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| Vacant | Tom Bean ISD; Search by: Tom Bean ISD Board of Trustees & Kelly LuskINFO | Vacant | Montgomery ISD; Search by: Thomposon & Horton LLP - Dr. Mike Moses & David ThompsonINFO | Vacant | Santa Rosa ISD; Search by: O’Hanlon, Demerath & CastilloINFO | Vacant | Uvalde CISD; Search By: Region 20 ESCINFO | Vacant | Fairfield ISD; Search by: Walsh, Gallegos, Trevino, Kyle & Robinson P.C.& Education Consultant Dr. Ann DixonINFO | Vacant | Calvert ISD - Latisha Crockett-Tennell, Interim Superintendent,Calvert ISD; Search by: O’Hanlon, Demerath & CastilloINFO | Vacant | Blooming Grove ISD; Search by: Blooming Grove ISD Board of Trustees & Gary MartelINFO | Vacant | Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco ISD; Search by: O’Hanlon, Demerath & CastilloINFO | Vacant | Carrizo Springs ISD; Search by: O’Hanlon, Demerath & CastilloINFO | Vacant | Sabinal ISD; Search by: Richard W Grill & Sabinal ISD Board of TrusteesINFO | Vacant | Dickinson ISD; Search by: Dickinson ISD Board of TrusteesINFO | Vacant | Muenster ISD; Search by: Impact Education Specialists - Doug Williams, Kevin Worthy, Blake Cooper and Stan SurrattINFO | Vacant | La Gloria ISD; Search by: La Gloria ISD Board of TrusteesINFO | Vacant | Whitney ISD; Search by: Whitney ISD Board of TrusteesINFO | Vacant | Dickinson ISD; Search by: SPALDING NICHOLS LAMP LANGLOISINFO | Vacant |
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| Lone Finalist | Spurger ISD - Jeff Burnthorn, Director,Silsbee ISD; Search by: Dr. Byron Terrier, Exec. Dir. Region 5 ESC (Short Timeline)INFO |
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| Lone Finalist | McAllen ISD - René Gutiérrez, Superintendent,Brownsville ISD; Search by: O’Hanlon, Demerath & CastilloINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Ponder ISD - Dr. James Hill, Director of Operations,Frisco ISD; Search by: Impact Education Specialists - Doug Williams, Kevin Worthy, Blake Cooper and Stan SurrattINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Hale Center ISD - Jance Morris, Superintendent,Savoy ISD; Search by: Region 17 ESC, Kyle Wargo Exec. DirectorINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Rocksprings ISD - Justin Del Bosque, Principal,Georgetown ISD; Search by: Region 15 ESCINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (Deadline Updated); Search by: Thomposon & Horton LLP - Dr. Mike Moses & David ThompsonINFO |
| Lone Finalist | San Angelo ISD - Dr. Christopher Moran, Superintendent,Whitehouse ISD; Search by: Thomposon & Horton LLP - David Thompson & Dr. Mike MosesINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Rotan ISD - Michael Rudewick, Assistant Principal,San Angelo ISD; Search by: Ronnie KincaidINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Johnson City ISD - Ben Eubanks, Superintendent,Glasscock County ISD; Search by: Walsh, Gallegos, Trevino, Kyle & Robinson P.C.& Education Consultant Dr. Ann DixonINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Duncanville ISD - Dr. T. Lamar Goree, Superintendent,Caddo Parish Public Schools; Search by: Thompson & Horton LLP - Dr. Mike Moses & David ThompsonINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Iowa Park CISD - Kevin McCasland, Superintendent,Olton ISD; Search by: Impact Education Specialists - Doug Williams, Kevin Worthy, Blake Cooper and Stan SurrattINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Corrigan-Camden ISD - Mr. Brian Aiken , Assistant Superintendent,Crockett ISD; Search by: Leon|Alcala PLLCINFO |
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| Lone Finalist | Prairiland ISD - Jason Hostetler, Principal,Prairieland ISD; Search by: Prairieland ISD Board of Trustees and Supt. Jeff BallardINFO |
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| Lone Finalist | Mason ISD - Sean Leamon, Superintendent,Winters ISD; Search by: Region 15 ESCINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Normangee ISD - Justin Vercher, Principal,Hillsboro ISD; Search by: N2 Learning, Dr. Eddie Coulson & Dr. Brad Lancaster (Updated Deadline)INFO |
