EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER REGION 12 is expanding its main offices on Highway 6. As the service center approaches its 40th year, the increased demand for services has spurred an expansion that will include a more tha 20,000-square-foot addition on the east side of the existing building, with a new entrance facing Bagby Avenue.

WACO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION, now 10 years old, has reached its $2-million endowment milestone and granted a record-breaking $101,480 for teacher grants. The foundation also has announced its 2007 officers: Chairman Joe Nesbitt, vice president, Central National Bank; Vice Chair Ann Harder, anchor, News Channel 25; Treasurer Alex Eichenberg, senior vice president, Extraco Banks; Secretary Dr. Roland Hernandez, superintendent, Waco ISD; Past Chair Sally Bledsoe, past PTA president and community volunteer. The foundation welcomes eight new board members, who will serve one- to three-year terms that began in January. New members are: Penny Chase, Rick Clark, Jan Copeland, Dudley Haas, Todd Moore, Steve Swenke, Jackie Wooldridge and PTA representative Sabrina Calhoun.