Lometa ISD awarded $196K grant to expand medical offerings

Funding buys Anatomage table and simulation mannequins so students can earn healthcare credentials before graduation
CHERI JAY-WIENECKE | DISPATCH RECORD Lometa medical teacher Valarie Nixon works with students on the Anatomage Table the district purchased with funds from a Texas Workforce Jobs and Education for Texans Grant. Pictured are, from left to right, Nixon, Tepekos Bowers, Amy Padron and Sophie Anguiano.
CHERI JAY-WIENECKE | DISPATCH RECORD Lometa medical teacher Valarie Nixon works with students on the Anatomage Table the district purchased with funds from a Texas Workforce Jobs and Education for Texans Grant. Pictured are, from left to right, Nixon, Tepekos Bowers, Amy Padron and Sophie Anguiano.

If you listen closely while entering Lometa High School’s Career and Technical Education building, you will hear something very special. It is the click of doors of opportunity opening to the district’s medical education students.

On Sept. 3, Gov. Greg Abbott named Lometa ISD the recipient of a Texas Workforce Commission Jobs and Education for Texans grant totaling $196,171. The funding allows Lome…