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Dr. Joseph Allen Kofi AppiahBoateng was born and raised in Ghana; has 25 years of experience in Christian Leadership

Dr. Laci McRee promoted to Associate Professor of Kinesiology for the Frank S. Groner School of Professional Studies

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Dr. Jenny Hoover has 12 years of teaching experience at ETBU earned her Ph.D. in History as well as an M.A. in History from Texas Tech University.

Dr. Colleen Halupa is the Dean of Online Education and was promoted to professor of Clinical Laboratory Science and Health and Education Administration

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Johnny and Sherry Bailey Smith.; Nicholas and Sherina Boyd, Janice Jackson, Tasha Griffin, Noah Boyd, Johnny Smith, Faith Boyd, Lisa Rettig, LaQueshia Williams, Luke Boyd, and Cassandra Barber. Dr. Troy Simmons and Dr. James Wilcox

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Ward Elementary is now officially Clarence W. Bailey Elementary (also known as the “Bailey School.”) Dr. Troy Simmons Board Secretary (Place 7) spoke on behalf of LISD Superintendent Dr. James Wilcox, telling his listeners the time is ripe for this change. He knew Bailey well,

had worked with him, and neither man let personal differences obstruct their objective of enriching young minds. “Clarence and I did not get along about many things, but we agreed that all students need equal opportunity for education,” said Simmons.

Four ETBU faculty members receive promotions

East Texas Baptist University is pleased to announce the promotion of four faculty members, including Dr. Allen Appiah-Boateng (Associate Professor of Counseling Education), Dr. Laci McRee (Associate Professor of Kinesiology), Dr. Jenny Hoover (Associate Professor of History), and Dr. Colleen Halupa (Professor of Clinical Lab Science and Dean of Online Education).

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IT IS OFFICIAL Great new name for great old school By Joycelyne Fadojutimi www.easttexasreview.com

Southward Library was the venue for the change to become official. The Longview Independent School District (LISD) board of trustees, the deputy, assistant superintendents, teachers, sundry well-wishers, and the Bailey clan were on hand to usher in the new development. South Ward Elementary is now officially Clarence W. Bailey Elementary (also known as the “Bailey School.”) Dr. Troy Simmons Board Secretary (Place 7) spoke on behalf of LISD Superintendent Dr. James Wilcox, telling his listeners the time is ripe for this change. He knew Bailey well, had worked with him, and neither man let personal differences obstruct their objective of enriching young minds. “Clarence and I did not get along about many things, but we agreed that all students need equal opportunity for education,” said Simmons. Simmons is aware of how hard today’s elders fought to insure their children and grandchildren could receive quality education, and how many of today’s younger generation are not aware of this. He cited how

Ribbon cutting at Clarence W. Bailey School

LISD Board of Trustee speaking to the crowd about past and present

the Brownwood Place took out papers to prevent minorities from living there. Presently, Southward is part of Ware Acres in close proximity to Brownwood Place. He also spoke on how the LISD aimed to close Southward and send its students to other area campuses because no land was available in South Longview on which to build a new school. Furthermore, Brownwood Place announced it would not sell land to African Americans. Simmons and Bailey teamed up to find land on which to build a school on the south side. At the dedication, Simmons took care to point this out. “Without Clarence this school would not be here. He lived to be eighty-seven. He built his life on honesty, integrity, trust and love for his community,” said Simmons. “I am glad to be here. He had a good heart, and he touched a lot of people.” His daughter, Shirley Bailey Smith, spoke tenderly of her beloved father, and thanked

