Push has finally come to shove at Lon Morris College in Jacksonville. Facing the worst financial crisis in its 158 year history, and acting on the advice of outside consultants, the Lon Morris Board of Trustees has furloughed the school's faculty and staff and shut the school down.
The small private two year college is teetering on the brink of oblivion, but hoping to reopen in the fall.
The Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce is the first Chamber in the state to send a board-approved resolution to Austin expressing serious concerns over what standardized testing is doing to Texas’ public schools, and to school students.
Summer vacation is coming up fast, and many parents are looking for ways to keep their kids busy and having summer fun at the same time. The good news is that there are plenty of fun things for kids to do and places for them to go in the summer time. The bad news? Rest easy. There's no bad news.
With college graduations just around the corner, we have some bad news for this year's crop of eager fresh-faced young grads. We don't want to rain on your parade, but you should know that the prospects of getting a meaningful job in your chosen career field are worse than they've been in years.
So you need to be prepared with a Plan B.
