BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS (September 25, 2018) – IDEA Public Schools will celebrate 12 years of educational excellence in Brownsville and honor the contributions and achievements of senior leadership, founding students, teachers, and community leaders at a luncheon on Thursday, September 27. IDEA schools in Brownsville are top performing campuses, receiving state and national recognition.
This academic year, IDEA’s Lower Rio Grande Valley region is serving 11,000 students and 22,000 parents and employs 1,100 people. IDEA recently celebrated the opening of a new campus in Elsa while simultaneously breaking ground on a new campus located at the corner of FM 802 and Robindale slated to open next fall. This was also the Lower Valley’s 8th consecutive year of 100% of all graduating students being accepted to college.
At the luncheon, attendees will hear from founding principals and students, learn more about the impact IDEA Public Schools has had in the Brownsville community, and hear about the amazing accomplishments of students in Brownsville.
WHO: IDEA Public Schools senior leaders and principals, IDEA alumni, students, board members, and community leaders including:
Jill Dominguez, Executive Director of Schools, Lower Valley
Tom Torkelson, founder and CEO of IDEA Public Schools
State Representative Eddie Lucio, III, Texas House Member, District 38
Alan Sepeda, student and member of IDEA Brownsville’s inaugural graduating class
WHAT: Join senior leaders, students, and community members as they celebrate the achievements IDEA Public Schools has made in the Brownsville community.
WHEN: Thursday, September 27
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: Ambassador Event Center
2735 Ruben M. Torres / FM 802, Brownsville, Texas 78526
To learn more or to attend, please contact Marco Carbajal at 956-272-4392 or at marco.carbajal@ideapublicschools.org.
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As required by Title IX, IDEA Public Schools does not (and is required not to) discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs or activities. This non-discrimination requirement applies to admission to and employment with IDEA Public Schools. Inquiries into issues related to Title IX may be referred to IDEA’s Title IX Coordinator(s) (identified below), to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education, or both.
All Title IX Complaints should be emailed to: titleixconcern@ideapublicschool.org. The Title IX Coordinator for allegations involving only students is Israel Ybarra, VP of School Development. The Title IX Coordinator for allegations involving only employees, or employees in relation to students, is Harold Schuman, Director of Human Resources Investigations.
IDEA Public Schools National Board Members: Collin Sewell – Chair, Ed Rivera – Vice-Chair and Treasurer, Ryan Vaughan – Secretary, Reba Cardenas McNair, David Earl, Erich Holmsten, Michael Adams, Gary Lindgren, Ovidio Vitas, Theresa Barrera-Shaw.