Fifty-five El Paso Independent School District employees are losing their jobs after the board of trustees took a series of votes Monday to terminate their contracts for the 2026-27 school year  The vote was the final step needed to lay off dozens of employees, including teachers, instructional coaches and social workers, who received notices last week informing them their positions were identified for elimination as part of a reduction in force   “Today is just one of the most difficult days we’ll ever have as trustees,” board President Leah Hanany said during a news conference after the meeting. “We know that what we’re doing is making a very concerted and valiant, to be frank, effort to align our budget to what needs of kids are in the classrooms. This board has been so committed to doing that work.”   Hanany said other at-will positions that don’t require contracts may still be cut by the district’s administration without going to the board for a vote, but did not say how many could be impacted or when the decision will be made. view article

Counselors could be among the areas impacted by Austin ISD’s proposed budget cuts as the district works to close a projected $181 million budget deficit. District documents show Austin ISD is considering changes to counselor staffing ratios that are expected to save more than $2 million. The proposal also includes eliminating portions of two currently vacant counseling and mental health positions. view article

As school districts draw up budget plans for the upcoming school year, San Antonio’s largest school district will likely place pay raises in the hands of voters. For months, Northside Independent School District officials have hinted at a voter approval-tax rate election, or VATRE, in November. VATREs increase tax rates on the maintenance and operation side, unlocking extra dollars a school district can use on day-to-day costs like pay, student programs and utilities. view article

With less than a month left in the financial year, the Austin Independent School District’s 2025-26 budget deficit has swelled to $95 million. The newly announced deficit will cause the district to dig into reserves, eating up more than half of its savings, officials announced at a school board meeting Thursday. view article

Temple ISD has announced the newest principal of Travis Science Academy. The district announced that Ryan Mann was approved as the next Principal of the campus by the Board of Trustees at a meeting this June. Mann currently serves as an assistant principal at Hutto Middle School in Hutto, according to Temple ISD. He has also served as a science teacher and robotics teacher at Hutto ISD. view article

Today (June 11) during a special-called meeting, the Lubbock Independent School District (Lubbock ISD) Board of Trustees named Loren Henderson as the next principal of Nat Williams Elementary School for the 2026-2027 academic year. Henderson fills the role following the retirement of Suzanne McCall at the end of the 2025-2026 school year. The district has also launched a facility naming recommendation webpage to allow the community to submit recommendations for namesakes for the three new elementary school campuses being constructed in the next two years. view article

A new leader will take the reins at Temple ISD's Kennedy-Powell STEM Academy this upcoming school year. TISD has announced that Mayra Bolivar has been approved as the new Principal of Kennedy-Powell by the Board of Trustees. view article

A former Randolph High School volleyball coach who was hired to lead Cedar Creek's volleyball program in Bastrop Independent School District will no longer join the district after her arrest on a felony charge alleging an improper relationship with a student. view article

Declining enrollment and mounting financial pressures are forcing El Paso ISD to eliminate nearly 250 positions across the district, according to a notice filed with the Texas Workforce Commission. The district notified state workforce officials it plans to reduce its workforce by approximately 249 employees as part of an effort to align staffing levels with projected enrollment, available funding and long-term financial sustainability goals. The layoffs are expected to take effect around June 19. view article

The Temple Independent School District introduced new, experienced faces to district campuses during a board meeting Monday, June 8. The district hired James Clow, current assistant principal at Copperas Cove High School, as the next assistant principal at Travis Science Academy, an IB World School. view article

Beaumont ISD leaders are trying to rebuild and recruit as the district works to fill at least 100 teaching positions, with Superintendent Sandi Massey saying weekly job fairs throughout June are part of a new hiring push. “We’re going to do every Wednesday throughout June to try to get as many people in as possible opportunities to get jobs,” Massey said. view article

The El Paso Independent School District has begun notifying employees that their positions have been cut, according to the El Paso Teachers Association. The El Paso Teachers Association said some of its members told the organization they started getting notifications on Tuesday night that they were on a list being taken to the school board next week. view article

Waco ISD has announced new leadership at four campuses across the district for the upcoming school year. The district has announced Dr. Monica Green as Principal of Tennyson Middle School, Thia Johnson-Allen as Principal of Brook Avenue Elementary School, Anthony Baney as Principal of Bell's Hill Elementary School and Bradley Knox as Principal of West Avenue Elementary School. view article

