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Bandera County’s three public school districts and a Pipe Creek private school are working hard to limit the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic as they implement Gov. Greg Abbott’s mandate that will keep Texas students out of the classroom until at least April 3.
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U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Cyril W. Barnes, the son of Michael Barnes, USAF retired and Darlyn Barnes, recently graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio Lackland AFB, officials have reported.
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Bandera High School Cafeteria Manager Ashley Trevino, cafeteria worker Erica Artega and Bandera Independent School District Nutrition Services Director Bryan Crelia hand out breakfast for a student whose family had come to pick up the meal outside Bandera Middle School on Friday, March 20. BISD and other area school districts are continuing to provide breakfast and lunch to students during the extended school closure that has resulted from the coronavirus outbreak. BISD said during the first week of deliveries, about 50 breakfast and 100 lunches were served daily to those who drove up to get them at Bandera Middle and Hill Country Elementary School.
Read moreWith the nation and world becoming increasingly absorbed in the novel coronavirus outbreak, impacts are increasingly being felt in Bandera County though no cases of the virus had been confirmed in the county as of the beginning of the week and no one who had called the county’s Emergency Medical Service for aid was suspected of having the potentially deadly virus, emergency officials said.
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Jennifer C. Kulick, owner of Suzoo’s Wool Works, left, teaches weaving tips to Mary Thorp, center, and Dot Gay at one of the classes held on the dosing day of the Bandera Fiber & Arts Festival on Saturday March 14. The festival was held at Suzoo’s and two other locations this year as participants learned about fiber-related skills and shopped at fiber product vendors. BULLETN PHOTO/Bill Pack
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The newly named Bandera Ham Rodeo faced a variety of challenges last weekend — from the evolving threat of the coronavirus to protests from a major animal rights group but it was still seen by organizers as a success.
Read moreWith state regulators still deliberating whether to grant a more detailed review of a Christian youth camp’s request for a wastewater permit in the Tarpley area, critics of the permit are turning their attention to the camp’s proposed water use permit that they contend is wasteful and contrary to state rules.
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The Bandera High School Academic Decathlon Team, which has earned the nickname “The Beast,” will compete at the Academic Decathlon National Finals next month after winning the Small School competition and Division IV at the state Academic Decathlon meet in Frisco earlier this month.
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