A fire damaged a Lewisville Independent School District high school Tuesday night, officials say. Fire crews responded to Killough High School, located on North Summit Avenue, just after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night. Firefighters saw black smoking coming from the roof of the building and began cutting holes to ventilate the smoke. view article

Camp Mystic summer camp has filed for bankruptcy after 25 young girls and two counselors were killed in July 4 flash floods last summer.  A Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding was filed in the Southern District of Texas at 1 a.m. Wednesday, according to online court documents.   Under possessions that need immediate attention the filing lists the property poses or is alleged to pose a threat of imminent and identifiable hazard to public health or safety, needs to be physically secured or protected from the weather and it includes perishable goods or assets that could quickly deteriorate or lose value without attention.  view article

The names, Social Security numbers and medical information of more than 26,000 people were exposed as part of a data breach impacting Alamo Heights ISD. The San Antonio school district reported the breach to the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday, saying that those affected were in the process of being notified by mail. It's unclear how much of the affected population are students, staff or faculty members with Alamo Heights ISD, which serves about 4,700 students. view article

A new investigative report paints a troubling picture of Camp Mystic’s preparedness before last year’s historic July 4 floods, which killed 25 campers and two counselors. The 115-page report will now be used by the Texas Legislature to guide future policy changes.  No written emergency plans. Stalled evacuations. Chaotic incident management and reunification efforts.  Those were some of the main findings included in a new investigative report on Camp Mystic’s response to last year’s historic July 4 flood that killed 25 of its campers and two counselors.  The 115-page document, which was adopted Thursday by a special joint committee in the Texas Legislature, paints a troubling picture of Camp Mystic’s preparedness prior to the flood.  “This report represents months of careful work by the Senate and House General Investigative Committees to establish a complete and factual record of the events surrounding this tragedy, honor the memories of those that were lost, and identify lessons that can help prevent future loss of life,” said state Sen. Pete Flores, R-Pleasanton, a committee chair.  More than 130 people were killed in the July 4 floods. The majority of those deaths took place in Kerr County in the Texas Hill Country, where Camp Mystic is one of many popular summer camps lining the banks of the Guadalupe River.   Now, lawmakers say the report’s findings will be used to guide policy changes for the Texas Legislature to take up when they reconvene in 2027. view article

The storm may bring another 5 to 10 inches to the southeast, up to 20 inches in some spots. view article

Tropical Storm Arthur could develop in the western Gulf by late Wednesday morning.  Potential Tropical Cyclone One is nearing the Texas coast, and is still expected to possibly bring life-threatening flooding to portions of Texas and Louisiana.  The system is moving northeast at 7 mph and is expected to move farther offshore of the Texas coast this morning.   view article

Tropical Storm Arthur could develop in the western Gulf by late Wednesday morning.  Potential Tropical Cyclone One is nearing the Texas coast, and is still expected to possibly bring life-threatening flooding to portions of Texas and Louisiana.  The system is moving northeast at 7 mph and is expected to move farther offshore of the Texas coast this morning.   view article

Hut 8 says its proposed Beacon Point campus will minimize noise. A researcher says residents should still understand potential impacts of noise pollution.  ROBSTOWN, Texas — Questions remain about water use, power demand and economic impacts as Florida-based contractor Hut 8 moves forward with its proposed Beacon Point data center campus in Nueces County.  Now, a researcher who studied communities living near large concentrations of data centers says another issue should be part of the conversation: noise. view article

A fifth grade Lumberton Independent School District student reported "vulgar" language in the STAAR reading test last month, according to information from LISD.  view article

Vidor ISD superintendent Jay Killgo estimates the district has $12-13 million in damages from Harvey. Both Oak Forest Elementary and Vidor Middle School are unusable right now. Those students are going elsewhere, which is overcrowding some schools. view article

Burnet school district officials were probably expecting to get more than two years from the synthetic turf installed at Bulldog Field in 2015, but that didn’t happen and it’s now set the district back $150,000. Burnet Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Keith McBurnett, however, said the district is looking to get $105,000 back from one manufacturer. Last year, officials noticed some turf fibers sticking up higher than others, so they took a closer look, McBurnett said. “To most people, it probably wasn’t noticeable,” he said. “We had all the experts look at the field, and they looked at the backside. It needed to be replaced.” view article

North American Solutions (NAS), a leading provider of insurance and risk management services for public entities, is excited to announce that Michelle Faust, currently Director, Safety & Risk Management at Round Rock ISD, will be joining the NAS team in January. view article

A teen who was severely bruised in a "brutal and excessive" nightstick attack by a Pasadena ISD school resource officer has settled his federal lawsuit for $60,000. Cesar Suquet Jr. was 16 in May 2014 when he went to the principal's office at South Houston High School to retrieve his cell phone, which had been confiscated earlier that day. His request was declined and he was told to leave. view article

Garland ISD was one of just 10 districts statewide recently honored by The Texas Association of School Boards (TASB). The district’s Risk Management Department earned a 2015 TASB Risk Management Fund Innovation Award for its creative safety video campaign. view article

Abilene ISD board approved the bid on Monday evening at its agenda review meeting. Construction coordinator for the district, Joe Humphrey, says Martinez Elementary took the brunt of the storm. view article

Three students from Stehlik Intermediate School in the Aldine Independent School District were taken to an area hospital Tuesday morning after a minor collision with a cement mixer. The wreck happened about 8 a.m. on West Road at Deer Trail Drive as the bus was transporting students to the school at 400 West Road, a school district spokeswoman said. The school is just west of Interstate 45. view article