A 24-year-old coach at Clarendon ISD is on leave after he was accused of having an improper relationship with a student, a news outlet reports. Izaiah Kelley faces a second-degree felony count of improper relationship between an educator and student, according to an article by the Clarendon Enterprise.  Kelley surrendered to authorities on June 4 and was booked into custody on a charge of Improper Relationship Between an Educator and a student, a second-degree felony under Texas law. He appeared June 5 for an arraignment hearing before a Donley County justice of the peace. view article

As a budget shortfall and lagging public school funding loom in Arlington ISD, the district’s teachers and staff will not see a pay raise in the next year. Arlington ISD school board members voted unanimously to bolster some employee benefits, but did not approve increases in pay Thursday night. view article

According to the district, administrators received information on Thursday that alleged a teacher was having an inappropriate relationship with a student involving "grooming behavior" and possible physical contact. Broaddus ISD immediately notified the proper law enforcement authorities so they could investigate the allegations. The teacher is no longer employed by Broaddus ISD. view article

The former Wylie ISD assistant principal who was arrested for soliciting prostitution from a minor is now facing an additional charge, police announced on Friday. 32-year-old Zachary Neu was arrested on June 4 and charged with soliciting prostitution from a minor. Neu was an assistant principal at Wylie East High School prior to his arrest. view article

We are learning an arrest has been made in Goliad County involving Daniel San Miguel, a former officer with the Refugio Police Department. According to DPS, San Miguel faces charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child and official oppression.

Zachary Neu was an assistant principal at Wylie East High School, the campus under fire for allowing an “unauthorized” Islamic group to hand out religious materials. A now-former principal in the Wylie Independent School District was arrested for allegedly offering an underage student alcohol and lingerie in exchange for sex.  Zachary Christian Neu, 32, was arrested June 4 and charged with compelling prostitution of a child under the age of 18, a first-degree felony.   A statement from the Wylie Police Department referred to Neu as a “former” assistant principal at Wylie East High School.   According to police, the investigation began following a report that Neu was communicating inappropriately with a recent 2026 Wylie East graduate. view article

Chandler Price has taught middle school in Spring Branch ISD since 2023. view article

The principal at Wylie East High School resigned following backlash from a “Why Islam” event that occurred at the school in February. Tiffany Doolan, who had worked for Wylie ISD for 19 years, notified the district of her resignation on May 26. In a statement, the district said Doolan had been a victim of targeted online attacks and public hostility. Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article315980222.html#storylink=cpy view article

A new transparency tool created by the Texas Education Agency reveals an alarming number of the state’s educators are committing crimes.  The state’s new Educator Misconduct Reporting Dashboard displays data on reports submitted to the TEA from various sources—including fingerprint-based criminal history alerts from the Texas Department of Public Safety and the FBI.   Dashboard data for the first eight months of the 2026 fiscal year, from September 2025 through April 2026, shows 17,060 criminal history alerts. That’s an average of 2,133 Texas school employees every month who are arrested or have their criminal records updated.  In fiscal 2025, the monthly average was 1,938, with a total of 23,257 criminal history updates for the year. view article

Wylie ISD has received and accepted the resignation of Wylie East High School Principal Tiffany Doolan. Mrs. Doolan notified the district on May 26 of her decision to step down after 19 years of service to Wylie ISD students, staff, and families. For the past four months, Wylie East High School and Wylie ISD have faced significant public attention following the Feb. 2, 2026, “Why Islam” incident at the school. From the beginning, the district acknowledged that the situation should never have occurred and that serious mistakes were made. The district, Board of Trustees, and campus leadership publicly apologized, accepted responsibility for the procedural failure, and took immediate action to address the matter. Corrective measures were implemented, and procedures were strengthened to help prevent such a situation from happening again.  Wylie ISD has consistently stated that the district does not promote religion, politics, or ideology and strongly believes those matters belong between students and their families. Wylie ISD also rejects any claim that the district was dishonest or misleading regarding the events of Feb. 2. The district has communicated transparently with Wylie East parents, the community, and the media throughout this matter. Assertions that the district intentionally promoted a religion, attempted to hide facts, or failed to address the matter are false. view article

In a new agenda item for an upcoming “Special Board Meeting,” El Paso Independent School District’s Board of Trustees listed the campuses that will be affected by the possible 400 job cuts as the district is facing a $52.8 million budget deficit. view article

As the Austin Independent School District works to reduce a projected multimillion-dollar budget deficit, some employees are learning that their jobs may be on the line. The district has entered its budget planning process facing a projected $181 million shortfall for the upcoming fiscal year. District leaders said a series of cost-saving measures has reduced that gap to approximately $4 million, but those efforts could still result in staffing cuts. view article