| Lone Finalist | Abilene ISD - Dr. John Kuhn, Superintendent,Mineral Wells ISD; Search by: Leasor Crass, P.CINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Pflugerville ISD - Dr. Quintin Shepherd, Superintendent,Victoria ISD; Search by: Thompson & Horton LLP - Dr. Mike Moses & David ThompsonINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Lufkin ISD - Dr. James Hockenberry, Assistant Superintendent,Longview ISD; Search by: Thompson & Horton LLP - Dr. Mike Moses & David ThompsonINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Willis ISD - Dr. Kimberly James, Deputy Superintendent,Corpus Christi ISD; Search by: Thomposon & Horton LLP - Dr. Mike Moses & David ThompsonINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Panhandle ISD - Dr. John Sherrill, Principal,Archer City ISD; Search by: Panhandle ISD Board of Trustees & Region 16 ESC, Dr. Tanya Larkin, Exec. Dir.INFO |
| Lone Finalist | Claude ISD - Brent Kirkland, Principal,Panhandle ISD; Search by: Claude ISD Board of Trustees & Jody JohnsonINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Lorenzo ISD - Dr. Greg Nelson, Assistant Superintendent,Lamesa ISD; Search by: Region 17 ESC, Kyle Wargo Exec. DirectorINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Wilson ISD - Wesley Jones, Principal,Cross Plains ISD; Search by: Region 17 ESC, Kyle Wargo Exec. DirectorINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Rogers ISD - Duana Brashear, Assistant Superintendent,Royal ISD; Search by: TASB Executive Search ServicesINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Whitehouse ISD - Dr. Casey Whittle, Assistant Superintendent,Wylie ISD; Search by: Thompson & Horton LLP - Dr. Mike Moses & David ThompsonINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Royse City ISD - Dr. Amy Anderson, Interim Superintendent,Royse City ISD; Search by: Thompson & Horton LLP - Dr. Mike Moses, David Thompson & Dr. Curtis CulwellINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Clyde CISD - Bryan Allen, Superintendent,Breckenridge ISD; Search by: TASB Executive Search ServicesINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Valley View ISD - James Womack, Superintendent,Richland Springs ISD; Education Solutions and Services Mike Smith & Letha HopkinsINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Tenaha ISD - Jerrod Campbell, Principal,Timpson ISD; Search by: Tenaha ISD Board of TrusteesINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Elkhart ISD - Kyle Johnson, Assistant Superintendent,Westwood ISD; Search by: Arrow Educational ServicesINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Lumberton ISD - Dr. John Mathews, Assistant Superintendent,Celina ISD; Search by: Arrow Educational ServicesINFO |
| Lone Finalist | Olton ISD - Michael Michaleson, Principal,Lockney ISD; Search by: Region 17 ESC, Kyle Wargo Exec. DirectorINFO |
| New Super | Anton ISD - Freddie Tobias, Principal,Anton ISD; Search by: Region 17 ESC, Kyle Wargo Exec. DirectorINFO |
| New Super | Navarro ISD - Mandy D. Epley, Assistant Superintendent,Comal ISD; Search by: Walsh, Gallegos, Treviño, Kyle & Robinson P.C., & Education Consultant Dr. Sherri BaysINFO |
| New Super | Hedley ISD - Tracey Bell, Principal,Vega ISD; Search by: Hedley ISD Board of Trustees & Region 16 ESC, Nathan Maxwell, Associate Exec. Dir.INFO |
| New Super | Venus ISD - Patrick Torres, Superintendent,Denver City ISD; Search by: TASB Executive Search ServicesINFO |
| New Super | Yantis ISD - Robyn Derington Deputy Supt. Banquete ISD, Deputy Superintendent,Banquete ISD; Search by: Powell Law Group, LLP, Dr. Shaun Barnett (Short Timeline!)INFO |
| New Super | Morton ISD - Mario Aguirre, Principal,Slaton ISD; Search by: Region 17 ESC, Dr. Kyle Wargo, Exec. DirectorINFO |
