Contact: Anthony P. de Bruyn, UT System, (512) 499-4363, or Brenda Thompson, (512) 461-5644

Date: February 20, 2008

UT System News MEDIA ADVISORY

UT System Officials to Announce New Curriculum Tool Available to Texas Public Schools

AUSTIN – Officials with The University of Texas System will announce an important grant in support of a new curriculum tool that will be distributed in every public middle and high school in the state.

 

The announcement will be made on Friday, February 22 at 10:00 a.m. at Hillcrest High School, 9924 Hillcrest Road, in Dallas.

 

Following the announcement, UT System officials will be joined by representatives from The Meadows Foundation and the Texas Library Association to answer reporters’ questions.

 

The announcement will take place in the Hillcrest High School library on the north end of the campus. Parking for the news media will be available in the parking lot at the intersection of Hillcrest Road and Aberdeen Avenue.

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