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the audience for coming together in his honor. His was a long career that saw much positive accomplishment. He was born September 25, 1933, to Arthur Jerome Bailey, Sr., and Lorraine Darden Bailey, both of Longview. Clarence graduated from Mary C. Womack High School in 1950, and later pulled down a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education and biology from Wiley College in Marshall. He then moved on to Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa to take his master’s degree in psychology and counseling. Insurance was his first career as he opened Bailey’s Insurance Agency in 1967, qualifying for the Million-Dollar Round Table, National Quality Award, Texas Leaders Round Table, and National Sales Achievement Award. He also earned lifetime status via the National Western Life’s President’s Council Award, which resulted in his wife and daughter making repeated international trips to such exotic locales as Hawaii, Barbados, West Indies, Austria, Switzerland, Morocco, Russia, England, and various American resorts. He commenced a serious career in education in 1977, being elected to Place 6 on the LISD Board of Trustees, where he served twenty-one years. He branched out in many directions in his determination to serve his community. He spent seven years as a teacher-coach in the LISD, worked as a playground director in Des Moines, was an Academic and Tactical Instructor for the U.S. Air Force, and found time to serve as the LISD Board of Trustees president. He has worked with the Longview Chamber of Commerce, Longview High School, East Texas Area Boy Scouts, the Longview NAACP, for Wiley College, and various local boards, organizations, and associations. In addition to all his other posts and responsibilities, Clarence Bailey was an ordained minister, working as associate pastor of Longview’s Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. Before his dear wife of sixty-four years Mavis, passed away they gave their daughter Sherry away as wife to Reverend Johnny Smith.

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Four ETBU faculty members receive promotions East Texas Baptist University is pleased to announce the promotion of four faculty members, including Dr. Allen Appiah-Boateng (Associate Professor of Counseling Education), Dr. Laci McRee (Associate Professor of Kinesiology), Dr. Jenny Hoover (Associate Professor of History), and Dr. Colleen Halupa (Professor of Clinical Lab Science and Dean of Online Education). These promotions mark a proud moment for the ETBU community as students, faculty, and staff have witnessed these individuals make a significant impact on campus and in the classroom. In order to receive a promotion, requirements established by the Faculty Promotion Committee must be met and evaluated. After reviewing the committee’s recommendations, portfolios from the candidates, and recommendations from the Deans of the respective schools, the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs provides the President with their recommendation. Then, under the authorization of the Board of Trustees, academic ranks are assigned by the President. Dr. Joseph Allen Kofi Appiah-Boateng was born and

raised in Ghana; he is a native of Ashanti and Akwapim. He earned his B.S. in Banking and Finance from Central University in Accra, Ghana; Chartered Diploma in Strategic Marketing Management from the Chartered Institute of Marketing-United Kingdom; M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Liberty University; and Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Additionally, Dr. Appiah-Boateng has 25 years of experience in Christian leadership, including planting churches, teaching Sunday school, and pastoring through youth ministry. He believes teaching is both a ministry and public service. Dr. AppiahBoateng was promoted to Associate Professor of Counseling Education. Dr. Laci McRee has served at ETBU since 2011 and was promoted to Associate Professor of Kinesiology for the Frank S. Groner School of Professional Studies, teaching in the Undergraduate and Graduate programs. Before joining ETBU, she served as faculty at Texas Wesleyan University, Texas Woman’s University, University of

North Texas, and Tarrant County Community College. Dr. McRee earned her B.S. with a double major in Kinesiology, and Psychology from East Texas Baptist University, an M.S. in Kinesiology-Sport Psychology from the University of North Texas, and a Ph.D. in Kinesiology-Sport Management from Texas Woman’s University. Her scholarly work varies from textbook chapters, international peerreviewed research journals, and presentations at academic conferences. Dr. Jenny Hoover has 12 years of teaching experience at ETBU and joined as a full-time faculty member in the Department of History in 2016. Dr. Hoover earned her Ph.D. in History as well as an M.A. in History from Texas Tech University. Prior to that, she obtained a B.A. in History from the University of Texas at Tyler. Dr. Hoover’s research interests are in 20th Century American military and diplomatic history. She teaches courses in western and non-western civilization, Europe and the U.S. since 1914, prisoners of war, the Cold War, and U.S. survey history. Dr. Hoover was promoted to associate professor.

