CHRISTUS Business News: NetHealth Offering Bivalent COVID Vaccines At Final Week Of Clinics
Sep20

CHRISTUS Business News: NetHealth Offering Bivalent COVID Vaccines At Final Week Of Clinics

CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News for the week of Sept. 19, 2022 New Orthopedic Surgeon, Providers at CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Primary Care in Sulphur Springs Now Accepting New Patients By Jennifer Heitman, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Sulphur Springs, Texas, September 19, 2022 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital...

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Aside From SB3 Requirements, SBOE To Delay Revising Social Studies Framework Until 2025
Sep03

Aside From SB3 Requirements, SBOE To Delay Revising Social Studies Framework Until 2025

A News Release from The Legislative Report is a publication of the Texas Association of School Boards • Sept. 2, 2022 Texas History To Remain Standalone Course, Development and Implementation Process for Innovative Native American and Asian American Studies Courses Already In Progress Will Continue The State Board of Education (SBOE) met this week with a primary focus on updating the Social Studies Texas Essential Knowledge and...

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Sulphur Springs ISD Receives Overall B On 2021-2022 Report Card
Aug31

Sulphur Springs ISD Receives Overall B On 2021-2022 Report Card

Sulphur Springs ISD received an overall B on the 2021-2022 report card issued by Texas Education Agency, based on three domains: student achievement, school progress and how well the district is “closing the gaps.” SSISD overall 2021-2022 TEA school rating “We received an 88. I’m pretty excited about that and an 89 in progress too,” SSISD Superintendent Michael Lamb said. “We are right at 90% in...

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MG, NH, Saltillo ISDs Earn As On Report Cards; All Other Rural Hopkins County Schools Earn Bs
Aug30

MG, NH, Saltillo ISDs Earn As On Report Cards; All Other Rural Hopkins County Schools Earn Bs

Yantis ISD Receives C Accountability Rating Miller Grove, North Hopkins and Saltillo all earned As on school report cards, while all of the other rural Hopkins County schools received Bs from the state. Yantis ISD, located in nearby Wood County but which serves some Hopkins County students, received a C 2021-2022 accountability rating from Texas Education Agency. Some were ranked strictly as a district, while others had campus raked...

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Notable Updates To Sulphur Springs ISD Handbooks, Policies
Aug18

Notable Updates To Sulphur Springs ISD Handbooks, Policies

District Committee Auditing And Updating District Safety & Security Plan By now, most parents have already sign form acknowledging they’ve received and will require their students to abide by the policies and procedures listed in their student handbooks, Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan. Those who have more than one student may not have taken the time to flip through to see what, if any,...

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Northeast Texas WDA Unemployment Rates Rose In June 2022, But Remain Lower Than June 2021 Rates
Jul27

Northeast Texas WDA Unemployment Rates Rose In June 2022, But Remain Lower Than June 2021 Rates

Unemployment in Northeast Texas Workforce Development area rose for the second consecutive month, but the June 2022 unemployment rates were still below June 2021 unemployment rates for all nine counties in the WDA. Franklin and Hopkins continued in June 2022 to have the lowest unemployment rates in NETWDA and both county’s 3.5% unemployment rates are still below the overall state unemployment rate of 4.4% for June 2022,...

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Slaton & Colleagues Ask Governor To Halt COVID Vaccines For Children Under 4 Years Of Age
Jul08

Slaton & Colleagues Ask Governor To Halt COVID Vaccines For Children Under 4 Years Of Age

Unanswered Questions About Vaccine’s Effect On Young Children Among Concerns Cited In Letter to Abbott Representatives Bryan Slaton (House District 2), Jeff Cason (HD 92) and Kyle Biedermann (HD 73), as well as House District 93 candidate Nate Schatzline, emailed a letter Friday, July 7, 2022, to  Governor Greg Abbott requesting he direct the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to halt distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to...

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Unemployment Up In May 2022 Across The State, Including In Hopkins, Surrounding Counties
Jun21

Unemployment Up In May 2022 Across The State, Including In Hopkins, Surrounding Counties

Seasonally unadjusted unemployment as a whole was up slightly across the state in May 2022, including in the 9-County Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area, which includes Hopkins County. Texas & Northeast Texas WDA In fact, the Northeast Texas WDA’s 4.1% unemployment rate is slightly higher than the overall state average of 3.8% last month, according to the Local Area Unemployment Statistics reported for May 2022 on...

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12 Contestants Competing In 2022 Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen Coronation Pageant
Jun17

12 Contestants Competing In 2022 Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen Coronation Pageant

The Hopkins County Dairy Festival will culminate Saturday night with the Coronation Pageant in the SSHS Auditorium (at Hopkins County Civic Center). After two years without a pageant due to COVID-19 precautions, this year’s pageant features one of the biggest groups of competitors yet. A dozen high school juniors signed up this spring to compete for the crown. These young ladies not only have to take part in the pageant which...

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2022 Hopkins County Dairy Festival Parade, Junior Dairy Show Great Successes
Jun13

2022 Hopkins County Dairy Festival Parade, Junior Dairy Show Great Successes

Festival Heats Up Saturday With Hot Air Balloon Rally & Glow, Milking Contest The 2022 Hopkins County Dairy Festival Parade was a huge hit, the Junior Dairy Show a great success and the milking contest included a few surprises. The second day of Hopkins County Dairy Festival dawned brightly, with lots of color, and black and white cows and ice cream décor galore. Even without the extreme heat advisory issued for the weekend, there...

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