| New Super | Comfort ISD - Dr. Yvonne J. Munoz, Director,San Diego ISD; Search by: Walsh, Gallegos, Treviño, Kyle & Robinson P.C., & Education Consultant Dr. Ann DixonINFO |
| New Super | Coupland ISD - Dr. Earl W. Parcell, Chief Financial Officer,Copperas Cove ISD; Search by: Walsh, Gallegos, Trevino, Kyle & Robinson P.C.& Education Consultant Dr. Saul HinojosaINFO |
| New Super | Miami ISD - Krista Solis, Superintendent,Hart ISD; Search by: Interim Supt. Steve Post and Miami ISD Board of TrusteesINFO |
| New Super | Liberty-Eylau ISD - Jeff Wright, Interim Superintendent,Liberty-Eylau ISD; Search by: Leasor Crass, P.CINFO |
| New Super | Keller ISD (Short Timeline) - Dr. Tracy Johnson, Chief of Human Resources,Keller ISD; Search by: Leasor Crass, P.CINFO |
| New Super | New Diana ISD - Marshall Moore, Superintendent,Crowell ISD; Search by: TASB Executive Search ServicesINFO |
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Glasscock County ISD - Mallory Marr, Chief Academic Officer,Sweetwater ISD; Search by: CCR Educational Consultants, Dr. Skip Casey, Staci Robertson, & Rod TownsendINFO |
| New Super | Ira ISD - Garrett Luft, Assistant Principal,Lubbock ISD; Search by: CCR Educational Consultants, Dr. Skip Casey, Staci Robertson, & Rod TownsendINFO |
| New Super | Anahuac ISD - Dr. Cody Abshire, Interim Superintendent,Anahuac ISD; Search by: Dr. Byron Terrier, Exec. Dir. Region 5 ESCINFO |
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Pilot Point ISD - Shannon Fuller, Chief Instructional Officer,East Central ISD; Search by: Pilot Point ISD & Abernathy, Roeder, Boyd and Hullett, consultant Karen RueINFO |
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| New Super | New Home ISD - Toby Tucker, Director,ESC 16; Search by: Region 17 ESC, Kyle Wargo Exec. DirectorINFO |
| New Super | Ropes ISD - Dade Cosby, Superintendent,Cross Plains ISD; Search by: Region 17 ESC, Kyle Wargo Exec. DirectorINFO |
| New Super | Rockport-Fulton ISD - Dr. Lesley Austin, Deputy Superintendent,Trinity Basin Prep, Dallas; Search by: Walsh, Gallegos, Trevino, Kyle & Robinson P.C.& Education Consultant Mrs. Charlotte BakerINFO |
| New Super | Sharyland ISD - Elaine Howard, Deputy Superintendent,Boerne ISD; Search by: TASB Executive Search ServicesINFO |
| New Super | Brooks County ISD - Scott Rogers, Superintendent,Brazos ISD; Search by: TASB Executive Search ServicesINFO |
| New Super | Bloomington ISD - Eric Cormier, Principal,Brazos ISD; Search by: TASB Executive Search ServicesINFO |
| New Super | Boerne ISD - Kristin Craft, Associate Superintendent,Spring Branch ISD; Search by: TASB Executive Search ServicesINFO |
| New Super | Brenham ISD - Clay Gillentine, Interim Superintendent,Brenham ISD; Search by: TASB Executive Search ServicesINFO |
| New Super | Goldthwaite CISD - Dr. Christopher Bailey, Director,Abilene ISD; Search by: TASB Executive Search ServicesINFO |
| New Super | Ingleside ISD - Scott Kilgore, Director,Ingleside ISD; Search by: TASB Executive Search ServicesINFO |
| New Super | Woodsboro ISD - Leslie Garza, Principal,Woodsboro ISD; Search by: TASB Executive Search ServicesINFO |
| New Super | Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD - Paige Meloni, Chief Financial Officer,Lewisville ISD; Search by: TASB Executive Search ServicesINFO |
| New Super | Rains ISD - Joe Nicks, Assistant Superintendent,Kaufman ISD; Search by: Arrow Educational ServicesINFO |
| New Super | Kennard ISD - Chad Smith, Interim Superintendent,Kennard ISD; Search by: Arrow Educational ServicesINFO |
| New Super | Presidio ISD - Carmen Rubner, Interim Superintendent,Presidio ISD; Search by: Arrow Educational ServicesINFO |
| New Super | Corsicana ISD - Stephanie Howell, Deputy Superintendent,Corsicana ISD; Search by: TASB Executive Search ServicesINFO |
| New Super | Iraan-Sheffield Collegiate ISD - Gary Laramore, Principal,Balmorhea ISD; Search by: Dr. Nelson Coulter assisted by Collegiate Edu-NationINFO |
