Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce Finance Director Joe Tant and Port Arthur Education Foundation President Barbara Phillips present a $650,000 check to Port Arthur Independent School District Superintendent Mark Porterie at the PAISD administration building on Jan. 29, 2019. (Special to The News)

Special to The News

Motiva presented a $650,000 check to the Port Arthur Education Foundation last week along with a $250,000 check to Lamar State College Port Arthur. Some $40,000 is dedicated to purchasing security cameras for PAISD schools. Another $200,000 is dedicated for the purchase of two buses with seatbelts and $50,000 is reserved for replacing vehicles damaged by Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey in August 2017.