BROWNWOOD, Texas — Brownwood Independent School District (BISD) is inviting the community to two events at Gordon Wood Stadium.  The Brownwood Lions Scrimmage is scheduled for Thursday, August 21, with the freshman/junior varsity game at 6 p.m. and the varsity game at 7 p.m.  The "Meet the Lions" event will take place at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.  RELATED | Brownwood ISD football season ticket renewals now open  Attendees are advised to exercise caution due to construction, adhering to fencing and restricted areas for safety. view article

Officials say they're investigating Nazi flags found hanging outside a Rockwall ISD school over the weekend. The Heath Department of Public Safety said it responded to a report of "antisemitic materials" outside Rockwall-Heath High School around 6:40 a.m. Saturday. Photos circulating on social media show the two Nazi flags hanging up on the east side of the building. view article

The Boerne Independent School District Board of Trustees has unanimously approved a Voter Approval Tax Rate Election (VATRE) set for November 4, 2025. The election will ask voters to consider a three-cent increase to the district’s Maintenance and Operations tax rate, potentially generating an estimated $4.8 million annually for the district. view article

Earlier this year, Gov. Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn launched state and federal investigations into the East Plano Islamic Center's proposed EPIC City project meant to build about 1,000 homes and a mosque in the Dallas suburb of Josephine. view article

Inflated numbers: For decades, leftists have taken advantage of the U.S. Census by counting illegal aliens and emphasizing racial and ethnic background in the Census questionnaire—both of which affect the funding and power of blue districts.  ]But the Trump administration is moving in the right direction.  “Unbeknownst to most people, the administration has already done a great deal of good to stop the census from balkanizing the country by quietly shuttering the Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations,” writes Mike Gonzalez, senior fellow in Heritage's Davis Institute. view article

The number of students experiencing homelessness across the state of Texas has continued to rise over the last few years. According to TEA data, during the 2021 to 2022 school year, there were more than 97,000 students experiencing homelessness in public schools in Texas. If you jump ahead to the 2023 to 2024 school year, the number jumped to more than 121,000 students experiencing homelessness. view article

Inside Frisco ISD's newly expanded Career & Technical Center, Superintendent Mike Waldrip boasted about the partnerships Frisco ISD is forming year after year to help connect its graduates to jobs. "We bring in mentors from the business community. And the students are actually learning from business professionals. They're learning about the areas that they're interested in from those people that actually do this work," said Frisco ISD Superintendent Mike Waldrip. view article

The Leander Independent School District is starting the new school year on a somber note. The July 5 flooding killed two students. The district almost made budget cuts and laid off some staff earlier this year. KXAN’s Barrett Tryon sat down and talked to Leander ISD Superintendent Dr. Bruce Gearing about some of the challenges the new year brings. view article

As federal government officials ramp up immigration enforcement and deportations across the country, Fort Worth city officials appear to have no plans to actively target, identify or detain undocumented residents. Five City Council members — Alan Blaylock, Carlos Flores, Mia Hall, Jeanette Martinez and Chris Nettles — told the Fort Worth Report that the council has not had formal discussions on how to approach immigration enforcement locally. Mayor Mattie Parker and the other five council members did not return requests for comment.  view article

Five Northside Independent School District (NISD) schools were hit with power outages on the first day of school, according to a district official. The power outages began showing on CPS Energy’s power outage map just after 6 a.m., with the most significant showing on the Northwest Side. view article

The Port Arthur Independent School District sent a letter to parents after the first two days of school, thanking families for their support and addressing concerns while clarifying district policies. More than 1,000 students did not register before the first day of school, according to the letter. The district said students who were completely registered "were able to begin classes without the frustration of traveling to unfamiliar locations or face delays." view article

Around 80,000 students returned to Fort Bend ISD schools Tuesday, and for some, the first day of the new year came with a major upgrade. This year, the district opened three new elementary campuses — including a brand-new Mission Elementary School built on the site of the old campus that was demolished a few years ago. The new building now houses students from Mission Bend and Mission Glen. view article