Chandler Price has taught middle school in Spring Branch ISD since 2023.  The board of trustees made the unanimous decision on Monday, nullifying Chandler Samuel Lee Price’s school contract without pay.  Online records show Price has worked for Spring Branch ISD since the 2023-24 school year and has held a Texas teaching certificate for English since the 2023 school year.  Price was arrested and charged earlier this month for possession of child pornography, the term used in Texas law for child sexual abuse material.  A charging document states that the material depicted the sexual assault of a child younger than 10 years of age, making the crime a first-degree felony punishable by up to life in prison.  According to a probable cause affidavit, Price exchanged messages with a co-defendant in Ohio whom he told authorities he was “dating over the phone.” view article

Fort Worth ISD is reassigning a principal days after news of her hire attracted backlash from conservative groups online.  The district earlier this week announced Shayma Alzubi as the new principal of Western Hills High School. The announcement – which featured a photo of Alzubi, who wears a hijab – was circulated by the far-right account Libs of TikTok alongside screenshots showing Alzubi supporting Black Lives Matter, Palestinians and immigrants. The account also encouraged followers to contact the district’s superintendent.  Fort Worth ISD later removed its post. The district confirmed Alzubi has been reassigned pending an internal investigation, but did not provide further details.  In a statement, Fort Worth ISD said it determined her social media posts "may not align" with district policy and "expectations for staff." view article

Religious leaders, community activists and teachers called on Fort Worth ISD to reinstate a Muslim educator reassigned from her newly appointed role as principal after the announcement of her hire drew online backlash.   FWISD announced Shayma Alzubi as Western Hills High School’s new principal in late May, but reassigned her from the role after screenshots of Alzubi’s social media that were circulated online indicated her support of the Black Lives Matter movement, Palestinians and immigrants.   Alzubi, an assistant principal at Southwest High School, now faces an investigation after the district determined the posts may not align with the district’s social media policy and expectations for staff, Louis Kushner, chief of staff, said in a May 26 statement.   Our district leaders, educators and staff will not inject personal political perspectives into classrooms,” Kushner wrote.  view article

CAIR blames bigotry against Muslims for the backlash and the district's reaction.  Muslim woman has been reassigned after only one week as a high school principal after troubling posts on social media were brought to the attention of the Texas school district.  The Fort Worth Independent School District said Tuesday that Shayma Alzubi was removed as the principal of Western Hills High School pending an investigation into the posts.  Alzubi, who has a decade of experience in education, allegedly posted messages on Facebook defending Sharia law as well as the Black Lives Matter movement. view article

A new principal in the Fort Worth Independent School District has been reassigned amid controversy over old social media posts. view article

Fort Worth ISD is reassigning a principal days after news of her hire attracted backlash from conservative groups online. The district earlier this week announced Shayma Alzubi as the new principal of Western Hills High School. The announcement – which featured a photo of Alzubi, who wears a hijab – was circulated by the far-right account Libs of TikTok alongside screenshots showing Alzubi supporting Black Lives Matter, Palestinians and immigrants. The account also encouraged followers to contact the district’s superintendent. view article

Wylie ISD has accepted the resignation of a high school principal after controversy struck one of the district’s campuses on Feb. 2. Wylie East High School Principal Tiffany Doolan told the district on May 26 that she would step down after 18 years with the district. view article

Corpus Christi ISD announced leadership changes at two elementary schools for the 2026-27 school year on May 28. Amanda Vasquez-Kotch will lead Berlanga Elementary School next year. Vasquez-Kotch is currently principal of Kostoryz Elementary School, but the campus is closing before next year due to district school consolidation view article

Regents of the University of North Texas System approved dozens of tenure applications, without public discussion, as part of their recent quarterly meeting.  The tenure applications cover all UNT institutions, with the bulk coming from the main campus in Denton. Supporting documents for these applications covered more than 30 percent of the 155-page agenda book for the meeting.  The applications were passed on the consent agenda. Consent agendas are a tool designed to allow governmental bodies to quickly move through non-controversial items but are frequently abused to hide controversial measures.  Texas Scorecard performed a basic search on these applications and found several with backgrounds in far-left “scholarship” covering areas like critical race theory and LGBT activism. Much of this material is also available in the regents’ agenda book. view article

Mary Liz Eastland failed to develop proper emergency plans or properly respond to the flood that killed 25 campers and two counselors last year, the order states.  The Texas Board of Nursing restored Camp Mystic’s chief health officer’s nursing license but barred her from working directly with patients after the board temporarily suspended her license on May 19. view article