3 North Texas ISDs Lead "Most Outstanding Debt" List
A total of three North Texas school districts made the state Top 10 list of those with the most outstanding debt. For all but one, the amounts were more than $1 Billion.
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A total of three North Texas school districts made the state Top 10 list of those with the most outstanding debt. For all but one, the amounts were more than $1 Billion.
The Arlington City Council and Arlington Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet Thursday to take a look at the potential money savings by combining some operations of the school district and city hall.
The 15-year-old Byron Nelson High School student accused of giving his girlfriend brownies laced with marijuana this week is now facing even more serious charges. Trophy Club Police Commander Lee Delk says testing showed the brownies also had LSD in them.
A fourth grader with Attention Deficit Disorder is among the victims of a school nurse, who stole Ritalin and replaced them with prescription painkillers.
It is a recognizable and distinctive part of Friday night lights in Texas. There are the high school football teams and the cheerleaders with their pom poms.
A Dallas Independent School District nurse has been placed on administrative leave after being accused of stealing a student's attention-deficit disorder medication and replacing it with pain medication, according to court documents.
An incident involving two North Texas high school students' ends with one hospitalized, after eating a pot-laced brownie, and the other in custody.
The state's shifting demographics will be the focus as attorneys representing about 600 school districts call their first witness in a trial over how Texas funds public education.
Parents have done their homework and they are pushing for a school start time after 8 a.m. They've started a petition and will be meeting with district officials on Thursday.
A petition drive is urging the Arlington Independent School District to push back the high school start time. Some parent's think the 7:35 a.m. start time is too early for their children.
Attorneys for hundreds of Texas school districts are telling a judge that state funding for public education is "hopelessly broken."
Only 30 percent of college students in Texas get their four-year degrees within four years. State lawmakers want to improve that figure and are working on ways to make the schools more responsible.
The sweeping school finance lawsuit going to trial Monday in Austin isn't only about money.
The upcoming Texas Board of Education elections will determine how much control social conservatives who have waged ideological battles in the past will have on the panel.
A North Texas couple says their son was bullied at school, not by a fellow classmate, but by his first grade teacher.