Wednesday was the first day of the 2025-26 school year for students in multiple Angelina County school districts.  Central ISD Superintendent Justin Risner said it was a good day and everyone was excited to be back. The district’s enrollment is up this year.  Risner thanked the Angelina County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas Department of Public Safety for patrolling CISD’s school zones. He also asked for the community’s patience when it comes to traffic congestion in the mornings and afternoons and said the district is working on plans to alleviate traffic.  “Our campuses open to Highway 69, so we appreciate our law enforcement partners and their efforts to keep our kids safe,” Risner said.  Diboll ISD Superintendent Igor Gusyakov said everything went as planned and that he visited each campus in the district to meet students and parents. Gusyakov said students and teachers were both nervous and excited for the year to begin.“There is a lot of excitement in the air in Diboll,” he said. view article

Legacy High School and Legacy Freshman are returning to Lee High School and Lee Freshman School; the Midland Independent School District voted 4-3 in favor on Tuesday. The decision came after a four-hour meeting and more than 50 public comments. In 2020, Robert E. Lee High School was renamed to Legacy High School due to concerns over its association with the Confederate general who fought to preserve slavery during the Civil War. The name has remained a point of controversy, dividing parents, students, teachers and alumni. view article

Republicans believe population increases in red states, such as Texas, would offset losses from not counting immigrants who lack legal status. view article

The Midland Independent School District’s board of trustees voted Tuesday night to rename a school after Robert E. Lee, reversing a former board’s efforts to distance itself from the Confederate general five years ago. In a divided 4-3 vote, the trustees voted to return one of its schools, formerly Legacy High, back to Midland Lee High. view article

At the start of every school year, concerns about dress codes resurface. One mother in Huckabay ISD, a small district in Erath County, said her daughter was humiliated after being singled out for wearing yoga pants. Shallen Fishel said that on the second day of school, her 12-year-old daughter called to say her outfit violated the dress code and that administrators told her to change clothes. view article

More than 13,800 students will return to Georgetown ISD on the first day of school Aug. 14.  Here is some key information to know as the 2025-26 school year begins.  The overview: The 2025-26 calendar includes these key dates: view article

Many protests, rallies, petitions and calls for racial equality were sparked in the wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020.  School districts across the country responded by renaming schools, seeking to address historical racism by removing the names of American figures who were known to have owned slaves, fought on behalf of the Confederate army, supported segregation or otherwise furthered racism against Black Americans.  In Midland, Floyd’s death inspired a petition to rename Midland’s Robert E. Lee High School, and the Midland ISD board of trustees voted 5-2 to rename the school Legacy High School in 2020.  At its recent July board meeting, trustees voted unanimously to add criteria to its board policy that prohibits the naming of a district facility after someone who has gone to war against the United States. view article

Five Northside Independent School District (NISD) schools were hit with power outages on the first day of school, according to a district official. The power outages began showing on CPS Energy’s power outage map just after 6 a.m., with the most significant showing on the Northwest Side. view article

For Arlington resident Mikaila Smith, the lead-up to the 2025-26 school year has been stressful. Both Smith’s son and daughter start public school at Mary Moore Elementary this fall.  Balancing the pressure of switching her children into AISD from private school and the rising costs of supplies is a tall order, but she found help at Arlington ISD’s 11th annual Back to School Kickoff at AT&T Stadium.   “Something like this is really beneficial, especially for a lot of kiddos in this area,” Smith said. Approximately 25,000 gathered at the home of the Dallas Cowboys for the Aug. 2 event, according to the district.  view article

Who says you can't mix two passions together? For Dallas Independent School District softball Coach Mark Stout, he's done it weekly this season. Stout warms up his team at W.T. White High School every home game and then, for a brief moment, plays the national anthem on the trumpet to get to that exciting umpire line: play ball! He started doing it before games last season. view article

In some voting locations where a party’s appointed polling judge didn’t show up, election officials allowed the other party’s judge to operate both parties’ voting machines in an effort to keep the polling place running. view article