Dr. Colleen Halupa is the Dean of Online Education and was promoted to professor of Clinical Laboratory Science and Health and Education Administration. She has an A.S. in medical laboratory technology, a B.S. in Healthcare Management, an M.S. in Health Administration, and an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Educational Leadership and Management. She has published a textbook on curriculum development and health sciences, several book chapters, and numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals nationally and internationally. “These promotions mark a special and proud moment for the ETBU community,” Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Thomas Sanders said. “I have had the pleasure of walking alongside these incredible scholars for a number of years, and their awards are a testament to the level of excellence that our students are experiencing in the classroom.” Please join us in congratulating these respected East Texas Baptist University educators and researchers as they continue to deliver Christcentered education on the Hill.

Richardson hired as director of bands for Kilgore College Dr. Kevin Gray Richardson has been named director of bands at Kilgore College, as approved by the board of trustees in June. He will begin his duties Aug. 2, directing the Ranger Marching Band, wind symphony, jazz band and KC Steel. “My family and I are thrilled to return to East Texas,” Richardson said. “My wife is a graduate of Longview High School and most of her relatives, including her wonderful parents, live in the area. Now our daughters will get to enjoy the most precious thing in life, which is being close to family. I can’t wait to get started at Kilgore.” Richardson has served as director of bands and assistant professor of music at The University of Texas Permian Basin since 2018. While at UTPB he directed the “Spirit of the Permian Basin” Falcon Marching Band and conducted the Symphonic Winds. He also taught courses in secondary music methods, instrumental conducting, marching band techniques and music theory. Prior to UTPD, Richardson served as associate director of bands and assistant professor in the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University from 2012-18 where he was director of “North Carolina’s Band of Distinction” – the 300-member Appalachian Marching Mountaineers – and conductor of the Appalachian Symphony Band. From 2005-11, Richardson held a similar position at Northwestern State University

(NSU) in Natchitoches, La. Richardson taught middle and high school band in Texas for 10 years where his marching and concert ensembles consistently received superior ratings at University Interscholastic League events and band festivals across the country. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Conducting at the University of Houston Moores School of Music in 2012, holds a Master of Music degree from NSU and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from The University of Texas at Austin. Richardson’s professional affiliations include Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, College Band Directors National Association, Percussive Arts Society, the National Association for Music Education and the National Band Association. Kevin and his wife, Jenny, and their daughters, Sydney (14) and Luca (8) enjoy camping, grilling, watching college football and hanging out with their three dogs (Josie Brown, Brewtus and Pickles) and two cats (Maverick and Goose). Richardson is taking over for Brent Farmer who served as KC’s band director since 2019. About the Ranger Band: Organized in 1936, the Ranger Band has played to standing ovations in Venezuela, France, Hong Kong, Macao, Korea and

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Romania, as well as the Cotton Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Shrine East-West Game, Kiwanis Bowl (Norfolk) and American All-Star Game (Tampa, Fla.). The Ranger Band has also appeared in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (six times), the Little Rose Bowl (Pasadena), the Eisenhower inaugural and others. The 20-member jazz band has performed at many national association conventions. The band is open to all student instrumentalists regardless of their major field of study. For more information on auditioning for the Ranger Band, visit www.kilgore.edu/band. Scholarships are available for band members who meet certain criteria.

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The billionaire space race is a wake-up call

Bored billionaires want tax breaks to escape a planet they helped pollute. Should we even let them back?

