Molly Smith has been a reporter for the El Paso Times and The (McAllen) Monitor. She’s covered education, criminal justice and local government. A Seattle native, she’s lived in Texas since 2014.
This is the first instance of a school district using Texas Senate Bill 1882 to run a partner-managed campus in another county, a move some say goes against the spirit of the law.
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