Millions of dollars in federal coronavirus relief funding could be coming to schools in Lamesa and the surrounding area. The Lamesa school system has been allocated $5.2 million and surrounding schools are allocated a combined total of more than $2.1 million through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief III (ESSER III) Fund. That is part of the $11.2 billion allocated by the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act to Texas for public education purposes. According to information from the Texas Education Agency, schools should use the money to respond to the pandemic and to address student learning loss as a result of COVID-19. Presenting ...