The Lewisville ISD board of trustees approved the district's 2022-23 academic calendar, which includes 177 instructional days. The 2022-23 calendar, which was approved during a Jan. 10 board meeting, will have an Aug. 10 start date with exams for the first semester to be completed before winter break, which runs Dec. 19-Jan. 4, 2023, according to the calendar. view article

Fort Worth ISD is moving forward with plans to establish four early learning centers across the district in areas where affordable, high quality child care is hard to come by after voters narrowly approved a November bond to fund the project along with other improvements. Three other bond measures were defeated in the same election after opposition groups lobbied against them, pointing to the district’s lackluster academic performance and what they called limited information about the bonds in the weeks leading up to the election. view article

An online petition created by the 'Students of KATYISD' group is demanding change to allow access to LGBTQ+ resources and websites, including a suicide prevention hotline. Katy ISD student, 17-year-old Cameron Samuels, spoke out at a school board meeting last week and told ABC13 that students cannot access LGBTQ+ youth resources and websites while on the district's internet server. view article

The Northwest ISD Education Foundation last week held a grand opening event for its new free store and library for teachers to get resources and educational materials for their classrooms. Teachers can “shop” for school and classroom supplies, snack packs, clothing items and books. All items are free to district educators, who will use them in their classrooms to support students, according to a news release from Northwest ISD. view article

When you were in school, did you ever wonder to yourself, "what if I were principal for a day?" On Wednesday, WFAA's Cynthia Izaguirre and our station general manager, Brad Ramsey, got that chance thanks to the Principal for a Day Program (PFAD) with the Dallas Independent School District. The program is meant to help people who don't work in education understand the strengths and challenges Dallas ISD schools face. view article

It’s 4 p.m. at S.S. Conner Elementary School’s district-run afterschool program, and cheerleaders are pumping up a group of 70 students as they enjoy a healthy snack. Now with full bellies and high spirits, the students go into classrooms and center themselves with deep breathing exercises and social and emotional learning practices. Then it’s on to fun, hands-on learning and, at last, an epic game of kickball in the gym. view article

The McAllen Independent School District (McAllen ISD) is considering closing Bonham Elementary School due to low student enrollment. Since 2010, McAllen ISD has closed down three schools: David Crockett Elementary in 2011, Jose Antonio Navarro Elementary, after the 2017-18 school year, and Abraham Lincoln Middle School the same year. view article

Calallen ISD's superintendent apologized for a video that surfaced on social media of a high school pep rally during which students portrayed former President Donald Trump and Jesus Christ while making racist remarks. The video, captioned "i'm so scared #saveme," has garnered close to 34,000 views and has been shared over 550 times since being posted. It is a screen recording from someone's Snapchat account. That person recorded the pep rally, which took place at Calallen High School's gymnasium. view article

The national outcry over efforts to foster diversity and inclusion initiatives in schools has added fuel to a heated Grapevine-Colleyville ISD runoff election. The incumbent, Mindy McClure, said she is fighting a campaign of “misinformation” from her opponent, community volunteer Shannon Braun. view article

For Granger ISD officials, they have been working since the spring of last year, planning on getting kids back to campus for the start of school. School for the Lions has been fully on campus since the start of the school year. The district says this is due to the COVID-19 safety protocols that are in place, as well as teachers who have gone above and beyond. view article

Austin ISD hosted its Operation Reconnect block walk door-to-door event to ‘reconnect’ with existing district families and help recruit new ones to its schools. The event specifically aimed at attracting families to schools in its northeast corridor, including (among others) Andrews and Harris elementary schools, Garcia’s Young Men’s and Sadler Means Young Women’s middle school leadership academies, and Northeast High School. view article

ABILENE – The Abilene ISD is opening baseball and softball contests at both high schools to 50 percent capacity at all four fields for the 2021 season. Fans will be allowed to enter this weekend’s baseball tournament games at Blackburn Field (Abilene High) and Cougar Field (Cooper) at no charge, but beginning with next week’s home games, all games for baseball and softball will be $4 for adults and $2 for students. Full-time AISD employees will be allowed to enter for free, but only with a district-issued ID, and that ID only gains entry for the employee. view article