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ABOUT US Owners John and Jennifer Garrett launched Community Impact in 2005, and the company is still locally owned today. We have expanded to include hundreds of team members and have created our own software platform and printing facility. CI delivers 35+ localized editions across Texas to more than 2.5 million residential mailboxes. MARKET TEAM GENERAL MANAGER Papar Faircloth SENIOR EDITOR Jake Magee REPORTERS Rachel Leland, James T. Norman GRAPHIC DESIGNER Jesus Verastegui METRO LEADERSHIP PUBLISHER Jason Culpepper MANAGING EDITOR Kelly Schafler COPY EDITOR Adrian Gandara SENIOR ART PRODUCTION MANAGER Kaitlin Schmidt CONTACT US 16300 Northwest Freeway Jersey Village, TX 77040 • 281-469-6181 CI CAREERS communityimpact.com/careers PRESS RELEASES baynews@communityimpact.com ADVERTISING bayads@communityimpact.com Learn more at communityimpact.com/advertising EMAIL NEWSLETTERS communityimpact.com/newsletter SUPPORT US Join your neighbors by giving to the CI Patron program. Funds support our journalistic mission to provide trusted, local news in your community. Learn more at communityimpact.com/cipatron
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FROM PAPAR: I’ve found that almost everyone had a favorite teacher growing up. Perhaps that teacher instilled a love of a subject that laid the foundation for your future career, or perhaps they were just present when you needed them most. Mrs. Turner, my second grade teacher, will forever be the teacher who taught me I can do hard things and later encouraged me to join the student council, starting a decadeslong love in me for serving my peers. This month, we bring you our annual Education Edition as we know a good education is something our readers place a high value on in our communities. Papar Faircloth, GENERAL MANAGER
FROM JAKE: The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, has changed. Starting during the 2022-23 school year, how the test was distributed and the weight it carries when it comes to evaluating a student’s learning, among other factors, differed. Read our story on Page 19 to learn more about this topic, and be sure to check for more education-related stories, including the growing prevalence of vaping on local school campuses. Jake Magee, SENIOR EDITOR
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