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A looming UIL deadline will force Beaumont ISD to decide by the end of January how many high schools it will have next fall, though the condition of Central High School, which closed almost two months ago, is still being assessed. "We're kind of spinning our wheels," Superintendent John Frossard said Thursday night. Delaying a decision on Central has left its students in limbo and stalled a long-planned district-wide rezoning process.

This Christmas will be the first in more than 12 years that Fernando Martinez won't gather with loved ones at his father's Port Arthur home. The house on Procter Street has been gutted down to its studs because of Tropical Storm Harvey. The family will forgo the traditional live tree, even though Martinez's mother loves the smell, because they had to throw away all of their ornaments. "Even the little paper ones we had made for her at school when we were kids, those ornaments and the rest of them are all gone," said Martinez, 37.

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Lamar football season ticket holder Buzz Long said he has the best tailgating spot - directly outside Provost Umphrey Stadium - and he's not about to give it up because of one bad season.
Lamar's Saturday game against McNeese State wrapped up a disappointing season for the Cardinals.
Fans who showed up for the last game said they think the team can turn things around. They said support is
down, and that needs to change.
"Beaumont and the whole area has too many fair-weather fans," said Long, a 1970 Lamar graduate.