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Three of the richest billionaires on Earth are now spending billions to exit Earth’s atmosphere and enter into space. The world is watching — and reflecting. Some charmed commentators say the billionaires racing into space aren’t just thrilling humankind — they’re uplifting us. The technologies they develop “could benefit people worldwide far into the future,” says Yahoo Finance’s Daniel Howley. But most commentators seem to be taking a considerably more skeptical perspective. They’re dismissing the space antics of Branson, Bezos, and Musk as the ego trips of bored billionaires — “cynical stunts by disgustingly rich businessmen,” as one British analyst puts it, “to boost their self-importance at a time when money and resources are desperately needed elsewhere.” “Space travel used to be about ‘us,’ a collective effort by the country to reach beyond previously unreachable limits,” writes author William Rivers Pitt. “Now, it’s about

“to the edge of the atmosphere and back” at $250,000 per head. He’s planning some 400 such trips a year, observes British journalist Oliver Bullough, about “almost as bad an idea as racing to see who can burn the rainforest quickest.” The annual UN Emissions Gap Report last year concluded that the world’s richest 1 percent do more to foul the atmosphere than the entire poorest 50 percent combined. Opening space to rich people’s joyrides would stomp that footprint even bigger. Bezos and Musk seem to have grander dreams than mere space tourism — they’re looking to colonize space. They see space as a refuge from an increasingly inhospitable planet Earth. And they expect tax-dollar support to make their various pipedreams come true. How should we respond to all this? We should, of course, be working to create a more hospitable planet for all humanity. In the meantime, advocates are circulating tongue-in-cheek petitions that urge terrestrial authorities not to let orbiting billionaires back on Earth. “Billionaires should not exist…on Earth or in space, but should they decide the latter, they should stay there,” reads one Change.org petition nearing 200,000 signatures. Ric Geiger, the 31-year-old automotive supplies account manager behind that effort, is hoping his petition helps the issue of maldistributed wealth “reach a broader platform.” Activists like Geiger are going down the right track. We don’t need billionaires to “conquer space.” We need to conquer inequality.

U.S. Department of Education Releases “Return to School Roadmap” to Support Students, Schools, Educators, and Communities in Preparing for the 2021-2022 School Year the U.S. Department of Education (Department) released the “Return to School Roadmap,” a resource to support students, schools, educators, and communities as they prepare to return to safe, healthy in-person learning this fall and emerge from the pandemic stronger than before. The Roadmap provides key resources and supports for students, parents, educators, and school communities to build excitement around returning to classrooms this school year and outlines how federal funding can support the safe and sustained return to in-person learning. Over the course of the next several weeks as schools reopen nationwide, the Roadmap will lay out actionable strategies to implement the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) updated guidance for K-12 schools, so that schools can minimize transmission and sustain inperson learning all school-year long. The Roadmap includes three “Landmark” priorities that schools, districts, and communities are encouraged to focus on to ensure all students are set up for success in the 2021-2022 school year. These include:

Readers did not give up on local news, corporations did

Corporations gutted local newspapers and then wondered why people stopped buying them. By Jim Hightower

Mega-investor Warren Buffett once held a big portfolio of daily and weekly newspapers. He specialized in squeezing out competitors, so each held a local monopoly. Then he’d chop staff and news content, letting him glean annual profit margins above 30 percent. Alas for poor Warren, along came the internet, allowing people to root around for free to find local information missing from his hollowed-out papers. They began losing readers, advertisers, and profits. So, in 2020, Buffett sold out his entire portfolio. But rather than concede that maybe his slash-and-burn, profit-maximization approach had produced inferior products, “The Oracle of Omaha” (as Wall Street had labeled him) blasted the whole idea of local newspapers as dinosaurs. They’re “toast,” he proclaimed. But wait your Oracleness, when done right, local publications both chronicle and help shape a community’s story. And that’s a social benefit that’s as valuable — and as

lation read that stuff? Meanwhile, how about economic news of interest to the great majority of locals who are workaday families? Where’s the regular section that digs into the area’s wages, job losses and openings, workplace conditions, childcare availability, unionizing efforts, and other real-life issues that confront this majority on a daily basis? The relevant indicator of the wellbeing of nearly every American family is not the marketable — as ever. Dow Jones Average (which newspapers It’s not that people have given up on cover obsessively), but the Doug Jones Avlocal news, but that corporate-owned pa- erage. How are Doug and Donna doing? pers did. Many of them aren’t local, aren’t That’s news that would sell papers newsy, and aren’t of, by, or for the workaday people in our communities. OtherWords columnist Jim HighFor example, nearly every corporate tower is a radio commentator, writdaily publishes a business section, which er, and public speaker. Distributed mostly amounts to yesterday’s stock pricby OtherWords.org. es, corporate press releases, and syndicated filler. Does even 1 percent of the popu-

RETURN TO SCHOOL ROADMAP The release of the Roadmap builds upon President Biden’s call to increase vaccinations among adolescents as students go back to school.

