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Town Hall meeting

May 29 in Lytle about creating a Stormwater Utility Fund

The City of Lytle is having a Town Hall Meeting Wednesday, May 29, 2024 about a Storm Water Utility Fund.
What is a Stormwater Utility Fund and how will it benefit the city and its residents?
Why is the City creating the Stormwater Utility Fund?
Who pays and what are the costs?
Join the City Hall Staff and Engineer as they…

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Volunteers Needed

Devine Area
Thrift Store

Volunteers are always needed by the Devine Area Thrift Store. VOLUNTEER on Mondays from 8-12 noon, on Wednesdays from 8-2 p.m. and on Fridays from 8-2 p.m.
Together we can all make a difference in Devine!

South Texas Coaches Association All Star Game

Coach Gomez pictured one last time with his athletes Sam Guardiola, Gabriel Esquibel, and Corey Dirck at the STCA All Star game.

44 Anthony Perdomo and #8 Drew Gonzales represented the Lytle Pirates at the STCA All Star Game.

Natalia Mustangs representing at the STCA All Star Game.

Representing Natalia at the STCA All Star game Elias Deluna, Zachary Tanner, and Jordan Roberts.

Coach McIver with Rylee Esquivel and Brooklyn Miller at the South Texas Coaches Association All Star volleyball game 3col bw

Three Devine ISD classes place in state top 10 in national math challenge

Mrs. Briscoe’s class

By Anton Riecher
A first grade class at Devine ISD taught by Brittany Briscoe placed first in the state of Texas in a national math solving competition known as SplashLearn.
Briscoe’s class is one of three Devine ISD kindergarten and elementary class to place in the top 10 in Texaas. Both Brittany and fellow first grade teacher Shelby Spivey received official recognition for their achievements during the Devine school board meeting Monday night.
“Teachers have been competing over the last 10 weeks in a program called SplashLearn, a math challenge that students all over the U.S. participate in,” veteran Devine ISD pre-kindergarten teacher Melissa Gutierrez explained to the board.
SplashLearn is a game-based learning program that adapts to each students’ skill level and helps them master appropriate math skills at their own pace. Once enrolled, students can immediately start…

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Deficits overshadow drafting of Devine ISD 2024-2025 budget

By Anton Riecher
Devine is only one of many Texas school districts facing potential budget deficits as school board trustees labor into the summer months developing their 2024-2025 budgets.
“We can only write checks for the amount of money we have in the bucket,” Devine superintendent Todd Grandjean said. “You have to start making tough decisions about personnel and resources.”
The Devine school board met May 14 for the second of three workshops scheduled to decide what should be included in the budget.
With no additional state funding for schools approved by the Texas Legislature in 2023 unofficial estimates project that more than half of the state’s school districts face dipping into money set aside in unassigned fund balance to cover emergencies.
Grandjean said the school board finds itself in much better shape regarding the new budget than anticipated.
“You always start with everything that anyone can possibly list as to what they feel can benefit students, improve…

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