Fort Bend ISD has launched a news blog, The Pulse, which gives parents, students and community members the opportunity to hear from District leaders on important educational news and issues. New blog articles are posted weekly, and readers are encouraged to subscribe to the site so they will receive email alerts when new information is [...]
COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE: Saturday October 13th, 8 am to 2 pm. QV golf course parking lot (near driving range) Proceeds help support local charities and fund scholarships. To donate items for the sale? 281-923-7601. CITY CENTRE @ QV: Bluebonnet Grille NOW has a “daily special” to allow you to sample items not found on regular [...]
Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Snoopy and the rest of the gang will be on stage in the Dulles High School presentation of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. The musical comedy featuring Dulles students is scheduled for Oct. 11, 12 and 13, beginning at 7 p.m. each night. The musical, originally produced in 1967, is [...]
By Jim Rice FBISD Board of Trustees Recently there have been many public comments made concerning the pending 83rd Texas Legislative Session and how legislators will expand the “School Choice” options available in Texas. Some state business organizations are already floating trial balloons to tout an agenda of allowing an unlimited number of open enrollment [...]
Fort Bend ISD will conduct a district-wide Mock Election to help students learn about the role that citizens take in helping to elect our public officials. Students will participate in the Mock Election voting process now thru October 26. As part of the Mock Election, parents are invited to vote along with their children. Each [...]
By Betsy Dolan Missouri City has decided against a bond referendum for the May 2013 election and instead will look ahead to putting a package together for voters to consider in 2014. Appointing members for the Bond Steering Committee was on the City Council’s agenda for their regular meeting on October 1 but Mayor Allen [...]
By LeaAnne Klentzman Three car burglars were busted on Bellaire Blvd., inside Harris County, by Fort Bend deputies last week. Sheriff’s spokesman Bob Haenel said, “An eyewitness helped Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrest three suspects for burglarizing a vehicle.” He said on Tuesday, October 2, about 5:20 p.m. deputies were called to a [...]
By Karen Daniels For the past 15 years, 8th grade students who meet the grade and conduct criteria are eligible for a five day trip to Washington D.C. and New York City to learn about history and government. For the past 13 years, Washington D.C. Club Sponsor, Carin Williamson, has chaperoned these students, some of [...]
By Elsa Maxey Fort Bend County and Sienna Plantation Municipal Utility District (MUD) No. 5 have entered into an agreement to fix up an existing gravel road in Missouri City’s extra territorial jurisdiction (ETJ). This is the area immediately south of and next to Sienna Plantation also known as Sienna South. As part of the [...]
Keep Sugar Land Beautiful (KSLB) will host its 9th Annual Recycle for Reuse Event on Saturday, October 13, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, in partnership with the Fort Bend Education Foundation, the FB Women’s Center, and the FB Habitat for Humanity. Please plan to donate gently used items for reuse: Books, Games, Puzzles, Flash [...]
