🌱 Patch AM: What this Bellaire High settlement means for parents and students

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In today's newsletter:

• What this Bellaire High settlement means for parents and students

Also on today's calendar: Indigo Sip + Shop and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: I once read a book about anti-gravity. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Fog will lift in the morning, with a high of 76 and low of 62 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, a shower or two, temps: high: 75, low: 57.
• Sunday: Breezy and cooler, with a high of 61 and low of 34 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Houston ISD Settles Lawsuit Over Staff Using Male Pronouns For Female Student Against Parents' Wishes (dallasexpress.com) — A legal settlement now requires Bellaire High School staff to use one student’s legal name and female pronouns while she is a minor in Houston ISD, after her parents sued over staff using male pronouns. The district denies wrongdoing but agreed to policy changes and a dismissal of claims, highlighting ongoing tensions over parental rights and student identity in Bellaire’s flagship high school.
   

📸 Around Bellaire

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bellaire

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Indigo Sip + Shop
  1255 Mercantile St, Richmond
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday December 13

• Gourd'gous Glass Pumpkin Patch
  Glassblowing Houston , 17442 FM 2920 Rd , Tomball
• Tomball Farmers Market Weekly All local farmers market
  Greater Tomball Chamber of Commerce , 205 W. Main Street , Tomball
  9:00 am
• TOMBALL ART MARKET
  Greater Tomball Chamber of Commerce , 403 Commerce Street , Tomball
  9:30 am

Sunday December 14

• Gourd'gous Glass Pumpkin Patch
  Glassblowing Houston , 17442 FM 2920 Rd , Tomball

Tuesday December 16

• GTACC December Blood Drive
  Chamber Office , 29201 Quinn Rd. , Tomball
  9:00 am

Wednesday December 17

• Gourd'gous Glass Pumpkin Patch
  Glassblowing Houston , 17442 FM 2920 Rd , Tomball

Thursday December 18

• Business & Badassery
  Thistle Draftshop , 5210 FM 2920 #100 , Spring
  11:30 am

Friday December 19

• Gourd'gous Glass Pumpkin Patch
  Glassblowing Houston , 17442 FM 2920 Rd , Tomball

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 12

• Yoga Flow M, W, F (50+)
  West University Place Community Building and Senior Center , 6104 Auden Street , West University Place
  8:30 am
• Pickleball Open Play Fridays - (50+)
  West University Place Community Building and Senior Center , 6104 Auden Street , West University Place
  1:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Tomball Farmers Market Weekly All local farmers market
  Greater Tomball Chamber of Commerce , 205 W. Main Street , Tomball
  9:00 am
• TOMBALL ART MARKET
  Greater Tomball Chamber of Commerce , 403 Commerce Street , Tomball
  9:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• "Avoid the area" for manhunt in Cypress, Texas.
  1:00PM on Dec 10: Harris County Constable's Office is searching for a second suspect who fled on foot after a vehicle pursuit, with one suspect… (Nextdoor )

• Texas Children's Hospital posted a job opening for Supervisor Care Coordination BH in Bellaire. Apply here.
• Molly Maid posted a job opening for House Cleaner (driver) in Houston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bellaire here.

🗞 Nearby News

Houston

• Houston theater offers a new take on ‘It's a Wonderful Life' — as a radio play (houstonpublicmedia.org)
• Live Life Healthy Healthcare buys naming rights to UH indoor track facility (houstonchronicle.com)
• Texas city launches a new dashboard to fill gaps in gun violence data (route-fifty.com)

Houston Heights

• Houston weather: Sunny Thursday ahead; watching for weekend showers (fox26houston.com)

Ok Bellaire! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I couldn’t put it down.
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