AUSTIN (AP) _ The State Board of Education got an earful from experts and activists concerned about the way evolution is taught in public schools.
Dozens of people, including a six-member expert review panel, lined up to testify in Austin as the board considers new science curriculum standards for the next decade.
The proposal would drop language in the current curriculum that requires teachers to address “strengths and weaknesses” of scientific theory.
College Station police searching a home in Bryan Thursday (November 21) finds more than two pounds of marijuana and 126 ecstasy pills. The couple who lives in the home, 43 year old John Pilkey and 36 year old Bobbie Jones, were arrested for possessing the drugs with the intent to sell. WTAW News has CSPD the estimated street value of the drugs that were seized. CSPD arrest reports also says Jones’s minor son assisted in weighing the marijuana and collecting money from selling marijuana. The arrest reports do not say who has custody of the juvenile. As of November 22, Pilkey and Jones remain in jail in lieu of bonds totaling $95,000 dollars each.
Brian Piscacek, Assistant Director Economic Development, visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia about entrepreneurship month, Plug and Play, The Cannon, Amazon drone delivery, the former Macy’s store, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Friday, November 22, 2024. Listen to “City of College Station Update on The Infomaniacs” on Spreaker.
November’s meeting of the College Station ISD school board included an update about construction projects funded by voter approved bond issues in November 2023 and May 2024. CSISD assistant superintendent Josh Symank and facilities director Paul Buckner summarized the status of high school additions and renovations, renovations at Rock Prairie elementary, the second phase of CSISD’s career and technology complex, and renovations and expansions at middle school and high school athletic fields and stadiums. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials used at the November 19, 2024 College Station ISD school board meeting. Click below to hear comments from Josh Symank and Paul Buckner during the November 19, 2024 CSISD board meeting. Listen to “College Station ISD board members updated on projects from the November 2023 & May 2024 bond issues” on Spreaker.
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