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For the second year in a row, the Fort Stockton Independent School District Board of Trustees has earned regional honors. The trustees were recently named Region 18 Outstanding School Board/School Board of the year. This comes on the heels of last year’s honor of Texas Rural Education Association School Board of the Year.

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SALT LAKE CITY - The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) announced that it has hired Demetrio Rubio as the Regional Director for Western Texas and Eastern New Mexico. Rubio brings more than 10 years of experience as a Mule Deer Foundation chapter chair for the Pecos County Chapter in Fort Stockton. He is also well known in his community not only due to his more than 30 years in local law enforcement, but also for his volunteer work for hunter education and habitat conservation efforts in western Texas. Rubio replaces Charlie Stockstill who recently retired from the organization.

Message signs at each Fort Stockton Independent School District campus will soon be replaced with new, higher-resolution signs. The FSISD Board of Trustees voted to replace the signs at its June 26 meeting, ultimately opting for the highest resolution sign possible. Three companies submitted bids, and the district chose Arrow Signs of San Angelo, which offered the highest resolution at what the board deemed the best price.

The Texas Senate on the first day of the Legislature’s second special session unanimously passed a tax bill last Wednesday that increases the homestead exemption and includes a pay hike for teachers, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The first special session ended with the Senate and House unable to agree on how to provide property tax relief. The Senate bill provides a $2,000 pay increase for teachers in urban districts over the next two years, and a $6,000 hike for teachers in rural areas. It increases the homestead exemption from $40,000 to $100,000. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan are set to meet in an attempt to come to agreement on the property tax issue, after Patrick texted the best way to resolve debt differences between House and Senate versions would be to meet face-to-face. “They have responded; we’re looking forward to a meeting. ... Whenever that is, I believe we can get this resolved quickly,” Patrick told the Statesman. During the first special session, the House passed its version of a property tax package on the first day and immediately adjourned for the remainder of the 30-day session.

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From a small oasis in the West Texas desert to the towering skyscrapers of one of the world’s “Most Livable Cities,” Andres Madrid has seen it all. Madrid recently completed a whirlwind trip to Melbourne, Australia to represent Fort Stockton at the 2023 Rotary International Convention. Madrid is the incoming president of the Fort Stockton Rotary Club.

Much of the money the Fort Stockton Independent School District – or any other district - spends every year goes to salaries, and the district approved the compensation plan for the 2023-2024 school year at its June 26 meeting.

When most new physicians complete their residency, they move on to bigger and better things. After completing his residency at Pecos County Memorial Hospital, Dr. Cristian Medina discovered at PCMH and Fort Stockton was the best thing for his family.