A Houston ISD top official posted a video for parents explaining how to bundle up their kids for school, while school buildings around the district battle heating issues in the classrooms.  HISD Chief of Public Affairs Alexandra Elizondo took center stage outside HISD on Wednesday, a blistery cold morning, to explain to parents how to dress their kids for the cold, including what to wear inside the school as temperatures hover at uncomfortable levels.  "The first thing parents can do is they can help us by making sure their kids are dressed for the weather," Elizondo said. She then held up a hat and jacket, telling parents "hats, gloves, scarves—whatever they want to put their kiddo in, make sure they're dressed for the weather. So if they're walking between buildings at school or waiting at the bus stop, they're warm." view article

A teen who was shot by another student at Timberview High School in 2021 was killed in another shooting Monday evening at an Arlington apartment complex, according to Arlington police. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office identified Zacchaeus Selby-Mukum, 19, as the man who died in the shooting on Monday, Jan. 13. Arlington police said the motive for Monday’s shooting is under investigation, but detectives have not found any evidence to suggest that the homicide is connected to the 2021 school shooting. view article

A school in Arlington was on a temporary lockdown on Thursday, Jan. 16 after a student came to school with a toy BB gun in their backpack. At around 8 a.m. officers responded to Pearcy STEM Academy after the school administration reported that a student may have brought a weapon to school, police said. The school was temporarily placed on lockdown as a precaution. view article

Corsicana ISD’s Collins Intermediate Assistant Principal Candra Rogers, 56, blinded in her right eye after a student attacked her in August 2024, had her eye surgically removed on Jan. 14. Rogers told KWTX News Anchor Julie Hays that she is at home, and although she is suffering with agonizing pain, is hopeful the surgery will relieve the daily headaches she has experienced since the on campus attack. view article

Rodents have been sighted in a Houston ISD middle school in Montrose, Superintendent Mike Miles confirmed Monday, adding that the district is following its pest control procedures. Staff members at Lanier Middle School are alleging that the campus has been dealing with the rodent issue since Thanksgiving, and it's impacting their work, according to Houston TV station ABC13. view article

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he will focus on food additives once he's confirmed as the secretary of health and human services. The Food and Drug Administration announced a ban on the use of Red No. 3, a dye used in thousands of food products that had been approved for over a hundred years but is linked to cancer. The decision comes days before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his health and human services secretary. Kennedy has long criticized artificial additives in the U.S. food supply. view article

A former Longview ISD employee is behind bars Wednesday after being accused of sexually assaulting a child. In a release, Longview ISD said the allegation against D’Marjai Dearion, 25, was made Monday. They said he was immediately placed on administrative leave and resigned after his arrest Tuesday. Longview police also released a statement, saying officers learned Dearion had sexually assaulted a teenaged girl. view article

A Celina ISD bus driver has been arrested following allegations of inappropriate conduct with a female student. In a statement released by Celina ISD, officials said they were informed on Monday, Jan. 13, about alleged inappropriate contact between Timothy Adams and a female student. The district immediately contacted police, and Adams was taken into custody. view article

A former day care worker in the Princeton Independent School District is facing charges after allegedly injuring a child. What We Know: The alleged incident happened sometime before Dec. 13 at the Panther Cub Day Care. Princeton police said that’s when they met with the child’s parents and staff members at the day care to begin their investigation. view article

A former Prosper preschool teacher was sentenced to prison after four toddlers in her care ingested THC gummies. Anisah Burks pleaded guilty on Dec. 6 and was sentenced a few weeks later. She was given a one-year sentence for each child who was injured and three years for the possession of a controlled substance. view article

A shot student twisted his body on the high school stairwell landing, writhing on the tile floor on which his blood was smeared. A teacher, who ran after breaking his eyes’ fix on the shooter’s .45-caliber Glock, found he had a wound in his left shoulder and accepted a colleague’s offer of a wad of paper towels to stanch the bleeding. view article

A new metal detection system will soon roll out at several Houston ISD high schools after multiple weapons have been found on campus this school year. Lamar, Bellaire, and Northside High School students, staff and visitors will be required to go through the Open Gate System. view article

“Most American parents hardly give thought to polio beyond the instant their child is immunized against the disease. But there was a time in this country when polio paralyzed 20,000 people in a year, killing many of them,” the New York Times reports. view article

Poteet Independent School District sent students home early on Friday due to emailed bomb threats. Superintendent Charles Camarillo told the Express-News that two teachers received emails indicating that there were concealed bombs throughout its campuses. The emails asked for a $30,000 ransom. view article

A substitute teacher was caught watching porn while in a classroom on Friday at Klein Oak High School. The teacher has been identified as 81-year-old Kenneth Hartley, according to court documents obtained by KPRC 2. view article

Katy ISD confirmed the teacher is no longer employed by the district.   view article

After the state missed the Jan. 1 deadline, lawmakers still have time to approve administrative costs before applying for $400 million in federal summer meal assistance.   view article

