{"id":80627,"date":"2026-10-29T05:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/new-elementary-school-in-texas-named-after-beloved-longtime-school-custodian\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T05:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:55:11","slug":"new-elementary-school-in-texas-named-after-beloved-longtime-school-custodian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/new-elementary-school-in-texas-named-after-beloved-longtime-school-custodian\/","title":{"rendered":"New elementary school in Texas named after beloved longtime school custodian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marilyn Hampton, who regularly bought supplies for and gave rides to children, was honored at public meeting<\/p>\n<p>US schools are often named after presidents, historical figures and civil rights leaders. And soon joining those ranks is a retired longtime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/texas\">Texas<\/a> school custodian known for going above and beyond her duties by buying classroom supplies for children in need and helping students with their assignments.<\/p>\n<p>That heartwarming story centers on Marilyn Hampton, whose former employer of 39 years \u2013 the Aubrey independent school district (AISD) \u2013 recently moved to rename its new elementary school No 5 in her honor.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/oct\/29\/texas-school-custodian-name\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marilyn Hampton, who regularly bought supplies for and gave rides to children, was honored at public meeting US schools are often named after presidents, historical figures and civil rights leaders. And soon joining those ranks is a retired longtime Texas school custodian known for going above and beyond her duties by buying classroom supplies for &#8230; <a title=\"New elementary school in Texas named after beloved longtime school custodian\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/new-elementary-school-in-texas-named-after-beloved-longtime-school-custodian\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about New elementary school in Texas named after beloved longtime school custodian\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}