| New Super | Henrietta ISD - Jaime Clark, Chief of Schools,Lewisville ISD; Search by: Region 9 ESC, Darren Francis and Kenny MillerINFO |
| New Super | Thorndale ISD - Zach Kleypas, Principal,Pflugerville ISD; Search by: Danny Lovett, Powell Law GroupINFO |
| New Super | City View ISD - Dr. Jesse Thomas, Interim Superintendent,City View ISD; Search by: Region 9 ESC, Darren Francis and Kenny MillerINFO |
| New Super | Pawnee ISD - Anthony Annis, Assistant Principal,San Antonio ISD; Search by: TASB Executive Search ServicesINFO |
| New Super | Windthorst ISD - Jason Nolan, Principal,Burkburnett ISD; Search by: Region 9 ESC, Darren Francis and Kenny MillerINFO |
| New Super | Perryton ISD - Greg Brown, Superintendent,Claude ISD; Search by: Perryton ISD Board of Trustees & Region 16 ESC, Dr. Tanya Larkin, Exec. Dir.INFO |
| New Super | Gold-Burg ISD - Jonathan Lloyd, Principal,Detroit ISD; Search by: Region 9 ESC, Darren Francis and Kenny MillerINFO |
| New Super | West Hardin Co. CISD - Donald Heseman, Principal,Clyde ISD; Search by: Dr. Byron Terrier, Exec. Dir. Region 5 ESCINFO |
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Several middle school students at Keefer Crossing Middle School were hospitalized Tuesday afternoon after ingesting THC-laced gummies, according to officials with New Caney Independent School District. The seven students were taken to Texas Children’s Hospital and Kingwood Hospital.
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Copperas Cove ISD approves $175 million bond proposal for May election
Copperas Cove Independent School District has put out a $175 million bond for voters to decide on in the May election.
CCISD superintendent Dr. Joe Burns says this is the first bond proposal passed like this in nearly 20 years ago.
The district anticipates student growth and wants to plan for the future.
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Marshall ISD to hold back-to-back meetings Thursday
The Marshall ISD school board will host a special meeting on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. and immediately after host the district’s regular agenda review meeting at noon.
During the special meeting, trustees will consider a number of items regarding the 2024 May election, including potential approval of a joint election agreement with the City of Marshall as well as a contract for election services through Harrison County.
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Lee Fedora not among finalist for Navasota ISD coaching vacancy
Navasota ISD is expected to name a new athletic director and head football coach next Monday and News 3 Sports has learned it will be either Jordan Gill, the current offensive coordinator at Gunter, or Trey Allen who has been the head football coach at Kirbyville High School the last three years.
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Prairiland ISD Superintendent Announces Retirement
The Paris News is reporting that Prairiland ISD Superintendent Jeff Ballard is retiring at the end of the school year. Ballard has been an educator for 37 years. He began his career as a teacher and coach with the Detroit ISD in 1987 and began his stint at Prairiland in 1993.
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Five things to know about Denton ISD’s latest red-hot growth report
The fourth-quarter growth report is in for Denton ISD, and the picture is dramatic. The same week that a number of districts are either preparing to shutter campuses or discuss closures in Fort Worth, Irving and Plano, demographer Bob Templeton, the vice president of the school district segment at Zonda Education, told Denton ISD leaders to brace for impact.
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Student detained after handgun was found at Ponderosa Elementary School, Spring ISD says
A handgun was recovered at an elementary school's campus on Tuesday, according to the Spring Independent School District.