By Sam Pizzigati ‘them,’ the 0.1 percent.” The best of these skeptical commentators can even make us laugh. “Really, billionaires?” comedian Seth Meyers asked earlier this month. “This is what you’re going to do with your unprecedented fortunes and influence? Drag race to outer space?” Let’s enjoy the ridicule. But let’s not treat the billionaire space race as a laughing matter. Let’s see it as a wakeup call — a reminder that we don’t only get billionaires when wealth concentrates. We get a society that revolves around the egos of the most affluent and an economy where the needs of average people don’t particularly matter. Characters like Elon Musk, notes Paris Max, host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast, are using “misleading narratives about space to fuel public excitement” and gain tax-dollar support for various projects “designed to work best — if not exclusively — for the elite.” The three corporate space shells for Musk, Bezos, and Branson — SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic — have “all benefited greatly through partnerships with NASA and the U.S. military,” notes CNN Business. Their common corporate goal: to get satellites, people, and cargo “into space cheaper and quicker than has been possible in decades past.” Branson is hawking tickets for roundtrips

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(1) prioritizing the health and safety of students, staff, and educators. (2) building school communities and supporting students’ social, emotional, and mental health, (3) accelerating academic achievement.

As part of the Roadmap, the Department will release resources for practitioners and parents on each of these priorities, and will highlight schools and districts that are using innovative practices to address these priorities. The Department will also lift up ways that the American Rescue Plan and other federal funds can be used to address these priorities in schools and communities across the country, as well as outline additional investments from President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda that are needed to ensure our schools and communities can rebuild from the pandemic even stronger than they were before and address inequities exacerbated by the pandemic, particularly for students in underserved communities. “Over the past yearand-a-half, as a nation, we experienced struggles like never before. Schools, teachers, students, and families were challenged in ways none of us ever imagined. But from that struggle, came resilience. Teachers, principals, school staff, parents, and – mostly importantly – our nation’s students rose to the occasion. They demonstrated what is possible if we follow key mitigation strategies to keep our students and school communities safe. Now, we must use our renewed strength to focus on what matters most: winning the fight against COVID-19, getting our students back in classrooms for full-time inperson learning—together— and making our education system better than ever before so that all students receive the excellent education they deserve,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. “I’m proud to be releasing these tools to help make sure students, parents, schools, educators, and communities receive the communication and supports they need to make this academic year a success, and I want all schools this year to lead with a clear focus on health and safety, student wellbeing. Continued on page 9

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above their heads; a whirlwind with noise and lightning; earthquakes that shook the ground under their feet. He wanted to remind them that through it all and in it all was their Creator-Sustainer-God who not only brought them into existence and would not let them perish, but had a plan and purpose for their lives. Listen carefully to what the Psalmist said to them at that moment in their journey then, and hear what he is saying to us today: “Whenever life seems to be coming to an end, it is only the beginning for My chosen. I am your Shepherd and will love you and lead you. You are mine, and no one can take you from me! I am and always will be with you.” Prayer: May we sense Your presence at all times and in all places, Father, and be assured that You are with us. Help us to trust in Your love! In Jesus’ Name, Amen. Scripture for Today: You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. Psalm 77:20

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MASK UP TO SCHOOL TSTA calls on Gov. Abbott to allow school districts to require masks when students go back to school Texas State Teachers Association President Ovidia Molina issued the following statement: The Texas State Teachers Association calls on Gov. Greg Abbott to withdraw his prohibition on mask mandates and allow individual school districts to require mask use

in their facilities if local officials believe masks will help protect the health of their communities as schools reopen for the fall semester. Educators are eager to return to the classroom, but the pandemic is still dangerous. With COVID-19 cases increasing again and many people still unvaccinated, the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that everyone

older than 2 wear a mask when they go back to school. Children younger than 12 have not yet been approved for the COVID vaccine. If Gov. Abbott really cares about the health and safety of Texas students, educators and their communities, he will give local school officials and health experts the option of requiring masks in their schools.

