Text by Dr. Mick Sandoval, Bellaire Elementary Principal The morning of my first Operation Back 2 School (OB2S) made me feel both excited and anxious. As I drove to the event, I couldn’t help but think that I was going to meet some of my students for the first time. I wanted to connect with…

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As a student, there are few things more exciting than the end of a school year. The summer stretches before you with limitless potential. Yearbooks make their rounds and the soft melancholy of impending separation from acquaintances is cut through by close friendships that will carry into the warmer months. With long days of sunshine…

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PENNINGTON FIELD, BEDFORD — Sprawled across the pavement of the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District’s centralized stadium, some 1,940 runners and walkers soak in the pleasant air of a slightly overcast Spring day in Texas. The sounds of #1 Hit Songs pump across the vacated parking spaces, Katy Perry and Kansas taking turns serenading the rows…

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When Dr. Gene A. Buinger came to the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District (HEB ISD) in 1999, he expected to stay for a few years more than the average Superintendent and retire. According to him, the average term for the post is around three years. He anticipated spending about twice that time here. Instead, he stayed…

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PENNINGTON FIELD — There is no confetti. No grand speeches on the PA system. No raucous crowd cheering. And yet, a handful of young men from Hurst Junior High School are on top of the world. They’ve just won first place in Liga HEB, the district’s intramural soccer league for junior high boys, by defeating…

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