Sulphur Springs ISD Head Start Program To Apply For Grant Continuation And Refunding, Transportation Waiver
Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees during the regular monthly meeting this week gave the Head Start program director the go-ahead to apply for grant continuation and refunding, as well as a Head Start transportation waiver application. Transportation Wavier Sulphur Spring ISD Head Start program Director Angela Edwards asked trustees to approve a request for a transportation waiver for the Head Start program. She noted the SSISD...
Sulphur Springs ISD 2021-2022 Calendar Approved
Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees Monday evening approved a 2021-22 calendar very similar to the calendar approved last spring for the current school year, which had to be adjusted due to COVID-19. SSISD Superintendent Mike Lamb discusses the proposed 2021-2022 school calendar with the school board While the calendar committee employed the same philosophies used to draft the original 2020-21 school calendar...
SS Seniors Center Re-opens on Monday, April 5, Seniors Welcome!
Karon Weatherman will be happy to see the Seniors coming back to the Seniors Center. “I’ve missed them!’ she says! Director Karon Weatherman is thrilled to share the news that the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center will re-open it’s doors on Monday, April 5, 2021 for exercise, activities and lunch through the Meal A Day program. “Almost a year to the day since we closed in 2020 due to the pandemic, we...
Senior Citizens Center Reopens April 5
On March 16, 2020, the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center the City of Sulphur Springs announced the facility would be closing its doors to all activities except Meal A Day food preparation and delivery pick up in an effort to better protect those high risk individuals who frequent the facility from COVID-19. Today, after a year, city staff announced the Senior Citizens Center will soon reopen for regular activities. “We are...
What To Expect In Local City and County Facilities Following GA-34
Governor Greg Abbott’s announcement last week of GA-34, which retracts most of the other Governor’s Order enacted related to COVID-19 over the last several months, goes into effect today (Wednesday, March 10). Businesses that choose to do so will be allowed to reopen with no capacity limits, and most public face mask requirements are also lifted — although business owners are allowed to request people wear masks if...
PJC Tuition and Fees to Remain Unchanged
Paris Junior College tuition and fees are slightly below the state average, and Monday evening, Feb. 22, the Board of Regents approved keeping the same rates for the 2021-2022 academic year. “We’re recommending that we keep the same tuition and fee rate,” said PJC President Dr. Pam Anglin. “We’ve looked at what surrounding community colleges charge. I’ve talked to other community college presidents...
Governor’s Executive Order GA-34 Lifts Mask Mandate, Allows Businesses To Open at 100 Percent Starting March 10
After almost a full year of COVID-19 restrictions, Governor Greg Abbott today issued Executive Order (GA-34) lifting the mask mandate in Texas and increasing capacity of all businesses and facilities in the state to 100 percent starting next Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The Governor made the announcement in Lubbock on Tuesday, March 2. Texas Governor Greg Abbott “With the medical advancements of vaccines and antibody therapeutic...
Street Improvement Program, Concessionaire Services Highlight March 2 Sulphur Springs City Council Agenda
The Street Improvement Program, concessionaire services and May election highlight the March 2 Sulphur Springs City Council meeting agenda. As has been the practice through most of the last year, Tuesday night’s City Council meeting will be conducted virtually, with Council members and city employees participating in the meeting connecting through Zoom conferencing platform, which will be streamed on the City of Sulphur Springs...
Sulphur Springs ISD Employees Will Receive Pay, Some At Premium, For Days School Was Closed Due To Weather
District Applying To TEA For Waivers For 5 Missed School Days Sulphur Springs ISD employees will receive pay for the days school was closed due to winter weather; the district will also seek state waivers for 5 missed school days due to extreme, dangerous road and other conditions due to ice and snow last month. SSISD Board of Trustees Vice President Craig Roberts calls the joint school board-Strategic Planning Committee meeting to...
Reminder: Vehicle Title And Registration Waiver Ends April 14, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas – If you’re overdue, it’s time to renew. The temporary waiver of certain vehicle title and registration requirements, announced by Governor Greg Abbott on March 16, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will end at 11:59 p.m. on April 14, 2021. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) reminds Texans to complete any overdue transactions now. “It is not necessary to wait until the deadline,” said TxDMV Executive...
