By Elsa Maxey A recent Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research report relating to a survey about the area’s community reaches some interesting conclusions backed up by 2010 census data — Fort Bend is the most ethnically diverse in the nation. This is supported by percentages showing its 585,375 population to have 19 percent [...]
By Karen Daniels The Fort Bend County Chamber of Commerce hosted a first ever joint candidate forum for Stafford Municipal School District and Fort Bend Independent School District given that some of the same issues face these respective districts. The Chamber’s Chairman, Stewart Jacobson, was the moderator for the event. Each of the candidates drew [...]
Joella Mullis was the Top Individual Producer for 2012. She also had the” top number of homes sold” as well as second place for “top units listed and top volume listed.” These are wonderful achievements for 2012 but the main award for Joella was the “Lifetime Achievement” Award given by Re/Max of Texas. This award [...]
By Karen Daniels SMSD proudly announced at the April Board of Trustees meeting that on Thursday, June 6, Stafford High School will hold their graduation ceremony at Constellation Field. Assistant Superintendent Marva Rasberry said, “Stafford Municipal School District is looking forward to the history making event, as the Stafford High School Class of 2013 will [...]
By Betsy Dolan The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3903 hosted a candidate forum for those on the May ballot for Lamar Consolidated ISD on April 15. Candidates had five minutes to speak and five minutes for questions from the audience. Lamar Consolidated ISD District 1 Karen Mendoza is the incumbent and current Board Vice [...]
By Betsy Dolan The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3903 hosted a candidate forum on April 15 for those on the May ballot for the City of Rosenberg. Candidates had five minutes to speak and five minutes for questions from the audience. Rosenberg City Council In Rosenberg, Mayor Vincent M. Morales Jr. and District 3 [...]
By Betsy Dolan Attorney David Thompson has knocked around public education and Texas’ school funding issue too long to be pie-in-the-sky about changes in the near future. But at a recent Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce luncheon he was optimistic that, for the first time in over 30 years, fixing Texas’s school finance issue may be gaining momentum. “The legislature is working [...]
By Elsa Maxey Although 20 percent of those in Fort Bend County are without health insurance, according to the 2013 county health rankings in the U.S. released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, it is ranked number 13 out of just about all of the 254 counties in Texas. A total of 232 were ranked. [...]
By Betsy Dolan Tears and frustration from parents were common at a community forum April 2, to discuss the Lamar CISD Attendance Boundary Committee recommendations in regard to the opening of Adolphus Elementary in August. The committee’s proposal will move some students who are currently attending McNeill, Frost and Hubenak elementaries to Adolphus. All of [...]
By Karen Daniels Get ready to Trash-Off! This Saturday, April 13, from 9:00am to 1:00pm the City of Stafford along with Keep Texas Beautiful will be holding their 20th Annual City Wide Pride Clean Up. Many civic group volunteers, area businesses, Stafford MSD students and churches get together in groups to help pick up debris [...]
