Footsteps and the thunder of rolling trash cans echo through the halls of Shady Brook Elementary. The lights are already off in sections of the building, and most of the desks have been pushed into the corners of their classrooms. It’s the first official day of summer for students in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District,…

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“I have always felt that Euless was a tight-knit community, but I didn’t realize how well we take care of one another.” Some things have to be experienced to be believed. Others are understood but don’t truly strike you until you are swept away with them. Operation Back 2 School is a little bit of…

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Text by Britney Bowen, HEB ISD Operation Back 2 School is one of my favorite things. Seriously. I love 6 Stones and everything they do, but I am crazy about Operation Back 2 School. Maybe it’s because I teach at the Buinger Career and Technical Education Academy. Maybe it’s because I’ve been directly involved with…

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Ellen Lobue didn’t go to school to become a Social Worker, but the job got a hold of her there. The more she learned about the field, the more she loved it. Eventually, she found herself working as a private contractor within a state-funded program called Children and Pregnant Women. There, she helped young mothers…

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Ellen Lobue didn’t go to school to become a Social Worker, but the job got a hold of her there. The more she learned about the field, the more she loved it. She was pressed into Full-Time service by Hurricane Katrina in 2004, and she’s been with the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District ever since. Helping…

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