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Superintendent’s Suicide Reported Following Arrest
  • Note: This article updates the earlier version that appeared in the print issue of TEN.
West Texas media reported that Joshua Goen, superintendent of the 519-student Seagraves ISD in West Texas, was found dead (Dec. 9) of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at a residence within days after he was released from jail.
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School Bombing Likely Averted
An Amarillo resident who set off a bomb in his backyard, stashed a suicide vest in his alleyway, and plotted to blow up Amarillo ISD’s 2,185-student Tascosa High School pleaded guilty (Dec. 5) to a federal weapons of mass destruction charge.
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Pandemic Enrollment Declines
Two new reports reflect that Texas, as in the nation, experienced declines in enrollments of homeless students and in Head Start programs due to the pandemic.
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