“A donation of over $24,000 by Lowe’s Home Improvement will help students at one Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District campus learn more about conservation.
Buell Central Campus received two grants totaling $24,500.
According to Buell Central Social Studies Teacher Stacey Proctor, the project was inspired by a lesion on the ‘Homestead Act of 1862’ teaching students about how the early settlers were able to keep over 160 acres of land if they raised livestock or cultivated.”
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