“Rural Texas teaches about 20 percent of the kids in Texas, and we do the best job,” Olney Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Greg Roach told teachers during a breakfast meeting a week before classes began on Aug. 16.
The Olney Chamber hosted a networking night sponsored by First State Bank [FSB] in Olney. Marissa Pink made her first solo event as the Chamber’s director a smooth one with the help of the board.
Hello Friends, This November, there will be 14 propositions on the ballot which will give voters the opportunity to approve measures like property tax relief and funding for Texas’s future infrastructure needs.
Olney Mayor Pro Tem Tom Parker scored a position on the Texas Water Development Board a move he hopes will bring the City of Olney closer to fixing its aging water infrastructure. Mr. Parker sits on the Region B Regional Water Planning Area, which encompasses all or parts of 11 counties in north central Texas bordering the Red River. Olney is the only city in Young County that lies within Region B, he said.
Olney Independent School District will seek a waiver from a new state law requiring school districts to have an armed guard on every campus.
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