The incident happened at Ponderosa Elementary School in northwest Harris County.
In an email sent to parents, district officials said the campus was placed on a brief "secure" hold after the gun was found by one of the campus police officers.
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Tioga ISD trying to fix financial issues with upcoming bond election
On Wednesday, Tioga ISD approved a bond election for May 4th to try to right the ship after falling into financial trouble thanks to past mistakes. Tioga ISD Superintendent Josh Ballinger says the problem started back in 2016. “We’ve been paying out of our operations, the payment for this high school that we’re standing in,” Ballinger said. The school district is paying off the lease bonds it used to finance the high school.
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Austin ISD Has Cleared Its Evaluation Backlog for Special Ed Students
Austin’s public school system has cleared a major hurdle in its goal to keep control of its special education services. At its meeting on Feb. 8, the board of trustees announced that the district has cleared the backlog in evaluations for students requesting the services, the problem that caused the state to threaten to take over the district’s special ed department last year.
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2nd-grader disciplined after bringing knife to school and threatening classmate, New Caney ISD says
A New Caney Independent School District father wants to know why other parents were not informed about a second-grader who brought a knife to school to threaten his son. On Tuesday, Brandon Farris told Eyewitness News his 7-year-old son was the target of the threat allegedly made by the armed classmate. "We got a phone call (Monday) that a kid brought a knife to school and a ring, and he was going to stab my son and give the ring to my son's girlfriend because he liked her," Farris explained. "They didn't tell any classmates, any parents. They told me they wanted to keep it on the down low."
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Midland ISD names new executive director of athletics
Midland Independent School District announced Tuesday that they hired from within to fill their executive director of athletics position, and it's former Athletic Director Wesley Torres.
Torres has been in the Tall City for over a decade, beginning with his time as the girls basketball coach and girls athletic coordinator at Midland High School. Torres detailed some of the best parts of the athletic department at MISD and his personal leadership style.
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Bandera ISD embarks on the four-day work week experiment
More than 2,000 students will have a shorter school week as another school is moving to a four-day school week.
Bandera ISD says that the four-day week is a one-year plan. The school day will be extended by 10 minutes in the morning and 25 minutes in the afternoon.
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Dallas ISD recognized for inaugural Dallas County Economic Mobility Award
The Commit Partnership has awarded Dallas ISD the inaugural Dallas County Economic Mobility Award in recognition of outstanding efforts in preparing students for college and career success. The award underscores Dallas ISD’s commitment to equipping students with the necessary skills and resources to thrive in post-secondary education and secure well-paying jobs upon high school graduation.
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Lufkin ISD school board discusses employee compensation for closure in January
The Lufkin ISD school board held a workshop on Tuesday to discuss compensation for employees who missed work due to the weather closure on Jan. 16. Lufkin ISD Assistant Superintendent for Administrative Services Daniel Spikes said all employees will receive payment for the Jan. 16 school closure.
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Elon Musk wants to move SpaceX’s incorporation from Delaware to Texas
Delaware is traditionally where many of the United States' biggest businesses are incorporated for legal and tax purposes SpaceX wants to move its business incorporation location from Delaware to Texas, according to a Wednesday filing to the Texas Secretary of State. The move by the Elon Musk-owned company comes after a Delaware state judge struck down Musk's 2018 Tesla pay package, siding with a shareholder who had challenged it as excessive. Delaware is traditionally where many of the United States' biggest businesses are incorporated for legal and tax purposes. It is seen as a desirable place to seek approval for mergers and litigate disputes, and doesn't levy sales tax or tax on profits from intellectual property. The Delware court's ruling could potentially wipe out more than $51 billion of Musk's assets, barring any outcomes from an appeal. In the aftermath, Musk said he would move his business incorporations out of the state.
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Corsicana ISD superintendent Dr. Frost announces retirement
Corsicana ISD Superintendent Dr. Diane Frost announced that she will retire during Monday evening’s Board of Trustees Workshop meeting. Her retirement will be effective this summer, she said.
Dr. Frost was named the lone finalist for the CISD Superintendent role in April of 2010, when she succeeded Corsicana native Don Denbow.
