The Waco City Council chose the nonprofit Transformation Waco to provide programming for the center, including courses in robotics, coding, video game design, high school esports and cybersecurity.
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Pilot program means Waco ISD middle schoolers can find therapy down the hall
Youth can be referred to counseling and therapy for issues such as anxiety, depression and ADHD. The aim is preventing long-term mental disorders.
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Photo Essay: TSTC alumni roll up sleeves to build $72M construction center
Texas State Technical College graduates are building the center that will teach generations of students how to build.
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Just steps from a slaveholding founder’s statue, a new Baylor memorial honors the enslaved
A leader of the memorial effort says it’s time to think of the enslaved workers who built the original university campus as founders.
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Voters approve Midway ISD school bond, China Spring tax election
Midway voters supported an $83.5 million bond election to upgrade existing facilities. By a smaller margin, China Spring ISD voters supported a tax rate election worth $2.2 million a year.
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Texas, McLennan County support $850M endowment for TSTC in landslide vote
The state’s technical college system’s endowment could generate $40 million per year for its 11 campuses, including its Waco flagship.
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Bridge Building: School tax relief is on the ballot. So is school funding. Can we have it both ways?
State ballot measures will cut school tax bills by hundreds of dollars, even in China Spring and Midway, which have tax elections. But how long can the state make up the difference?
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MCC’s Cameron Hall pays tribute to a historic Waco family and place
Cameron Hall replaces the former W.W. Cameron summer home, which served for decades as Art Center Waco. The venue honors the architecture of that home, which was razed last year due to structural failures.
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Waco High School theater students rekindle magic, find home on new stage
Waco High students spent more than two years performing shows in a converted computer lab. With “Peter and the Starcatchers” at the new performing arts center, they have found their theatrical home.
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Breaking down the Midway ISD bond: What $83.5M buys, what it costs you
Early voting begins Monday for the Nov. 4 bond election, which focuses on improving existing facilities. The tax rate remains the same, pass or fail.
