ECISD to have groundbreaking, receive tool donation
Jan. 15—Ector County ISD will have a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for the new middle school.
Approved as part of Bond 2023's Proposition A, the new middle school will be the first built outside of Loop 338 and the first middle school built since 1981 when Crockett MS was built in its current location. The groundbreaking ceremony will be held near the intersection of South Tripp Avenue and Hutson and will start at 10 a.m. at Frost Technical Center, 104 S. Grandview Ave.
At 11:30 a.m. Friday, the district will receive a generous donation. The Texas Chapter of the Association of General Contractors recently held a tool drive and will donating $1,000 worth of items to ECISD's Career & Technical Education programs. The donation includes items ranging from safety gloves and safety glasses to toolkits and tape measures, a news release said.
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