Under her guide, CISD opened a new middle school, saw attendance grow by almost 10%, and in the last year earned the state-wide H-E-B Excellence in Education Small District of the Year award and had the Board of Trustees named Outstanding School Board of the Year by the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA).
In 2015, Dr. Frost was named Region 12 Superintendent of the Year.
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Austin students prepare for their next ‘big step’ as first-time voters ahead of Texas primary
Wearing a green t-shirt with "vote, vote, vote, vote, vote," in big block letters across the front, Susana Carranza stood in front of a 12th-grade social studies class at Anderson High School in northwest Austin.
Carranza is chair of First Vote!, a free program from the League of Women Voters Austin Area that educates high schoolers about voting. The nonpartisan group has been visiting high schools in the Austin area ahead of the Feb. 5 voter registration deadline for the March primary elections to help eligible students register to vote.
The students sat at desks arranged in circles as Carranza started the presentation by telling them their vote matters. Then, she wanted to know what issues are important to them.
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Texas A&M students and faculty in Qatar slam decision to close Middle East campus
Professors and students on the Doha campus are devastated by the Board of Regents’ sudden decision to shutter the school by 2028. Students and faculty at Texas A&M University’s Qatar branch are slamming the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents' abrupt decision last week to wind down the Doha campus after more than two decades. At a Texas A&M faculty senate meeting Monday, several professors from Qatar called for more answers and a clear transition plan for staff and students there, many of whom they say are devastated by the decision. “Our students can't understand how local Texan politics can unilaterally determine a weighty decision about a very successful campus that excels in education without any discussion or negotiation,” Brittany Bounds, a history professor at the Qatar campus, said at the meeting.She noted the move is especially confusing to the campus community since the school renewed its contract with the state-run Qatar Foundation in 2021, extending the teaching agreement for another 10 years.
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Houston police investigating motive of woman killed after opening fire at Joel Osteen’s megachurch
Authorities identified the gunwoman as Genesse Ivonne Moreno. The 7-year-old accompanying her remains in critical condition after also being shot. Several law enforcement agencies are actively investigating the motives behind a Sunday shooting at pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, which has one of the nation’s largest congregations. The shooter, a woman who police identified as 36-year-old Genesse Ivonne Moreno, was fatally shot by off-duty officers. No one else at the church died. Moreno entered the church at 1:55 p.m. Sunday wearing a trench coat and a backpack and carrying an AR-15-style rifle, police said. Officers said they are still investigating how Moreno obtained the gun. A 7-year-old child, believed to be Moreno's biological son, accompanied her into the church.
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Lubbock residents have long dreamed of cheaper electricity. Will Texas’ open market deliver?
LUBBOCK — For nearly 25 years, much of Texas’ population have lived in a city that participates in the state’s open energy marketplace. But not the residents of Lubbock, who have been serviced exclusively by one electric company — Lubbock Power & Light, the city’s municipal provider. For more than a decade, residents have desperately wanted an open market, sharing their dissatisfaction with their bills. Residents now have what they long wished for — Lubbock’s electric market is open. For several weeks leading up to the switch, which takes place Thursday, provider fairs have become the manifestation of the state’s energy marketplace. The city has hosted rows and rows of energy companies at the Lubbock Civic Center. With each one, dozens of smiling salespeople greeted residents with brochures, sweepstake prizes and promises of free nights of electricity and other deals to save big bucks. The Texas Tribune thanks its sponsors. Become one.
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Boy injured in Lakewood Church shooting not enrolled in school; CPS investigation underway
A 7-year-old boy shot in the head at Lakewood Church on Sunday suffered developmental and physical disabilities, court records show, and was not enrolled in public school, according to Conroe ISD officials. Genesse Ivonne Moreno, 36, allegedly brought her son with her to the church Sunday afternoon when she walked into a hallway and began firing an AR-style rifle, Houston police said. Moreno was shot and killed by police officers who were working security jobs at the church. The boy and a 57-year-old man were wounded in the exchange. It's unclear who shot them. Moreno’s former mother-in-law Rabbi Walli Carranza, said on Facebook her grandson had suffered a brain injury in the shooting and was "clinging to life" at Texas Children's Hospital.
