After a failed vote to give boys more freedom with their haircuts, El Campo ISD trustees passed a more traditional student dress code Tuesday for the upcoming school year.
The ECISD school board reviewed two dress code options at a called meeting before two votes were taken. Board Vice President Anthony Dorotik and trustees Ed Erwin and Rich DuBroc voted to pass dress code option A, which did not have a hair length limit for boys, while Board President James Russell, Board Secretary David Vallejo and trustees Susan Nohavitza and Kathy Smith voted against it.
âI like the way El Campo students have always looked in the past,â Nohavitza said. âWith nice haircuts. Fresh. Clean. I like that look on our male students.â
El Campo High School boys showed out in full force for the first day of Ricebirds’ summer workouts Monday. Between incoming freshman and incoming seniors 139 El Campo athletes took
Farmers and ranchers who have dedicated decades to their work were honored at the annual Wharton County Youth Fair Ag Day Banquet, where ag industry members from all over the Gulf Coast region gathered Tuesday.
The dinner was held starting at 6 p.m. at WCYFâs Crescent Hall. Keynote speaker and Houston meteorologist Neil Frank spoke on weather trends and climate prediction at the event with an attendance of about 200. The awards were presented by WCYF President Ed Weinheimer and AgriLife Extension Agent Corrie Bowen.
âIt was an enjoyable evening, and it was great getting to visit with friends in the local ag industry,â Bowen said.