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Stay in School Gala Big Board Auction is Live

The annual Communities In Schools ‘Stay in School Gala’ is 10/20 at the Hilton Houston Post Oak. The Big Board auction items have gone live in our first ever online auction — 4 items featured right now –  more to … Continue reading

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Successful Breakfast Event on September 21

CIS had a very successful Breakfast event on Sept. 21 where the goal was to raise funding to allow expansion into Spring Branch Middle School. There was a great crowd, more than 150 people, and all but one of the … Continue reading

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Communities in Schools looks to expand services throughout SBISD

From today’s Memorial Examiner – an update on Communities In Schools expansion throughout Spring Branch ISD and an upcoming ‘learn more’ breakfast to be held 9/21 at The Racquet Club on Memorial drive — 8:30am – 9:30am – please RSVP … Continue reading

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High Unemployment While Jobs Go Unfilled

There was an interesting article in the Houston Chronicle today which said that Houston area workers do not have sufficient education to fill jobs that local industry has created. I hear this very same thing from business people regularly. Their … Continue reading

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CIS Back-to-School Gala News: Awesome Auction Items, Touching Tribute and CIS’ Best

Watch for the yellow school buses soon rolling your way! We are gathering last minute auction items for this year’s Back-to-School Gala being held on Thursday, October 20th at 7pm at the Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel. Yellow school bus … Continue reading

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