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Permian Basin Area Foundation is pleased to announce $1,190,753 in scholarship awards for the 2023-2024 academic school year. The Foundation celebrates more than 400 scholars primarily from communities throughout West Texas. These scholarships were made possible by generous donors to the Foundation’s scholarship funds. Since its inception, PBAF has awarded scholarships totaling more than $7.5 million to students pursuing their higher education aspirations. Permian Basin Area Foundation is proud to provide services to these students and honor the donors’ legacies throughout West Texas. Recipients awarded from the Foundation’s scholarship funds for the upcoming academic year are as follows: COYANOSA

The Iraan-sheffield Collegiate ISD, announced a change to its policy for serving meals to children served under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for the 2023-2024 school year. Schools qualifying to operate the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) provide breakfast and lunch to all children at no charge and eliminate the collection of meal applications for free, reduced-price, and paid student meals.

It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

The Pecos County Memorial Hospital (PCMH) and Fort Stockton Independent School District (FSISD) are working together to make sure students have the opportunity to receive their required vaccinations before school starts on Monday, Aug. 14.

After a series of budget workshops, the Pecos County Commissioner’s Court and county staff have set a proposed budget for fiscal year 2023-2024. The budget reflects a tax decrease across the board.

In response to work of a committee of teachers from every Fort Stockton Independent School District campus, and both campus and district- level administrators, the Fort Stockton ISD has been approved by the Texas Education Agency as a designated Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) district. With the approval of FSISD’s application, many of Fort Stockton ISD’s teachers can now take the next step in being recognized on three different levels (Recognized, Exemplary, or Master teacher) and earn opportunities to be rewarded financially.

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In an abbreviated special Fort Stockton City Council Meeting Monday evening, the city council discussed a proposed lower property tax rate for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. The city is just beginning the budget process as the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. The 2022-23 rate was $0.359 per $100 of valuation and city finance director Maria Rodriguez is proposing a new tax rate of $0.3096 per $100 of taxable value.

The 2023-2024 school year begins Aug. 14 and registration for the upcoming year will begin for all campuses on Aug. 2. Registration for Fort Stockton ISD students will be starting at 8 a.m. and K-12 students (returning and new) can register on-line at the district’s web page at https://www.fsisd. net/2023Registration. Parents enrolling students in Pre-K will need to register in-person at the Apache Elementary campus.

Speakers to discuss weather, beef cattle topics The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Sandhills Beef Cattle Conference will take place Aug. 5 at the Ward County Events Center, 1525 Monahans Parkway in Monahans.