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Texas Public Policy Foundation Announces Legislative Priorities for 2025
As preparations for the 2025 legislative session begin, the Texas Public Policy Foundation has announced its priorities that include ending taxpayer-funded lobbying, expanding school choice, securing the Texas-Mexico border, and several additional policy issues for the next two years. “Texas serves as a model and a beacon for the rest of the country to maximize individual liberty, promote a vibrant and growing economy, and ensure safe and secure communities,” said TPPF CEO Greg Sindelar in the announcement. While recent legislative sessions have made tremendous progress, vigilance remains the price of freedom. From border security to low taxes, health care to education, Texans must not rest in making our state the freest and most prosperous place on Earth. TPPF’s legislative agenda again takes an aggressive approach to improving the lives of all Texans.
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Cy-Fair ISD board skirts vote on hiring school chaplains by affirming volunteer policy
Nearing the five-hour mark of Monday's board meeting, the Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Board of Trustees voted to affirm their existing chaplain volunteer policy, opting out of a vote on whether to adopt a policy of employing chaplains. With a conservative super-majority of 6-1, it was a surprising decision for many community members who were anticipating that the board would approve a policy employing chaplains. Some members were so concerned, some in the group Cypress Families for Public Schools organized an effort to speak out against the policy, printing out U.S. History-themed signs for parents to hold up during the meeting reading: “Don’t mess with our parental rights” and “Don’t mess with religious freedom.” The board, which includes some new members, had only two weeks left to take a record vote on the measure before the law's March 1 deadline. Senate Bill 763 allows school districts to open a chaplain position in their schools and pay them through the safety and security allotment from the state.
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Texas laws likely wouldn’t have stopped suspected Lakewood shooter from buying gun, expert says
Despite a history of arrests and misdemeanor convictions, Texas state law likely allowed alleged Lakewood Church shooter Genesse Moreno to purchase guns, experts said. Moreno, 36, allegedly fired an AR-style rifle and was also carrying a .22-caliber rifle when she walked into Joel Osteen’s megachurch on Sunday afternoon and began shooting, according to police. Two off-duty officers working security shot and killed Moreno. Her 7-year-old son and a 57-year-old man were wounded in the exchange.
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North East ISD trustees vote not to allow the use of chaplains as mental health volunteers
The North East Independent School District board of trustees voted Monday against creating a policy that would allow chaplains to be used as mental health volunteers across the district.
Senate Bill 763, one of the hundreds of state laws that went into effect last year, gives districts the option of allowing chaplains to provide mental health services to students.
Chaplains who are employed or are volunteering are not required to be certified by the State Board for Educator Certification.
The law also requires every school board in the state to vote on whether or not they will allow chaplains to serve as counselors by March 1.
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A Texas State Board of Education candidate is running as a Republican and a Democrat
As Central Texas voters prepare for the March 5 primaries, they may notice something a bit unusual about a local State Board of Education race: one candidate's name appears on both the Republican and Democratic primary election ballots. D.C. Caldwell is a local educator running to represent District 10 on the State Board of Education. He's branded himself a "fusion" candidate, seeking the nominations of the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian and Green parties.
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‘Difficult month’: Wylie ISD mourns loss of 2 students, 1 former student in January incidents
WYLIE, Texas — The Wylie Independent School District is mourning the deaths of two students and a former student that happened in January, officials told WFAA on Tuesday. The deaths happened in separate incidents; two teens were killed in a shooting in Garland, and another teen died of an overdose, officials said. A Wylie ISD spokesperson confirmed to WFAA that Chance Stovall, a student at Wylie East High School, died of an overdose. School officials said Stovall's death happened outside of Wylie and Collin County, but more details were not released.
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North Texas school districts facing challenges making budgets add up
Fort Worth ISD announced it will lay off staff members amid a budget crunch. For school districts across North Texas, the math isn't adding up -- and budgets are falling short. Fort Worth ISD announced it will lay off some staff members, Dallas ISD said it will cut duplicate and under-enrolled programs, Richardson ISD is facing a "significant deficit" and Plano ISD has formed a committee to examine whether it needs to close some schools. "It's definitely at what I would say is at a crisis moment," said Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde. "I definitely think that all of our school districts are in similar situations financially."
