🌱 Patch AM: What changes is the Pasadena ISD Board considering for local classrooms?

Good day Pasadena! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• What changes is the Pasadena ISD Board considering for local classrooms?
• Ready to brave Pasadena's Berry Haunted House this October?

Also on today's calendar: Braxton Keith and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: A p.m. t-storm in spots, with a high of 95 and low of 79 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Tuesday: Tropical rainstorm, temps: high: 86, low: 78.
• Wednesday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 77 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pasadena ISD Board evaluates academic performance and proposes curriculum changes. (pasadenian.com) — Pasadena ISD leaders recently reviewed how local students are performing and signaled upcoming curriculum tweaks that could shape classrooms across the district. Trustees also discussed enrollment, budget pressures, and campus maintenance projects, while hearing public feedback on resources and policies that affect Pasadena families.
   

• Experience frights and festivities at the Berry Haunted House this October. (pasadenian.com) — Pasadena families can gear up now for the Berry Haunted House and Halloween carnival nights coming to the Pasadena Fairgrounds this October, with multiple evenings of scares, games, and live music. The Pasadena Strawberry Festival is hosting haunted house nights on October 16–17, 23–24, and a bigger carnival-style celebration October 29–31, with food trucks, contests, and a concert by The Spazmatics.
   

📸 Around Pasadena

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pasadena

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 18
• Pasadena Livestock Show & Rodeo 2026 →
  Pasadena Livestock Show & Rodeo Office, Pasadena
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 1
• City Council Meeting →
  City of Seabrook -
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Parks and Trails Committee →
  City of Seabrook -
  5:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• Seabrook Economic Development Corporation →
  City of Seabrook -
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• Braxton Keith →
  Pasadena Convention Center and Municipal Fairgrounds, 7902 Fairmont Pkwy, Pasadena
  5:00 pm
• Aaron Watson →
  Pasadena Convention Center and Municipal Fairgrounds, 7902 Fairmont Pkwy, Pasadena
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 31
• Board of Trustees - Called Meeting (Training)
  La Porte ISD La Porte, TX 77571
  6:00 pm
Friday September 4
• District Holiday
  Galena Park ISD Houston, TX 77015
Monday September 7
• Labor Day Holiday
  Channelview ISD Channelview, TX 77530
• Labor Day Holiday - Office Closed
  La Porte ISD La Porte, TX 77571
• Labor Day Office Closure →
  City of Webster - Webster TX 77598
  7:00 am
Tuesday September 8
• Board of Trustees - Regular Meeting
  La Porte ISD La Porte, TX 77571
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Looking for some help this afternoon to remove trash from the driveway to the curb.
  I can pay $100 probably 3-4 hours of work. Located in Pasadena, by HWY 225 & BW8. (Nextdoor Deepwater)
• Looking for someone to clean up yard.
  Lots of overgrown weeds. There is some decking bolted into bricks and bricks that need to be removed. I also have a large hole that needs to be… (Nextdoor Parkview Estates)

• Tolunay-Wong Engineers, Inc. posted a job opening for Construction Materials Technician in Pasadena. Apply here.
• Axelon Services Corporation posted a job opening for Assembler in Pasadena. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pasadena here.

🗞 Nearby News

Deer Park

• Odor from Lubrizol in Deer Park under investigation by Harris County. (pasadenian.com)
• Manvel mayor reverses support for Flock cameras, calls for removal (fox26houston.com)

South Houston

• New Month Brings Spicy Volleyball Schedule (thepostnewspaper.net)
• Grace Sonnier cashes in on hard work with a Pasadena ISD Police scholarship. (pasadenian.com)
• Old registration, new problems: Luis's 0.24 BAC lands him a free ride straight to jail. . (pasadenian.com)

La Porte

• Behind every call, Heather Boznango has been the calm in La Porte for 10 years. (pasadenian.com)

Ok Pasadena! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time (Thank you Kourtney Z. for sending it in!)
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