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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced last month that the grade promotion requirement related to the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, test for students in grades 5 and 8 has been waived for the upcoming school year.
Read moreThe Bandera High School tennis team will start its season on Sept. 3 with a tournament in Boerne and has four additional matches scheduled after that, ending its season on Oct. 6 with a tournament in Davenport.
Read moreThe Texas Home School Coalition said in a news release earlier this month that it saw 15 times the number of public school families withdraw from public school through coalition’s website to homeschool during July of this year compared to the number of families who did so in July last year.
Read moreNewly elected officers of the Bandera American Legion Post 157 and Auxiliary Unit 157 took their oaths of office last month during the annual installation of officers ceremony, officials said.
Read moreThe life-saving exploits of the late Marine Corps Master Sgt. Rodney L. Buentello will be recounted on Saturday, Aug. 15, during a memorial that coincides with the installation of a concrete bench near the flagpole and plaque in Bandera City Park that honors Buentello for the sacrifices he made in the park more than four years ago.
Read moreThe death of a Lakehills man whose body was found in the woods near his home last week has been ruled a homicide, Bandera County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Matt King said on Monday, Aug. 3.
Read moreBandera High School Offensive Coordinator Bobby LaLanne, at right, runs Bulldog players through drills on the first day of football practice, Monday, Aug. 3. Lanes for the drill were set about six-feet apart to abide by social distancing requirements in the fight against the coronavirus, and players wore facemasks later when rain moved their workout inside to an exercise room. Bandera’s season is scheduled to begin at home on Aug. 28 in a game against Poteet, but the coronavirus still could delay or cancel those plans. BULLETIN PHOTO/Chuck McCollough
Read moreCOVID-19 and Mother Nature tried and failed to stop the Back to School Bash this year.
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