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Weekend Insider: Class Sizes, Groundwater Limits

In this episode of the Texas Tribune Weekend Insider, we look at growing elementary class sizes and limits on groundwater use in West Texas.

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In this edition of the Texas Tribune Weekend Insider: Texas elementary school classes are getting bigger while the number of educators is getting smaller. Morgan Smith looks at how teachers are trying to manage. And Kate Galbraith visits West Texas, where some farmers are frustrated with restrictions put on their groundwater use.

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