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La Joya ISD centennial committee presents historical overview of district, 1945–1965
Summary
Committee members Amancio Chapa and Ivan Silva presented the second installment of a centennial series covering the district's postwar growth, veterans, school openings, athletic history and the 1963 name change from Tabasco Consolidated ISD to La Jolla ISD.
Members of La Joya ISD's centennial committee presented a historical overview of the district’s post–World War II era at the board meeting on Feb. 26, tracing local school growth, leadership and athletics between about 1945 and 1965.
Blanca Gomez Perez introduced the presentation and said the committee's "decades of excellence" series is documenting the district's history. Committee member Amancio Chapa noted that many La Joya graduates served in World War II and that the class of 1945 dedicated a multi-page section of their yearbook…
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