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• McAllen ISD students to enter online courses following spring break extension Play Video

  March 16, 2020 10:34 PM

  MCALLEN – A major move on Monday by McAllen Independent School District. Students, kindergarten through high school, won’t be returning to class after spring break. School board officials canceled in-class session for two weeks, which will start after spring break. McAllen students would resume instruction online April 6. ... more »

• CON MI GENTE: PSJA ISD Superintendent Retiring After 42 Years in Education Field Play Video

  July 18, 2019 12:48 PM

  PHARR – He’s been considered an education innovator; he’s been asked to testify in both Washington, D.C. and Austin about his ideas in education. Dr. Daniel King, the 12-year superintendent at Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District, is retiring after 42 years in education. Before PSJA, he was superintendent... more »

• PSJA ISD Transportation Dept. Ranked Among Top 100 Fleets in Nation

  June 13, 2019 11:34 AM

  PHARR – A Rio Grande Valley school district has been recognized to have one of the top transportation fleets in the country. The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District Transportation Department is ranked among the top 100 fleets in the nation for the seventh consecutive year. Government Fleet, a... more »

• Mumps Case Confirmed at 3rd PSJA School

  May 30, 2019 6:53 PM

  ALAMO – A third school in the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District has confirmed a case of the mumps has been found. A district spokesperson, Arianna Vasquez-Hernandez, says the case was found at McKeever Elementary School in Alamo. She adds students were not present on the campus at... more »

• Mumps Case Reported at PSJA Elementary School Play Video

  May 29, 2019 1:29 PM

  PHARR – A case of the mumps has been reported at an elementary school in Pharr. A spokesperson with Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District, Arianna Vasquez-Hernandez, confirmed the discovery was made at Escobar Elementary School. Earlier this month, Hidalgo County Health Department said a case was reported at... more »

• PSJA ISD Student Recovering after Nearly Drowning Play Video

  November 8, 2017 2:13 PM

  ALAMO – PSJA ISD officials say a student nearly drowned during her physical education class at the school district's aquatic center. A classmate noticed she did not resurface for about two minutes and called for help, according to a PSJA ISD press release. A teaching staff pulled the student out... more »

• 5 Hospitalized after Crash Involving PSJA ISD School Bus, District Employee Cited Play Video

  October 24, 2017 11:09 AM

  SAN JUAN – Four PSJA ISD students and a driver are hospitalized after a school bus collided with a truck. San Juan police responded to the collision between Sam Houston Boulevard and Ridge Road, off Stewart Road Tuesday morning. Investigators said the school bus driver failed to control his speed... more »