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McHi Graduate Finds Path At UT

Grace Kelly speaks as part of a Longhorn Family Partners Panel. (photo Grace Kelly)

The McAllen school district in 2001 became the first school district in the Rio Grande Valley to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. The city’s business community and the McAllen Chamber of Commerce played a pivotal role in the process. They recognized it as a way to attract businesses and families to the region. The district’s IB students have a home campus where they participate in UIL activities. In 2021,…

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