Keller ISD Parents Call On School Board To Remove Sexually Explicit Books Or Resign
Parents brought signs and openly cheered, as well as booed, those defending and those adamantly opposed to adult-themed books available to Keller ISD students.
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Parents brought signs and openly cheered, as well as booed, those defending and those adamantly opposed to adult-themed books available to Keller ISD students.
Citing a 95% drop in Covid cases in the district since hitting a high at the beginning of the year, RISD school leaders are now looking to reward that pandemic progress.
SMU is collaborating with the technology company NVIDIA to boost the university's high-performance computing system – increasing the current supercomputer memory tenfold.
Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency directing it to investigate any criminal activity in public schools involving the availability of "pornographic material that serves no educational purpose".
The principal at the center of a controversy over social media posts and allegations of teaching Critical Race Theory at Heritage High School in Colleyville is leaving the school district.
The problem is Reedy High School, on the city's southwest side, is growing too big, and next fall is at risk from becoming a "6-A" school.
It is often said that every vote counts -- on Tuesday in Fort Worth voters proved it. Proposition A, the $1.21 billion Fort Worth ISD bond, passed by just 42 votes.
The bulk of the money, $115 million meant for improving aging middle schools and building new elementary schools, and late Tuesday night, that proposition was too close to call with 50% for and 50% against.
Gov. Greg Abbott put some pressure on the Texas Association of School Boards Monday, regarding student access to inappropriate content in school libraries, including pornographic images.
School buildings, stadiums and auditoriums are on the line Tuesday when voters decide if Fort Worth ISD should receive approval for a $1.5 billion bond package, the largest in district history.
Mattic had successfully battled health problems over the past few years, but his passing was "completely unexpected," Fort Worth ISD said in a statement.
"The use of a racial slur in any education setting is offensive and inappropriate, regardless of the context," the school district said in a letter to parents on the matter.
"Illustrations of this sort should never be available in the school environment," Keller ISD said in a statement.
CISD plans to continue to monitor key metrics and listen to the advice of medical experts as it transitions to the 'Masks Encouraged' policy on Thursday.
Hundreds of parents packed into a specially-called Frisco ISD Board Meeting to protest the district's plan to rezone some high school freshman and sophomores next year.