Charter group proposes PHILO as NF solution
NORTH FOREST – Efforts to save the North Forest school district from closure and forced merger with Houston ISD continued on several fronts last week. A group of …
Month: March 2013
Nichols Park dedicated in Airline District
Arlene Nichols, District 140 advocate, remembered NORTHEAST – Four years after her death, friends and family of community advocate Arlene Nichols gathered to open a new 10 acre …
North Forest ISD continues fight with TEA to avoid closure
NORTH FOREST – Representatives of the North Forest school district have continued last week at an Austin meeting with TEA, their fight to keep the district open, in …
North Forest ISD seeks help from 3 Charter Schools
NORTH FOREST – In its latest plan to avoid the order from the Texas Education Agency to close and merge with Houston ISD, leaders of the opposition to …
Generation Park will spur growth in Northeast area
New 4000 acre Enterprise Park on Beltway 8 East In a presentation to the North Channel Chamber last week, McCord Development’s Land Development Director, Rick Yarbrough, described the …
Greenspoint District names Jerry Lowry as new President
Greenspoint District named Jerry Lowry as president following the retirement of former President Jack Drake. A 13-year employee of the Greenspoint District, Lowry served as executive vice president …
Sylvia Garcia wins Senate District 6 seat in run-off
HARRIS COUNTY – The run-off election for Mario Gallego’s vacated seat representing State Senate District 6 ended with the election last Saturday of former County Commissioner Sylvia Garcia. …