DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — Marble Falls and Burnet students could be taking guitar lessons or studying other activities if the two Burnet County school districts land a federal grant.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — When voters head to the polls for the Highland Lakes elections May 11, they’ll find they have a lot of selections on the ballot, with a few exceptions. The filing date for the May elections closed March 1. Residents have until April 11 to register to vote if they [...]

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Burnet school campuses will have a new safety fixture beginning March 4. Spurred on by the tragic school shooting in Newtown, Conn., the Burnet school district and city have teamed up to provide an officer on the district’s campuses for the remainder of the semester.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — After Burnet Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustee Martin Riley seconded the motion to close Shady Grove Elementary School, he hung his head for a second.

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BURNET — People interested in making a difference in education policy and direction can put their names on the ballot for the May election starting Jan. 30.

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BURNET — If natural attrition doesn’t keep Burnet Consolidated Independent School District elementary staffs at an acceptable number, how will administrators decide who has a job? That question was one of several posed to Superintendent Keith McBurnett during the BCISD community forum Jan. 10.

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