The Bandera Independent School District has reported that its Career and Technical Education coordinator, Michael Derry, was chosen to attend the Texas FFA Foundation’s Legislative LEAD Experience conference in Austin last month. That conference connects teachers and school officials with FFA sponsors, Texas policymakers and other decision makers to enhance the professional knowledge of school officials and give them information they can share with their classes and peers. In one session at the conference, Derry and other participants heard from District 68 State Rep. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, and Bryan Daniel, a former executive director of the Governor’s Economic Development Division who was ...