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The Los Fresnos CISD Board of Trustees, on the recommendation of the Superintendent, adopted revisions to the 20202021 Academic Calendar during the Regular Board meeting held Jan‐ uary 11. The recommendation brought by Superinten‐ dent Gonzalo Salazar was to reduce the Aca‐ demic Calendar by five instructional days. The revised calendar now shows June 10, 2021, as the final day of instruc‐ tion and moves Com‐ mencement to June 12 instead of June 19. The Board’s action re‐ vised the Academic Cal‐ endar previously adopted July 13, 2020. At that meeting, Salazar recom‐ mended that Los Fresnos CISD delay the start of the school year until September 8 and that the last instructional day be set for June 17. "With all the uncertainty surrounding the start of the school year, we em‐ bedded additional min‐ utes into the Academic Calendar," Salazar told the Board. "This was a proactive measure in an‐ ticipation that the district would have to suspend normal operations for deep cleaning. Now that we are well into the school year, it has be‐ come clear that if we have to shut down schools for deep clean‐ ing, we can simply move to remote instruction and not miss a beat." The Texas Education Agency requires a mini‐ mum of 75,600 minutes of instruction per school year. Los Fresnos CISD had enough instructional minutes in the school year to exceed the mini‐ mum number of instruc‐ tional minutes by the equivalent of five school days. The revision to the Academic Calendar re‐ duced the class days by five. "The additional week in
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Elementary Schools: 77,875 Middle Schools: 78,925 High Schools: 79,785
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the summer will allow more time for teachers to re-energize before the start of another academic year. This move will provide more time for summer maintenance and construction projects, and most im‐ portantly give us time for the targeted interventions that help close the learn‐ ing gap for struggling students as well as pro‐ vide the type of enrich‐ ment programs that give students a well-rounded education." Salazar said.
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June 10: Early Dismissal 12:45 p.m. Middle Schools 1 p.m. LFHS, LFU
New Regular School Hours Elementary Schools Grades PreK-5 Middle Schools Grades 6-8 Los Fresnos United Grades 9-10 and Los Fresnos HS Grades 10-12
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Boost owners Chelly and MauricioAlmanza celebrate their grand opening Monday March 1, with MayorAlex Flores. The new healthy drink shop is located at 218 NArroyo. Photo Los Fresnos Chamber of Commerce.
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Governor lifts mask mandate
AUSTIN - Governor Greg Abbott today is‐ sued an Executive Order (GA-34) lifting the mask mandate in Texas and increasing capacity of all businesses and facili‐ ties in the state to 100 percent. The Governor made the announcement at Montelongo's Mexi‐ can Restaurant in Lub‐ bock in an address to the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce. "With the medical ad‐ vancements of vaccines and antibody therapeutic drugs, Texas now has the tools to protect Tex‐ ans from the virus,” said Governor Abbott. "We must now do more to re‐ store livelihoods and normalcy for Texans by opening Texas 100 per‐ cent. Make no mistake,
COVID-19 has not dis‐ appeared, but it is clear from the recoveries, vaccinations, reduced hospitalizations, and safe practices that Tex‐ ans are using that state mandates are no longer needed. Today's an‐ nouncement does not abandon safe practices that Texans have mas‐ tered over the past year. Instead, it is a reminder that each person has a role to play in their own personal safety and the safety of others. With this executive order, we are ensuring that all businesses and families in Texas have the free‐ dom to determine their own destiny." During his remarks, the Governor discussed the incredible advance‐
ments that Texas has made that allow the state to open fully and lift the mask mandate—noting the rapid increase of vaccines. Nearly 5.7 million vaccine shots have been administered to Texans, and the state is now administering al‐ most one million shots each week. By next Wednesday, about 7 mil‐ lion shots will have been administered in Texas and over half of seniors in Texas will have re‐ ceived a vaccine shot. By the end of March, every senior who wants a vaccine should be able to get one. The vaccine supply continues to in‐ crease so rapidly that more and more Texans will soon be eligible to receive a vaccine. The Governor noted that Texas has a surplus of personal protective equipment and can per‐ form over 100,000 COVID-19 tests a day. The state has invested in a variety of anti-body therapeutic drugs that have kept thousands of Texans out of hospitals.
