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Marble Falls choir program has a couple of encores for successful year
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON MARBLE FALLS — The Marble Falls High School choir program is wrapping up one of its best years ever, but members still have a few things on their to-do list before graduation and...
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Tiny house a huge lesson for Marble Falls building trades students
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON MARBLE FALLS — Shawn Reed’s upper-level building trade students hope to sell their end-of-course exam. Of course, Reed knows about it, and he wants the same thing. It isn’t...
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Marble Falls Education Foundation grants fund several innovative MFISD projects
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO MARBLE FALLS — As the Marble Falls Education Foundation Prize Posse presented check after check after check from the Grants for Great Ideas program to Marble Falls...
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Marble Falls school district chooses teachers of the year
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — As the end of the school year approaches, it’s time to begin thinking of summer, but Marble Falls Independent School District officials are also thinking about their...
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Marble Falls, Burnet school districts offer free summer meals
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON BURNET — Though summer came for Burnet school kids more a couple of weeks ago, the R.J. Richey Elementary School kitchen buzzes with activity. Pamela Holcomb, Burnet Consolidated...
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Marble Falls High School unveils new second weight room
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO MARBLE FALLS — As Marble Falls Independent School District Superintendent Chris Allen helped unveil the new Marble Falls High School weight room, he pointed out that the...
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Three killed, including Marble Falls High School student, in two-vehicle...
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY BEE CAVE — An outpouring of community support has followed the death of a 17-year-old Marble Falls High School student killed in a two-vehicle crash on a rain-slicked Texas...
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Marble Falls school community, restaurant raise money for family of teen...
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO MARBLE FALLS — Super Taco employees endearingly called Maribel Nikole Enriquez “Princess” when she first started working at the restaurant three years ago. When word...
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Rose Loe-Dix Scholarship Fund honors woman’s love of education; open to...
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — Education always mattered to Peggy Rose Washington. Now, almost a year after her passing, Washington will continue to help students reach their academic goals through...
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Marble Falls ISD surveying residents regarding facilities plan and possible...
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — Marble Falls school district officials are asking residents to take an online survey regarding a facilities plan and possible bond election. In April, Marble Falls...
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Hill Country Community Theatre awards young actress, 2018 graduate $1,000...
COTTONWOOD SHORES — The Hill Country Community Theatre awarded the Phyl Holbert Scholarship to 2018 Marble Falls High School graduate Christine Ashbaugh for her outstanding contributions to the...
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BACK TO SCHOOL: Everything you need to know if your student attends MFISD...
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — Yes, Mustangs, summer break is coming to a close. Students have about two week left before Marble Falls Independent School District classes resume Wednesday, Aug. 22....
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Marble Falls school board’s special meeting over facilities planning...
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — The Marble Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting Monday, Aug. 13, to discuss the facilities planning committee’s...
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Marble Falls, Burnet school districts replace ACE programs as grant funding ends
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON BURNET — With waiting lists growing at two of the three elementary campuses for the new Bulldog Clubs, Shelley Reavis, Burnet Consolidated Independent School District’s director...
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TEA report cards are in for Highland Lakes school districts
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON AUSTIN — As the summer break wraps up, area schools got their “report card” from the Texas Education Agency with two Highland Lakes districts earning a C and one a B. The TEA...
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School officials say people should look beyond TEA letter grades for districts
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON MARBLE FALLS — Report card time generates a mix of fear, anticipation, and even excitement among students. The same could be said for school officials when the Texas Education...
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Children’s literacy expert brings ideas and suggestions to Colt Elementary...
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO MARBLE FALLS — When Colt Elementary School teacher Sonja Marroquin first heard Jennifer Jones, she immediately knew she wanted her colleagues to feel what she felt. “She...
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Marble Falls ISD focuses on safety, security in $55 million bond package
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON MARBLE FALLS — Marble Falls Independent School District is emphasizing safety and security in its $55 million bond package that will go before voters in November. “If you look at...
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New turf at Mustang Stadium part of bond package on ballot; reason is safety,...
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO MARBLE FALLS — Just before the 2018 football season started, Wade Whiteside and his son, Braidon, were looking at photos of Mustang Stadium from a few years ago. The elder...
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Marble Falls homecoming parade route, bonfire site change
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Marble Falls High School homecoming parade and bonfire are on the move. For the past several years, the homecoming parade staged near Marble Falls Middle School before making...
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