Local Media Honored

Kristen Barton, former education reporter with the Longview News-Journal and now with the Fort Worth Report, was named to the 2021 Media Honor Roll, a program sponsored by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), by Pine Tree ISD. The Media Honor Roll recognizes media representatives statewide for fair and balanced reporting of news about public schools. Media from newspapers, radio and television stations, and digital

publications across the state were honored by their local school districts. Criteria for the district selection included the media representative’s efforts to get to know the superintendent, board president, and the district’s mission and goals; report school news in a fair, accurate, and balanced manner; give a high profile to positive news about schools; visit the schools; and maintain a policy of no surprises by sharing information with school officials.

“Districts across Texas appreciate these reporters for their balanced and accurate approach to sharing both the challenges facing our schools and the successes achieved by local teachers, students, and school boards. Their work aids local communities in focusing on the goal of providing the best public schools we can for every child,” said Jim Rice, TASB president. TASB is a nonprofit organization established in 1949 to serve local Texas school boards. School board members are the largest group of publicly elected officials in the state. The districts they represent serve more than 5.4 million public school students.

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The release of the Roadmap builds upon President Biden’s call to increase vaccinations among adolescents as students go back to school. Last week, the President called on school districts nationwide to host at least one popup vaccination clinic over the coming weeks, and the Administration directed pharmacies in the federal pharmacy program to prioritize this and to work with school districts across the country to host vaccination clinics at schools and colleges. Vaccination is our leading public health strategy to end the COVID-19 pandemic—and it is our best way to prevent COVID outbreaks before they happen, so that schools and colleges can return to safe, in-person instruction all year long. To advance the President’s call to action, the Administration will release additional resources that school districts can use to increase vaccination rates among young people, and will continue to partner with communities nationwide to make sure parents and students have their questions answered and have easy access to the vaccine. As part of the launch of the Return to School Roadmap, the Department released: •A fact sheet for schools, families, and communities on the Return to School Roadmap, reviewing the three “Landmark” priorities, and elevating schools and districts that are addressing each in effective ways. •A guide for schools and districts outlining what schools can do to protect the health and safety of students, including increasing access to vaccinations and steps for implementing the CDC’s recently updated K-12 school guidance.

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•A checklist that parents can use to prepare themselves and their children for a safe return to in-person learning this fall, leading with vaccinating eligible children and masking up if students are not yet vaccinated. As part of the launch of the Roadmap, the White House also released a fact sheet

Holding town halls with parents and parent organizations to highlight ways schools and districts are preparing to keep students safe during in-person learning and underscoring the importance of providing social, emotional, and mental health supports for students in addition to academic supports in our schools.

highlighting the Administration’s efforts to safely reopen schools and support our nation’s students, including how the historic investment in the American Rescue Plan is advancing this work. Over the coming weeks, the Department will provide additional resources to schools, districts, and directly to parents and students as part of the Return to School Roadmap. This includes: • Working with partners across the federal government to provide support to schools and districts and answer questions about expanding access to vaccinations for students 12+ and implementing CDC’s recently updated K-12 school guidance.