Texans have also adopted daily habits that reduce the risk of COVID-19 exposure and infection. More than 2.5 million Texans who were lab confirmed for COVID-19 have recov‐ ered since the beginning of the pandemic, and ex‐ perts note the total num‐ ber of Texans who have recovered from COVID19 is likely 4-5 times that amount. The num‐ ber of active COVID-19 cases is the lowest since November—meaning more Texans are recov‐ ering from COVID-19 than contracting it. This executive order rescinds most of the Governor's earlier exec‐ utive orders related to COVID-19. Effective next Wednesday, all businesses of any type may open to 100% ca‐ pacity. Additionally, this order ends the statewide mask mandate in Texas. Businesses may still limit capacity or imple‐ ment additional safety protocols at their own discretion. If COVID-19 hospital‐
izations in any of the 22 hospital regions in Texas get above 15% of the hospital bed capacity in that region for seven straight days, a County Judge in that region may use COVID-19 mitiga‐ tion strategies. However, County Judges may not impose jail time for not following COVID-19 orders nor may any penalties be imposed for failing to wear a face mask. If restrictions are imposed at a County level, those restrictions may not include reduc‐ ing capacity to less than 50% for any type of en‐ tity. (LFN) While this ex‐ ecutive order does allow
for higher occupancy and masks not being re‐ quired, local govern‐ ments, schools and busi‐ ness may still require masks to be worn. Los Fresnos CISD has already issued a state‐ ment indicating that all current protocols will re‐ main in place even after the governors order goes into effect Wednesday. More cities, school districts and offices will give similar or further guidance in the coming week. Hopefully things will continue to improve and more normalcy can be restored in the com‐ ing months.
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Falcons bow out in area round By KEVIN NARRO Los Fresnos News The Los Fresnos Fal‐ cons 2020-2021 season came to an end in the class 6A area round against San Antonio O'Conner 70-49. Los Fresnos finished the season with a 23-5 overall record along with an 11-3 record. Against the Panthers, senior Alex Moreno led the team in scoring with 11 points. Gerry Martinez and Roger Capetillo each finished with nine points each. While the Falcons saw their six consecutive district title streak snapped, Los Fresnos answered with their seventh straight bi-dis‐ trict title against PSJA North 68-50.
Along the way, Los Fresnos started the year 4-0 and then rattled off a 15-game win streak with signature wins against Edinburg Vela, Weslaco and McAllen High. Looking ahead Martinez will be a junior, Capetillo will return to the lineup along with JJ Salazar who stood out as a freshman. Keep tabs on Keane Ogao and Darius Garcia as they look to take the next step next season. "Considering the cir‐ cumstances, the kids had a great year," said Los Fresnos head coach Marco Hinojosa. "Goals for next year will not change. We always want to compete for the dis‐ trict title and try to make a run in the playoffs."
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Falcons looking to get back to form By KEVIN NARRO Los Fresnos News The Falcons baseball team return a bevy of talent to their 20202021 roster. After last season being cut short due to Covid19, the Falcons are looking to get back to the playoffs. Last year the Falcons season ended with a 11-1 record and won their only district game 3-2 against Harlingen South. Two years ago, the Fal‐ cons went 24-13 and went 10-5 in district play. Los Fresnos found playoff success. Along the way they beat Weslaco in the bidistrict round then beat Laredo United in the
area round before los‐ ing to Laredo United South in the third round. This year the Falcons return eight starters back to the lineup. Here are the eight re‐ turning starters, along with players to keep an eye on for the 2020-21 season. RETURNING: Victor Loa Pitcher/OF
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Winter storm devastates Texas agriculture By Julie Tomascik February’s historic winter storm brought record-setting low temperatures to the Lone Star State, leaving farmers and ranchers racing to care for their live‐ stock, crops and families. For many, it was hours spent provid‐ ing extra hay, feed and straw for bed‐ ding to keep animals warm. For others, it was monitoring fields and orchards. Harvesting what they were able and hoping, praying and working to save
Grapefruit harvest in the Rio Grande Valley was about 55 percent complete when the cold weather hit. What’s being called the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” has caused an esti‐ mated $310 million to the citrus crop. The preliminary num‐ bers show about $85 million in losses from grapefruit and late oranges still on the trees and another $220 million in damages to blooming trees
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