If the state’s report card on how third through eighth graders did on the spring 2023 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) are accurate, then Lamesa school district’s students achieved much in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.Tests results, released by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), of the required math and reading-language arts exams have been known to state and school district officials; and students’ families since August, but won’t be released to the public until maybe next month.“We have some kids who worked their tails off and our teachers were amazing,” said Jaime Bahlman, Lamesa school district’s ...