This year marks the 25th anniversary of a fatal school bus accident that claimed the lives of 21 Mission CISD (Consolidated Independent School District) junior high and high school students.
A special remembrance ceremony has been scheduled for September 19, 9:00 a.m., at the Alton Memorial Jr. High School (AMJH) Gymnasium. This school was named in memory of the students killed as a result of the accident that occurred on September 21, 1989.
The students to be remembered are: Maria Alfaro, Roberto Bazaldua Jr., Margarita Buentello, Carmen Canales, Elda P. Cruz, Raul Flores, Elizabeth Flores, Abdon Garcia, Armando Gonzalez, Ruby Lopez, Marta Amelia Lozano, Jose L. Ortega, Veronica Perez, Yesenia Perez, Roman Quintero, Apolonia Regalado, Maria Regalado, Anna Rodriguez, David Saenz, Michael P. Saenz, Alberto Vasquez.
The ceremony will be a time of reflection and a time to celebrate the lives of the children, and the positive impact they had on their families and their community. Weather permitting; officials plan to end the ceremony with a butterfly release in the memorial garden area of the AMJH campus.
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