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Here are the Houston-area schools closed due to high water and weather concerns

Houston ISD remains open today.

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With high water locations in and around Houston, we're keeping track of how severe weather is impacting area school districts. Here is a list of school district, school, and after-school activity closures.

Alvin ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Anahuac ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Angleton ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Barbers Hill ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Bay City ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Brazosport College: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Brazosport ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Channelview ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Clear Creek ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Cleveland ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

College of The Mainland: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Crosby ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Danbury ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Dayton ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Deer Park ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Dickinson ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

East Chambers ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Friendswood ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Galena Park ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Galveston College: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Galveston ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Goose Creek CISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

High Island ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Hitchcock ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Houston Community College: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Houston ISD: No after-school activities.

HTEC-Houstons Training And Education Center: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

La Porte ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Liberty ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18

Lord Of Life Lutheran School Friendswood: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Mainland Preparatory Academy: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Matagorda ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Pasadena ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Santa Fe ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Satori School Galveston: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Sheldon ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Sweeny ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Texas A&M University at Galveston: Delayed until 10 am.

Texas City ISD: Closed Wednesday, September 18.

Texas Southern University: Delayed until 10 am.

University Of Houston - Clear Lake: Delayed until 10 am (including Pearland and Medical Center Locations).

University Of Houston - Downtown: Delayed until 10 am.

University Of Houston - Victoria at Katy: Delayed until 10 am.

University Of Houston - Sugar Land: Delayed until 10 am.

University Of Saint Thomas: Delayed until 10 am.

Van Vleck ISD: Delayed until 10 am.

Wharton County Junior College: Delayed until 10 am.

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Thanks, Queen Bey

Pop icon Beyoncé donates $100,000 to University of Houston Law School

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Pop megastar Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has donated $100,000 to the University of Houston Law Center Criminal Justice Clinic through her BeyGOOD Foundation. The gift will allow the clinic to hire fill-time faculty to head it, benefiting the students who study there.

“I am delighted that the BeyGOOD Foundation has made this very generous gift to the UH Law Center,” said Leonard Baynes, dean of the UH Law Center. “Not only will this funding help establish a full-time criminal justice clinic that provides pro bono legal services in our community, but it will also supercharge our already excellent criminal law and justice programming.”

The clinic is one of nine at UHLC. It helps students learn to navigate the criminal justice system, especially on behalf of clients that are underserved by skilled attorneys. People of color are affected disproportionately by a lack of good, ethical representation.

Beyoncé, the most decorated artist in Grammy history and easily the biggest musical star native to Houston, has a long history of advocating for criminal justice reform. She was a staunch supporter of the police reform following the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, asking law enforcement to “stop killing us” in a web post. In 2020, she penned an open letter to the Kentucky attorney general asking for justice in the death of Breonna Taylor.

Through her BeyGOOD Foundation, established in 2013, Beyoncé has focused mostly on expanding the prospects of Black-owned business and offering education opportunities to students. Forwarding the cause of legal representation in Texas while also helping out marginalized communities compliments her other philanthropic work.

“At UH Law, we envision a legal profession where ‘everyone has the opportunity to prosper,’ as BeyGOOD envisions, and we will achieve this vision by providing access to strong and effective legal representation in criminal proceedings,” Baynes said. “And together, through this gift, the BeyGOOD Foundation and UHLC will shepherd the next generation of criminal justice attorneys in the city of Houston, the state of Texas and the nation.”

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