• Releasing implementation tools for schools, educators, and parents to address the three priority areas of health and safety; student wellbeing; and academics — in areas ranging from supporting schools in their efforts to address lost instructional and extracurricular time to providing information on how American Rescue Plan funds can be used to expand access to mental health supports for our nation’s students and educators, and provide additional academic supports. • Updating Volumes 1 and 2 of the Department of Education’s COVID-19 Handbooks to reflect the recently updated CDC K-12 guidance. Secretary Cardona and other Department officials will be traveling across the country to feature priorities from the Roadmap and highlight schools and communities as they prepare to welcome their students back this fall. Continued on page 10

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The Secretary will also participate in a “Return to School Road Trip” in the fall, visiting schools and districts welcoming students back to in-person learning and successfully implementing the priorities within the Roadmap. The Roadmap is part of the Department’s broader efforts to support schools and districts in the safe and sustained return to in-person learning since the beginning of the Biden Administration. In addition to releasing the Roadmap, the Department has: • Issued three volumes of the COVID-19 Handbook to support K-12 schools and institutions of higher education in their reopening efforts. • Prioritized the vaccination of educators, school staff and child care workers. • Published a Safer Schools and Best Practices Clearinghouse, which includes over 200 examples of schools and communities safely returning to in-person learning. • Held a National Safe School Reopening Summit. • Provided $122 billion in support through the American Rescue Plan

Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund for K-12 schools. • Released over $3 billion in IDEA funds within the American Rescue Plan to support children and families with disabilities impacted by the pandemic. • Released $800 million within the American Rescue Plan to support students experiencing homelessness who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. • Released a report on the disparate impacts of COVID-19 on underserved students. • Launched an Equity Summit Series focused on addressing school and district inequities that existed before, but were made worse by the pandemic. • Provided nearly $40 billion in funding for institutions of higher education within the American Rescue Plan, about half of which will provide direct aid to students at postsecondary institutions.

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RACE FOR DIGNITY Dear Loving Longview People,

Hi my name is Arya Germanwala, and I am a student at Longview High School. I would love your support of Simple Bare Necessities Inaugural 5k Fun Run , “Race for Dignity” set for Saturday, August 21st at The Green. Simple Bare Necessities is a nonprofit that I started in 2020 and it exists to enrich the lives of our community’s most deserving youth. The goal of Simple Bare Necessities is to provide personal hygiene products to children in need in the Longview Independent School District to promote dignity and self-confidence. Since its inception, Simple Bare Necessities has provided more than 2,000+ personal hygiene kits to students in the district. The success of our upcoming “Race of Dignity” is crucial to the ongoing growth of Simple Bare Necessities’ mission of providing hygiene products for our youth to give them a sense of security, dignity, and self-worth. With your help, together we can accomplish this mission of building the future success of our children, and therefore our country. The “Race for Dignity” is open to people of all ages from beginners to experienced runners, and all proceeds benefit Simple Bare Necessities and are tax-deductible. Please visit our website www. SimpleBareNecessites.org. With your generous sponsorship we can make a difference together and help create the much-needed awareness. I hope you will join me in giving back and making an impactful difference in the lives of one of Longview’s most deserving: our under-privileged youth. Thank you for your generosity. Kindly, Ary

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Women’s Health receives a Boost

Carlos E. Quezada, MD, FACOG: Innovative, multilingual, trailblazer in robotic surgery, topmost physician makes Longview, Texas home By Joycelyne Fadojutimi Longview Regional Medical Center has hired board-certified gynecologist/obstetrician Dr. Carlos Enrique Quezada. In view of present health trends, COVID-19 is not the only health threat faced by East Texas ladies. WOMEN’S HEALTH AND FIBROIDS A 2016, National Institute of Health research indicates that fibroids affect 65% of all women by the time they reach age fifty. As many as half of all afflicted women experience severe menstrual periods that lead to pain, reproductive problems, depression, emotional problems, and menstrual bleeding so copious it causes anemia. Along these lines, uterine fibroids are the leading cause of hysterectomies in American women. Consequently, uterine fibroids is a major public health problem resulting in $34.4 billion in medical costs annually without the desired results. Quezada aims to educate individual women on their specific and personal health issues, thus lessen the need for hysterectomies that results in early menopause and hot flashes. Although during his twenty-one years of treating and caring for women, he has dealt with several kinds of medical problems, he specializes in gynecology, obstetrics, minimally invasive gynecological surgery, infertility, and hormone replacement therapy. He is a trailblazer in robotic surgery for various female pelvic issues, including pelvic reconstruction. He hopes to use all his skills to decrease the need for hysterectomies. “There are some procedures I want to bring,” he says. “It will bring improved outcomes with-

