Four-day school week, Tuesday-Friday, started Aug. 8
Like a number of schools across the state, nearby Rice ISD is implementing a 4-day, instructional calendar for the 2023-2024 school year. Located just 10-miles south of Ennis on I-45, Rice (pop. 1,283) is in northern Navarro County. Named after William Marsh Rice, who donated land for a community school, is the same man who founded Rice Universit…
