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San Benito school board goes with Fred Perez as superintendent finalist
Jul. 19—SAN BENITO — After a two-month statewide search, the school board Friday unanimously selected acting Superintendent Alfredo "Fred" Perez as the finalist for the district's superintendent job. After a three-hour closed session meeting, board members picked Perez from a short list after narrowing a field of 27 candidates. Now, board members are waiting through a state-mandated 30-day ...
Benavides: We failed our high school dropouts before. It’s time to bring them back.
EDINBURG, Texas – A school superintendent is urging her counterparts in other Rio Grande Valley districts to acknowledge their failures and work to bring dropouts aged 18 to 25 back to campus. Dr. Alda T. Benavides, superintendent of schools for Edcouch-Elsa ISD, spoke at a meeting about dropout prevention...
Students strengthen industry through diversity
HARLINGEN, TX—Dulce Cruz, Beatriz Loa, Joselyn Ramirez, of San Benito, and Crystal Santoyo want to join the ranks of the many women who have changed the Texas workforce with the technical education they acquired from Texas State Technical College (TSTC). The four women are students in the Automotive Technology...
TSTC alumnus returns to TSTC, finds his ‘why’ in helping future students
HARLINGEN — As a full-time admissions advisor at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus, TSTC alumnus Carlos Ortega helps prospective students find career pathways. But his own path to his current job was somewhat circuitous. “I started this job when I was a work-study student,” the Harlingen resident...
Virtual reality to help sharpen students’ skills in TSTC’s Drafting and Design program
HARLINGEN — Virtual reality has transformed many technical industries, and the Drafting and Design program at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus will incorporate the technology into its curriculum next fall. The program will introduce the Meta Quest 2 virtual reality simulator to be used during lab sessions...
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