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Panthers overpowered
by Sinton Pirates
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Brazosport supplies
support for teachers
Welcome sign
APHS principal Wayne
Bennett gathered his staff in
the APHS hallway by the front
office as they welcomed the
quartet for coming this way
and taking time out from their
day to bring the much-needed
supplies which the staff can
put to use right away
He pointed out when
APHS had been there for the
football game on Sept. 29,
“They treated us as well as you
could ever hope to be treated,
and I want to thank y’all for
that.”
By Norma L. Martinez
editor@aransaspassprogress.com
Brazosport teachers had
planned a visit to Aransas
Pass High School (APHS) in
September for an academic
reason, but Hurricane Har-
vey changed all that, and they
came instead on Oct. 13 with a
slightly different purpose. This
visit was one of compassion as
BHS representatives brought a
trailer loaded with school and
office supplies to help faculty
and staff begin the new school
year.
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BHS principal Richard
Yoes, and teachers Ken Schul-
te and Troy Day, made the trip
along with Freeport Mayor
Troy Brimage who served as
the driver utilized his truck to
Yoes explained Schulte and
Day were the driving force be-
hind the school supply drive,
then explained, “I don’t know
if y’all are aware of this, but
during teacher in-service be-
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Photo by Norma L. Martinez
Parents and students alike happily arrived at Kieberger Elementary Monday morning, Oct. 16, for the first day of school at the
campus. The school's marquee announcing the start and end times for the school day was a welcome sight in more ways than
one. Kieberger houses second and third graders. Students at Faulk Elementary also started classes Monday, as did eighth-12th
graders at Aransas Pass High School. The remaining grades began classes earlier this month (see related story on Page 1).
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APISD students return to ‘home’ schools
Photo by Norma L. Martinez
Aransas Pass High School faculty and staff joined
representatives from Brazosport High School and the City
of Freeport to unload the many school and office supplies
donated from the school and city.
week and early reports note
75 percent of the student
population has returned. As
of Monday, APISD discon-
tinued providing transporta-
tion to Gregory Portland ISD
schools, where many students
had been enrolled.
Charlie Marshall Ele-
mentary normally held only
fourth and fifth grades, how-
ever due to damage to other
campuses, APISD school of-
ficials determined sixth and
seventh grades could also be
housed there for the time be-
Blunt Middle School campus.
That campus sustained the
most extensive damage from
Hurricane Harvey and the
projected date of completion
is Nov. 15.
Superintendent
Kemp thanks the Panther
community for its patience
as the district works through
the details of its cleanup and
recovery plan which allowed
for all Aransas Pass students
to be home in AP schools and
being taken care of by AP
teaching staff.
Staff Reports
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Pre-kindergarten
first grade students return to
Faulk Early Childhood Cen-
ter and Kieberger Elemen-
tary welcomes its second and
third graders.
Ninth-12th graders return
to Aransas Pass High School,
and eighth graders will at-
tended there as well until
and
Although Aransas Pass
Independent School District
students in fourth - seventh
grades began classes on Oct.
6 on the Charlie Marshall
Elementary campuses, the
remaining grades of stu-
dents returned to their home
school Monday, Oct. 16.
Mandatory registration
for eighth-12th graders and
prekindergarten students,
who were attending classes
at area schools, was held last
School funding adjustment
supported by Lt. governor
Mark
moving forward with the ad-
justment for schools that qual-
ify, the lieutenant governor is-
sued the following statement:
“Almost a month ago, I
met with many superinten-
dents whose districts were
impacted by the hurricane. I
pledged my support for in-
creasing funding for schools
that gain students because of
displacement from the storm
and holding funding at cur-
rent levels for schools that lose
students because of displace-
ment.
Press Release
AUSTIN - Lt. Gov. Dan
Patrick reiterated his support
for a proposal by Texas Edu-
cation Agency (TEA) Com-
missioner Mike Morath to ad-
just average daily attendance
(ADA) funding for schools
that were impacted by Hurri-
cane Harvey.
In September, the lieuten-
ant governor met with nearly
45 superintendents from Re-
gion IV which includes Aran-
sas Pass, to discuss the impact
of Hurricane Harvey on their
districts.
At that time, Patrick told
the school leaders he had in-
formed TEA Commissioner
Morath he supported fund-
ing adjustments that would
hold schools harmless for en-
rollment gains or losses they
might suffer as a result of the
storm.
repairs are completed at the
middle school campus.
administrators
have received many questions
about the status of the A.C.
School
USCG, GLO re-float storm-damaged vessel
“We are committed to “Our goal is to protect two of nearly 200 boats, both
working with and support- people and the environment commercial and recreational,
ing the state of Texas to safely and help impacted communi- that are targeted for removal
remove the oil and hazardous ties get back to normal.” as part of the GLO’s vessel re-
substance pollution threats The sunken vessels moval program,
from the maritime environ- “R&R” and “Dragon’s Den” “At the GLO, our great-
ment,” said Commander were identified as a priority est priority is helping our
Tedd Hutley, incident com- by the GLO due to the risk to fellow Texans recover from
mander of the Hurricane the environment and mari-
Harvey ESF-10 response. time traffic. The boats are
Staff Reports
AUSTIN -The fishing ves-
sel “R&R” is floating once
again after spending a month
at the bottom of Conn Brown
Harbor after being damaged
by Hurricane Harvey. The
65-foot, 94-ton shrimp boat
was refloated on Oct. 6, after
seven days of work overseen
by the Coast Guard and the
Texas General Land Office
(GLO). Approximately 6,000
gallons of diesel fuel and oth-
er pollutants were removed
before de-watering the vessel.
:This will allow those
schools to get back to full
operation far more quickly.
I commend Commissioner
Morath for his leadership on
this issue. We guarded the
Rainy Day Fund this past ses-
sion so that we would have the
resources to handle this kind
of disaster. We will need every
dollar available to us moving
forward.”
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Sonic renovations begin
Photo by
Norma L. Martinez
Construction crews were
spotted working on the
Aransas Pass Sonic last week,
making repairs/renovations
necessary after the business
sustained damage from
Hurricane Harvey. A permit
for construction was obtained
from the City, however
information about when the
business will reopen was not
available at press deadline.
USCG photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Valerie Higdon
The shrimp boat R&R was de-watered and floated by contractor Global Diving and Salvage as
part of the continued vessel removal operations of Texas General Land Office and the Coast
Guard at Conn Brown Harbor.
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Martinez, Norma L. The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 18, 2017, newspaper, October 18, 2017; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1143759/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.