out having a hysterectomy.” Quezada can best be described as a mixture of state-of-the-art cutting edge technology Doc. found in big cities, but who is actually a small town kid, loves country music, matured in the U.S. Navy, is fervently proud of his Texas heritage, is a dedicated husband, father and brother with a touch of Latino flare. He also has a predilection for smaller cities like Longview, Texas. “We went all over the world when I was in the United States Navy,” he says. “When I got to San Antonio in 2011, it was not the same town I [had] left. It had gotten very big. I was missing the feeling of my small town.” Longview’s size and modest night life also appeal to this devoted healer. “I like the community,” he says. “The drive [to work] is quick, and at my age, I don’t need night clubs.” FAMILY AND FAITH His devotion to family and faith is also remarkable. Now that his children are grown, he has more time to dote on his adoring wife Christie and worshipping at their non-denominational church. “I am madly in love with my wife,” he says. “I cannot be who I am without her. We are looking forward to putting down deeper roots and making Longview our home.” EDUCATION A native of Laredo, Quezada was four when he accompanied his adoptive grandparents to San Antonio, where he became an ardent San Antonio Spurs fan. After attending South San West Campus, he moved on to Palo Alto College and served as

president of Alpha Theta Pi honor society. He pulled down his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio and joined the Pre-Med Honor Society. DR. CARLOS QUEZADA Furthermore, he attended the University of Texas Health Science up in Longview, and now call Center in San Antonio with a it home. Considering his endfull scholarship from the Navy, less litany of credits, he is a true earning his Doctor of Medicine blessing to his new port of call, degree. While still in medical Longview Texas. school he established the MiliQuezada is board-certified by tary Medical Honor Society be- the American Board of Obstetfore joining the Navy and com- rics and Gynecology, worked as pleting a residency in obstetrics Chief of Obstetrics and Gyneand gynecology at the San Di- cology at the naval hospital in ego-based Naval Medical Cen- Bremerton, Washington, where ter in 2003. After twelve years of he was also adjunct faculty for touring the world in the Navy, the Family Medicine Program. he returned to San Antonio. He also served as adjunct faculMILITARY SERVICE ty at Christus Santa Rosa Family Quezada spent a total of six- Medical Center in San Antonio, teen years in the Navy, being and for the Obstetrics and Gynestationed at various points of cology residency at University call in Europe, Asia, and all Hospital in San Antonio. across America, and rising to the AWARDS rank of lieutenant commander. He has earned numerous He now heals as a civilian. awards and recognitions along EXPERTISE AND with his professional memberEXPERIENCE ships. He is a member of the Dr. Quezada is a fellow of the American Congress of ObstetAmerican College of Obstetrics rics and Gynecology, the Amerand Gynecology (ACOG,) a ican Association of Gynecologic past member of the Texas Med- Laparoscopists, and the Ameriical Association, the American can Institute of Ultrasound MedCollege of Obstetrics and Gy- icine. He maintains his certificanecology, Bexar County Med- tion with the American Board ical Society, and the Mexican of Obstetrics and Gynecology. American Hispanic Physicians While in the service he served in Association. While with ACOG, the US Navy Medical Corps. His he served as treasurer for Sec- ability to speak English, Spanish tion V, District XI, representing and Italian is another blessing San Antonio in women’s health for his patients. matters. Although they folFor more information and/ lowed a long and winding road or to schedule an appointment he and Christie finally pitched please call (903) 753-7658.