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Is your child at risk of failing a class BBQ lunch for law officers or two? The answer appears to be By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera approached by Elley, he jumped at the chance “maybe” in the Seguin ISD to help lend his support to those who serve
(Seguin) – A salute to local law enforcement and protect. wraps up today with a catered lunch for those at the Seguin Police Department and “When he approached me about it, I said well Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office. to be real honest, I am more than happy to do it and support it and I kind of just called in Firing up the pits in observance of some favors from some individuals. National Police Week are So, we are basically just going to businessmen Philip Elley of Koda go and cook. The police Powder Coating department is LLC and Joey basically going Machado of to show up. Blues Hog I t ’ s a n d basically Gateway between D r u m Philip Smokers. Elley The pair and his along with shop the o t h e r K o d a community P o w e r volunteers Coating a n d a n d
supporters will be feeding the officers this afternoon during today’s Giving Back to First Responders BBQ lunch. The lunch will be held today from noon to 3 p.m. at the Koda Powder Coating company located at 621 N. Austin St.
basically my company. We are footing the bill for this event and originally, we were just going to do the PD but now, it’s going to be the PD and the sheriff’s office. We are going to practice social distancing and we are going to have all of the food ready to go and it’s basically going to be a drive thru service,” said Machado, locally known for his involvement Machado. with bbq cook-offs and his marketing of barbecue and grilling products, says when See BBQ, page 3
(Seguin) -- An alarming number of secondary students in the Seguin ISD is at risk of failing one or more core subject areas simply because they are not completing and submitting their assignments to teachers. That’s the word today from Seguin ISD officials who say they can’t help but share the importance of submitting schoolwork to pass courses
The closure of school buildings this spring has forced Seguin ISD students and teachers to adapt to distance learning. They say while this new way of instruction and learning has been challenging, the need for students to focus on schoolwork has not gone away.
alarming number of sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth grade students are failing one or more core subject areas — again simply because they aren’t turning in the work.
Students and parents are encouraged to work closely with teachers and campus According to the Seguin ISD, in order to administrators this next week in order to pass courses for the spring 2020 semester, it receive credit for assignments and to is imperative for students to complete their pass the courses. online or packet assignments. Assignments continue and will officially They say based upon May 12 data, an wrap up on May 28.
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