Public meetings for the week of March 8
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9 a.m.: Potter County Commissioners Courtroom located at 500 S. Fillmore, Room 106 Amarillo
Hear a presentation by the Neighborhood Defender Service, Inc. on a proposal to operate a Public Defender Office/Managed Assigned Counsel Program on behalf of Potter and Armstrong counties; hear an update from Emily Koller on the neighborhood plan; review county election boundaries as required by Texas Election Code Section 42.031 and take any necessary action; review and recognize Constable Precinct 2 s updated and corrected Racial Profiling Report for the year 2020, filed with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and submitted to the Potter County Commissioners Court pursuant to Articles 2.131-2.134 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure; review and recognize the Potter County Sheriff s Racial Profiling Report for the year 2020, filed with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and submitted to the Potter County Commissioners Cou
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After presenting the idea to the Amarillo City Council earlier in February, officials with the city of Amarillo visited Monday evening’s regular meeting of the Amarillo Independent School District Board of Trustees to speak on the possibility of a municipally-owned broadband internet network.
According to previous reports by the Amarillo Globe-News, the model city officials are exploring would have open access for Amarillo residents for essential services on the internet, including education, healthcare, social services and banking.
Other services, including watching movies or television on streaming platforms as well as gaming, would require a subscription, which officials hope would pay for those community members using the network solely for those essential services.
After the application process ended Friday afternoon for individuals to put themselves into consideration for various positions up for vote in the May election, ranging from various school boards to Amarillo City Council, numerous entities reported to the Amarillo Globe-News the individuals who will be on the ballot for each respective entity.
The Amarillo Globe-News has compiled all the information you need to know prior to participating in general election, which is scheduled for May 1.
Amarillo Independent School District Board of Trustees
Officials from Amarillo ISD stated that applications for the four open seats on the district s board of trustees were received from:
• May 28: Tascosa
District officials state that the North Heights Alternative School graduation ceremony is scheduled for 5 p.m. May 25 or the morning of May 29. If there is inclement weather, make-up days at the stadium will be May 29-30.
David Bishop, assistant superintendent of high schools for the district, said while the district had set dates with the Amarillo Civic Center Complex for indoor ceremonies, civic center officials could not guarantee the ceremony, with it still being closed because of Trauma Service Area A continuing to be an area of high COVID-19 hospitalization rates.
“Our recommendation at this time is to hold the graduation ceremonies at Dick Bivins Stadium,” Bishop said. “It would be modified from what we did last year. We could open up capacity. Right now, at our last football game, we had 25% capacity. If we stayed at that, we would get six tickets per senior. If we went to 50% capacity, which we hope in May we could do that… we could go up