 5. They were both long time teachers and administrators at multiple schools in New Mexico.
Gene joined the Air Force at age 15. Margaret is the great granddaughter of P.F. Brown, a pioneer in education here in Lubbock and the namesake of Brown Elementary School. Eventually the Pershalls settled in Lubbock, where they fought the biggest battle of their lives surviving COVID-19 in the fall.
–If proposed in a political and historical vacuum, the recommendation from the 711 Committee for the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District to consider closing Georgia Brown Elementary School would likely be met with less concern. While serving in city government, I never saw a neighborhood welcome a school closure, but this is different.
The school district is charged with providing a “free and appropriate education” (education code legal term of art) to all of our students. As taxpayers, we demand that the district provide this education to our students as efficiently as possible. There is a national trend of declining enrollment in public schools as the average family size gets smaller, due to people waiting longer to have children and simply the cost of having children. Any parent of school children can attest that they are expensive.
Yvonne Valdez will serve as principal at Brown Elementary School. According to a news release, she has extensive experience as an administrator and teacher in Lubbock ISD, most recently as assistant principal at Commander William C. McCool Academy.
Leticia Gutierrez was named principal at Bean Elementary School. She is currently assistant principal at Ramirez Elementary and has served as a principal in the Ysleta Independent School District in El Paso.
Koty Gonzalez was named principal at Rush Elementary School. She has served as an assistant principal at Rush, Ervin, and Wheelock elementary schools and has served the district since 1997.
Amanda Boland was named principal at Parsons Elementary School. She is currently the assistant principal at Atkins Middle School and has been with the district since 1999.
Lubbock ISD Trustees approve four principal assignments Left to right: Koty Gonzales, Amanda Boland, Leticia Guiterrez, Yvonne Valdez, and Dr. Kathy Rollo (Source: Lubbock ISD) By KCBD Staff | April 22, 2021 at 10:39 AM CDT - Updated April 22 at 10:39 AM
LUBBOCK, Texas
(NEWS RELEASE) - At this morningâs regular meeting of the Lubbock Independent School District Board of Trustees, members made principal appointments for four elementary schools for the 2021-2022 school year.
Yvonne Valdez will serve as principal at Brown Elementary School. She has extensive experience as an administrator and teacher in Lubbock ISD, most recently as assistant principal at Commander William C. McCool Academy.