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Pictured is the location for the new Elementary School wing of the Sweet Home ISD's Bond Project. Photos courtesy of Sweet Home ISD.

Pictured is the location for the new Elementary School wing of the Sweet Home ISD's Bond Project. Photos courtesy of Sweet Home ISD.

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Sweet Home ISD bond project makes strides with new construction project underway

News Staff
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Sweet Home ISD’s new construction project has reached another milestone, although weather conditions have delayed a planned foundation pour.The construction project is a new Elementary School wing which will include grades Pre-K to 5th Grade. A new cafeteria will also be in the wing as well.
Sweet Home ISD’s new superintendent, Dustin Meaux. Contributed photo.

Sweet Home ISD’s new superintendent, Dustin Meaux. Contributed photo.

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Dustin Meaux named new superintendent

News Staff
Friday, March 6, 2026
The Sweet Home Independent School District recently named Dustin Meaux as its new superintendent. Meaux is a native of Goliad and he said he has always had an appreciation for small town America and rural education.

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Enrollment numbers received at Sweet Home ISD Board Meeting

News Staff
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Enrollment numbers were given at the Sweet Home Independent School District (SHISD) Board Meeting Sept. 8.“Enrollment is at an alltime high of 163 students,” Sweet Home Superintendent Candace Pohl said. “105 of those students are transfer students.

Sweet Home election results

News Staff
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Sweet Home ISD held a special election regarding their Proposition A bond. A total of 186 votes were made for this bond with 117 (63%) voting for and 69 (32%) voting against.

Sweet Home ISD issues first bond for the school

News Staff
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Sweet Home ISD (SHISD) will be issuing a bond to be on the May ballot. Voters will be able to decide if this bond passes on election day on May 4. Early voting begins April 22.This bond stemmed from a facilities assessment meeting which happened in July last year.
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Sweet Home ISD donates to Sweety Home firemen

News Staff
Friday, July 22, 2022
The Sweet Home School surprised local firefighters with a $2,000 donation to the Sweet Home Volunteer Fire Department. Students raised the funds by participating in a penny war fundraiser back in the fall.
Friends and family members of Sweet Home’s Ben “Bird” Kopecky gathered recently at Sweet Home VFD Fire House to present the department with the dollars their benefit, “Bird’s Booze Wagon,” helped raise for local firemen this year. The amount came to $6,465.

Friends and family members of Sweet Home’s Ben “Bird” Kopecky gathered recently at Sweet Home VFD Fire House to present the department with the dollars their benefit, “Bird’s Booze Wagon,” helped raise for local firemen this year. The amount came to $6,465.

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Bird’s Booze Wagon raises $6,465 for Sweet Home VFD

Bobby Horecka
Friday, July 22, 2022
What started as a way for one man’s family to offset medical costs as he fought the good fight against lung cancer has since become a way for the family to give back to the community that loved and supported them in their time of need.
Photo Provided by the Hart Family

Photo Provided by the Hart Family

More details revealed about Saturday’s tragedy on Lake Texana

Bobby Horecka
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Funeral services for the 41-year-old Hallettsville man who drowned Saturday evening at Lake Texana near Edna have been scheduled for later this week in Yoakum and Sweet Home. Donnie Hart Jr., 41, died tragically late Saturday while out at the lake with his family.
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