Houston ISD has canceled several after-school activities as below-average temperatures gave way to rain Thursday afternoon. All middle school basketball games, middle and high school swimming, and high school wrestling events were canceled as of 3 p.m. Thursday, HISD said. The district also warned of delayed pick-up times and lingering boiler issues at Daily Elementary School as colder temperatures are forecast to linger into next week. view article

Due to rapidly declining weather conditions — with an updated Winter Storm Warning saying the storm could bring an additional three inches of snowfall to parts of the Texas Panhandle that had already seen heavy snow — several offices, businesses, schools and campuses closed early Thursday and announced closings for Friday. view article

A messy winter storm is expected to hit large parts of North Texas starting Wednesday night, with the potential for snow, ice and sleet, and Gov. Greg Abbott is warning Texans to "stay home" and "be careful" if they live in an affected area.  view article

Somerville ISD students were greeted with a metal detector when they returned to school for the first time this year on Wednesday. It’s all part of a new safety routine the district has been preparing for and finally rolled out. According to the district’s Superintendent Eric Holton, there are metal detectors at all three schools for a total of six. They are located at the school’s main entrances. Supt. Holton told KBTX Somerville ISD has had the metal detectors for about a month-and-a-half, working on training staff and calibrating the machines. view article

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Tuesday targeting undocumented immigrants for deportation if they’re charged with nonviolent crimes such as shoplifting. view article

Replacing federal pandemic relief funding critical to community programs could top Texas lawmakers' to-do list for mental health next year as they also address understaffing of the 988 suicide hotline, mental health in schools and reviving the workforce. view article

Students across the Houston Independent School District kicked off the second semester Tuesday and with it, comes new opportunities, challenges, and plenty to prepare for.  It’s also worth noting that this marks the second year with the Texas Education Agency overseeing the district. To get more insight on the upcoming semester, HISD Superintendent Mike Miles sat down with KPRC 2 on Tuesday. view article

Changes RFK Jr. could make as HHS secretary, from vaccines to raw milk  President-elect Donald Trump has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, a nearly $2 trillion federal agency responsible for administering health insurance programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act; approving drugs, medical devices and vaccines; regulating hospitals, physicians and other health-care providers; and steering many other initiatives affecting food and medicine. view article

An illegal alien from Honduras who has a history of sexual assault was apprehended after attempting to re-enter the United States.  view article

A former Round Rock ISD teacher resigned after admitting to intentionally tripping a 5-year-old student with autism at a Head Start program, according to an arrest affidavit. Lynn Shin, who was hired in August 2024, resigned on October 1 after being placed on administrative leave following the September 26 incident at WBCO Head Start in Round Rock. view article

La Joya Independent School District will be offering counseling services following the death of a student on New Year's Day. The district released a statement saying the 14-year-old teen girl who died in a two-vehicle crash was a freshman at Juarez-Lincoln High School. Ashley M. Fuentes Pano was in a Toyota Sequoia when it was struck by a speeding Chevrolet Camaro in Mission. Pano died at the scene and DPS continues to investigate the crash. view article

Charges have been filed against a former Round Rock ISD teacher accused of intentionally tripping a nonverbal student. According to an affidavit, Lynn Shin was charged with misdemeanor assault of an elderly or disabled victim following an incident at Round Rock Head Start's campus in September. view article

More than a third of all educator misconduct reports submitted to the state from September 2021 through July 2024 were for violence against students.  view article

Shooter was a 15-year-old female student - The person who opened fire at a Madison, Wisconsin, school today was a 15-year-old female student, the police chief said tonight. view article

What's going on: Since its development, the polio vaccine has been credited with saving millions of people from a disease that once caused paralysis or death. But seven decades later, its future is being questioned. Last week, The New York Times reported that RFK Jr.’s lawyer, Aaron Siri, filed a petition in 2022 asking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revoke the polio vaccine’s approval for children and infants. The reason? view article

What's going on: Authorities are working to determine the motive behind the deadly shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, yesterday. Madison Police said a student and teacher were killed after a 15-year-old girl opened fire in a study hall classroom. Six others suffered injuries, including two students who are in critical condition. Police said the suspected shooter, who was a student at the school, died from an apparent “self-inflicted gunshot wound.” An official for the K-12 school, which has about 390 children, said that students followed lockdown protocols, despite being “scared.” Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said a second-grader called 911 to report the shooting, adding, “It makes my heart skip a beat to think about that.”

Texas Education 911’s research shows a majority of sexual and violent misconduct complaints against school employees are not investigated by the state.   view article

A 33-year-old former West Texas middle school band director who manipulated girls online to send him explicit images was sentenced Thursday in Lubbock to 30 years in prison. Joshua Alexander Carroll, who worked at Wall Independent School District, faced 15 to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty in August to a count of production of child pornography. Wall is a community of about 200 people near San Angelo. view article