BELTON â Vanessa Reyes wasnât shocked when she learned her sonâs school, Southwest Elementary, received a D on the state of Texas school accountability report in 2019.
It made sense to her. The South Belton school, she said, lacked some basic things â such as an air-conditioned gym and additional resources for teachers and students.
But Reyes knew it didnât have the most important aspect: Parent involvement. That was something she saw at other schools, such as Sparta Elementary, where her nephew attends.
âAs parents, we have to be part of our kidsâ school,â Reyes, a 2009 graduate of Belton High School, said. âWe have to be involved in our kidsâ learning â itâs part of being a parent.â
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BELTON â Karen Hopson wanted to make one of her studentâs lives easier.
Hopson, a bus driver for the Belton Independent School District, noticed an old truck parked in front of a studentâs home.
âI started visiting with the mom and I said, âYou know, if you wouldnât mind, would you move the truck around the corner so it would be easier to get my student, and I can pick her up right at the sidewalk, and she could go ahead and help grandma get in the house easier?ââ Hopson said.
The mom informed her the truck couldnât be moved. It had been broken down for quite some time.
The Bell County Public Health District identified three COVID-19 related fatalities on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 144.
âThose were for three women: one from Temple in her 60s, one from Harker Heights in her 80s and another from Killeen in her 80s,â Health District Director Amanda Robison-Chadwell said. âOur thoughts go out to their loved ones in this difficult time.â
Residents aged 60 years and older now represent about 92 percent of all COVID-19-related deaths in Bell County, according to the health district. Prior to Thursdayâs update, comorbidities â deaths where one or more medical conditions co-occur with a primary health complication â were present for about 67.5 percent of this age group.
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