State to close Texas school district that cut sports teams

PREMONT, Texas — A struggling South Texas school district that gained national attention in 2012 when it cut its sports programs to focus on academics was ordered to shut down next year amid continuing poor academic performance. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times (http://bit.ly/1kHu8PJ ) reports that the Premont Independent School District, about 73 miles southwest of […]