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for their students,” she said.

Depending on the agreement with the par-ticular school districts, high school students in the La Marque, Hitch-cock, Santa Fe, Texas City, Dickinson and Clear Creek school dis-tricts can enroll in a col-lege-level course either at their high school or at one of the college’s two campuses, Lewis said.

While the numbers al-ready are growing, Lew-is said the college will continue to reach out to students to get more to enroll in the courses.

Statewide, almost 753,000 students were enrolled in community colleges in the fall of 2011, according to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Enrollment dropped by about 20,000 in 2012, ac-cording to the latest data available from the board.

Galveston College’s

official Fall 2013 enroll-ment was 2,131. That is about 60 students fewer than were enrolled in Fall 2012 and about 100 fewer than the college had a decade ago.

But Galveston Col-lege spokesman Joe Huff said enrollment has increased this se-mester with the begin-ning of second-start classes. He said he hopes enrollment will continue an upward trend.

“We feel good about where we are,” Huff said.

Galveston College, just like the rest of the city, continues to measure its recovery to Hurricane

Ike in 2008, he said.Losing 10,000 resi-

dents in the city after the storm was going to have an effect on college enrollment, he said.

As the college heads toward its 50th anni-versary in the 2016-17 school year, Huff said the college was hoping to increase enrollment.

With the college’s new Charley Thomas Fam-ily Applied Technol-ogy Center, even more students will be able to take applied technology classes, he said.

“We are hoping to reach about 2,500 as we head toward that mile-stone,” he said.

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support squad buses.The new facility also

would feature a two-story field house that would house the dis-trict’s athletic offices.

There also would be

room for a yet-to-be planned multipurpose arena and performing arts center should the district — and voters — approve construction.

During this after-noon’s school board meeting, trustees also will get design updates

for the reconstruction of McWhirter Elementary as well as the expansion of the Westside agricul-ture/livestock barn.

Contact Mainland Editor T.J. Aulds at 409-683-5334 or tjaulds@galvnews.com.

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By the numbersCollege of the Mainland enrollment

Fall 2013.....................................................................................................................................4,190Fall 2012.....................................................................................................................................4,010Fall 2003.....................................................................................................................................3,919Largest enrollment in the past 10 years ...........................................Fall 2010 with 4,352

Galveston College enrollmentFall 2013.....................................................................................................................................2,131Fall 2012.....................................................................................................................................2,193Fall 2003.....................................................................................................................................2,240Largest enrollment in the past 10 years ..........................................Fall 2004, with 2,352

SOURCES: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Galveston College and College of the Mainland

largest city in Galves-ton County. The city’s population grew by al-most 85 percent from 2000 to 2010, according to census data, and the city is about 47 percent developed. According to the city’s budget, League City’s population grew from 45,400 in 2000 to 83,560 in 2010 and was estimated to reach 90,000 this year.

“It’s been a challenge,” Goudie said in discuss-ing the increase in the number of calls. “We are fortunate that we have a lot of highly dedicated individual citizens that are committed to volun-teering.”

Goudie said he hoped to increase the volunteer force by about 10 per-cent.

To become a volunteer, Goudie said residents must apply, go through an interview, a background check and a physical clearance before attend-ing the 15-week academy. Once a cadet makes it through the academy, he or she is then voted in by the fire department

members, he said.The department had

on open house Satur-day at Station 5 because that is the area where new volunteers are most needed, Goudie said.

Station 5, which opened in 2004, is the newest in the city and it is in the area of the city

where calls for services are increasing the most, he said.

“That’s our biggest fo-cus in our area of need right now,” Goudie said.

Contact reporter Christo-pher Smith Gonzalez at 409-683-5314 or chris.gonzalez@galvnews.com.

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At a glanceWHAT: League City’s volunteer fire depart-ment is looking for new volunteers.HOW TO APPLY: Those interested can fill out an application at http://www.leaguecity.com/index.aspx?NID=2139 or call 281-554-1465REQUIREMENTS:

» Be at least 18 years old; » Live within the city

limits of League City; » Fill out an application; » Go through a back-

ground check, pass a physical and complete an interview; » Attend the volunteer

academy; and » No beards are allowed

because of the breath-ing apparatus

Photos by KEVIN M. COX/The Daily NewsThe League City Volunteer Fire Department held an open house at Station No. 5 in League City on Saturday. ABOVE: Memorial Hermann Flight Paramedic Garret Bubela gives chil-dren a tour of the Life Flight 6 helicopter. BELOW: Bryce Wells, 6, sits inside Engine 5.

KEVIN M. COX/The Daily NewsCollege of the Mainland’s enrollment for the fall semester is 4,190, an increase of 180 students from last year. Students in the COM Fire Academy participate in a lecture on Friday afternoon.

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