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Despite ties to defendants, Texas Supreme Court justice didn’t recuse himself from sex abuse case
In 2022, the Texas Supreme Court declined to kill a high-profile sex abuse lawsuit against former Southern Baptist Convention leader Paul Pressler and his longtime law partner, Jared Woodfill.
For Justice John Devine, the case involved some familiar names: Years before taking the bench, he had worked at Woodfill and Pressler’s small Houston law firm. In fact, Devine’s tenure at the firm overlapped with the time that the plaintiff, a former employee of the firm, was allegedly molested by Pressler.
Two other justices, who previously worked for the law firm representing the plaintiff, recused themselves. Devine didn’t — and instead dissented from the court’s 5-2 decision that allowed the suit to go forward after a challenge to its statute of limitations.
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Rural Texans, internet providers worry that feds’ broadband expansion plan will have a painfully slow rollout
A historic $3.3 billion federal investment in broadband could connect millions of Texans to the internet. But getting the money to the right hands could be a challenge.Texas is poised to receive more than $3.3 billion in federal money to fund a dramatic expansion of broadband, a historic investment in a state where 7 million residents lack high-speed internet connection. But distributing that money appropriately and efficiently is a formidable challenge, especially for a relatively new state office still trying to build up a staff that will oversee the work. And internet providers say they are simultaneously hopeful and skeptical about whether the incoming federal dollars will be enough to connect the most underserved Texans. Historically, other federal rural broadband funding programs have seen limited success because many companies who committed to providing broadband went into default after radically underestimating the costs to deploy broadband infrastructure in far-flung regions. Rural communities that have the greatest needs worry they will continue to be left behind.
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Texas sets record for grid-scale solar power, ranks third in residential rooftop solar
The Texas electricity market is basking in the power of utility-scale and commercial and residential rooftop solar installations, which are carrying a greater burden of the state's electricity needs.
Solar farms set a record Tuesday for the amount of electricity they provided to the grid operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas – 16,668 megawatts, enough to power more than 3.3 million homes in the state during periods of peak demand.
The production smashed the previous record set at the end of January by more than 10,000 megawatts, according to Grid Status, which collects data from power grids across the country. Last year, Texas surpassed California as the state with the most solar installed on its dominant power grid.
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US Senators Cruz and Cornyn Split on Ukraine Funding Package
The legislation provides no funding to combat the invasion at the southern border. Over the objection of conservative members, the United States Senate passed a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.
Sen. John Cornyn joined most Democrats and 21 Republicans in voting to pass the package. Sen. Ted Cruz, meanwhile, voted against the measure.
Cruz expressed concern that the measure included no funding for border security along the U.S. southern border, which has been a sticking point for the House.
“It is important that Israel eradicates Hamas, that Taiwan remains resilient against China’s threats, and that Ukraine defeats Russia. I have consistently supported providing aid to ensure these allies are strong,” said Cruz.
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Aldine: AISDPD’s Commander Marc Harris Graduates From Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Homeland Security Academy
The Aldine ISD Police Department proudly announces that Commander Marc Harris recently received a Certificate of Graduation from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) upon completing the Homeland Security Leadership Academy (HSLA) conducted at FLETC, Brunswick, GA.
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Dallas ISD students get certified security licenses through school program
Five Molina High School students are the first in the Dallas Independent School District to become fully certified security officers licensed by the state's Department of Public Safety. It's an addition to the school's Law Enforcement Pathway class. In class, Jonathan Wright reviewed how to scan and survey a potentially dangerous scene properly. At 18, he's already a licensed Level II security guard. Over the weekend, he worked his first paid assignment for a private security company. "It's very exciting, it's fun, it's very different from any other job that you experience," said Wright. He said it was the classes at Molina High that made him ready. "I was the youngest security guard there by a long shot," he said. "But I know just as much as them, so I feel that this class has well prepared me for that field."
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College Station ISD School Board Receives Transportation Department Update
The February 7th special meeting of the College Station ISD school board, after the decision was made to call a bond election for this May, included a one hour update about the district’s transportation department. Director Hector Silva went through a 46 page report that covered:
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