Chilton student competes in Middle College Bioscience Program

Fifty-four area high school students completed the Texas Bioscience Institute Middle College program at Temple College this year, officials announced.

The TBI Middle College program is a partnership between Temple College and area high schools that allows qualified students to enroll in rigorous Science, Technology, and Math-focused dual credit coursework in their junior and senior years of high school, according to a news release. Fifty-one of the students completing the TBI program this year also will receive either an associate of science degree from Temple College.

The students who completed the TBI program this year represent 10 Central Texas high schools as well as home-schooled students, but only Dillion McCord, of Chilton High School, represented Falls County. McCord plans to attend the University of North Texas.