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Kathleen Ownby, executive director of the Spark School Park Program, spoke at a Sept. 20 event announcing a new $10 million campaign to build and improve Spark parks throughout Houston. (Courtesy Tom Callins)

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Spark parks in Woodland Heights, Neartown among those being upgraded in $10M campaign

Community parks at Houston ISD schools in Woodland Heights and Neartown are among the 20 parks slated for improvements as part of a new $10 million campaign that also involves building 20 new parks at Houston-area public schools.

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Published 1:18 PM | Sep 21, 2023 CDT

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Communities in Schools - Bay Area was awarded a $52,000 grant from Communities in Schools National to expand its model into another Galveston County campus, according to a news release from the organization. (Courtesy Pexels)

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Published 2:36 PM | Sep 20, 2023 CDT

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Nitsch Elementary in Klein ISD named National Blue Ribbon School

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Published 4:23 PM | Sep 19, 2023 CDT

Katy ISD tax rate update presented; trustees to vote Sept. 25

Clear Creek ISD officials will hold a handful of community meetings to take questions and give information on the district’s new voter-approval tax rate election, or VATRE, and its $302 million bond, according to a release from the district. (James T. Norman/Community Impact)

Published 1:43 PM | Sep 19, 2023 CDT

Clear Creek ISD to hold public meetings on tax rate election, bond

Published 11:57 AM | Sep 19, 2023 CDT