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An unprecedented number of childcare centers are expected to close across the state as pandemic relief funding ends, the Texas Standard reported.A survey conducted by the Texas Association for the Education of Young Children of about 1,600 childcare programs indicated 44% were likely to close their doors without additional funding. Federal pandemic relief funds ended for most centers in June.
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So far in this opinion column, I have sat down and interviewed four people who are fairly new to Navasota. I thought now would be a good time to write some thoughts on some things I’ve learned so far.
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On my recent “Mother- Daughter Birthday Weekend” in Rockport, I was shocked at how much the town had changed since my last visit. In full disclosure that was 1986 but more than hurricanes have changed the landscape. It’s called progress!
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Have you ever heard of someone surviving a direct hit in the eye with a rocket? Well, now you have. The time was in late May of 1999. The place was Navasota Intermediate School, and I was a teacher there.
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July 8 marked the 10th anniversary of my first Navasota City Council meeting! I know what you’re thinking…”If this lady is celebrating city council meeting attendance, she needs to get a life!” The truth of the matter is I did get a life, and all because I decided to go to that meeting!
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This week’s interview isn’t an unfamiliar face to anyone who has spent any time around town in the past year or so. Bobby Gentry, “The Old Coach”, is all over Navasota. I have actually spoken, hugged, and laughed with him more times than I can count, but I had never sat him down to get “his story”.
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Friends, what I am about to tell you is a true story and the names have not been changed to protect the innocent. My great friend, Pat Boardman, unknowingly set in motion the series of events that led up to this story.
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Texas House Democrats unveiled a $20.9 billion plan for property tax relief that drops tax rates, increases the homestead exemption, gives annual rebates to renters, and includes pay raises for teachers, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
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