As statewide cases rise, the Garland ISD announced Monday they would offer free measles vaccines for select unvaccinated students or students missing a second dose. Measles vaccines will be available at the clinic in the Manuel and Maria Valle Student Services Center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday. view article

Bastrop ISD is taking steps to strengthen its police force and improve safety at schools. Construction crews are getting started on an approximately 55,000-square-foot police and operations building.  view article

A Killeen ISD middle school will be implementing the use of metal detectors for the remainder of the week following a deadly stabbing at Roy J. Smith Middle School on Monday, March 10. Union Grove Middle School announced on social media that it will be implementing the use of metal detectors for all students entering the school through the rest of the week. All students will reportedly be required to use the front entrance, which the school says may cause delays in normal entry procedures. view article

Some Henderson ISD students were briefly evacuated Thursday morning due to smoke in a school building. Henderson ISD announced at about 10:20 a.m. that students at Wylie Elementary and Wylie Primary School were being evacuated “due to the presence of smoke in the common areas of the building.” The ISD said fire crews responded to investigate and found that the smoke was due to a malfunction in the air conditioning equipment. The incident was handled before a fire could occur. view article

Wednesday morning 1,200 students and staff were evacuated from three Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District schools after a bomb threat was directed at a couple of the schools, according to Euless Police. Police said around 10:24 a.m., officers responded to a bomb threat at KEYS High School and The District Alternative Education Program (DAEP), which are located at 1100 Raider Dr., in Euless. Investigators believe it was sent via email. view article

Several schools in Euless were evacuated on Wednesday morning because of a bomb threat. Euless police said they learned about a bomb threat at HEB ISD’s District Alternative Education Program campus around 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning. Police and administrators followed protocol by evacuating the DAEP campus, as well as the KEYS Learning Center which shares the same campus and Central Junior High School which is on the same property. view article

One student has been arrested following a social media threat made against three Beaumont ISD campuses Tuesday afternoon. The threat was made against Curtis Elementary School, Regina Howell Elementary School, and Marshall Middle School via TikTok. Beaumont ISD immediately contacted the BISD Police Department to conduct a thorough investigation after being made aware of the threats. view article

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IDEA Public Schools says it is cooperating with Round Rock police after an assistant principal was arrested for allegedly inappropriately touching a student on campus last month. Aaron Freeman, 49, is in the Williamson County Jail tonight, charged with indecency with a child by contact. view article

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Possible measles case at Dalhart ISD shown to be negative view article

Declining vaccination rates, decreasing trust in government and a political unwillingness to endorse vaccines is shaping Texas’ measles response.    view article

Two Pasadena ISD students were shot during a fight after school on Friday, according to the district. Now, police are searching for an armed subject in connection with the shooting. What we know: The incident reportedly happened at about 2:50 p.m. in a church parking lot across the street from Pasadena Memorial High School. view article

The city of Austin has reported its first case of Measles since 2019, involving an unvaccinated 1-year-old infant who contracted the disease after traveling internationally with their family. The news has surprised many residents, including Emily Nelson, who was unaware that Measles had reached Central Texas. view article

DeSoto ISD is implementing the no-backpacks rule starting on Monday, March 3 and running through Friday, March 7. The district says the change is to reduce any "potential distractions and concerns" heading into Spring Break the following week. view article

Measles is rarely seen in the United States, but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases continue to rise in rural West Texas. view article

Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles plans in the coming months to propose closing an undisclosed number of schools in the summer of 2026, as the district faces a tight budget and enrollment losses. view article

The state's largest measles outbreak in 30 years has been largely tied to a Mennonite community in rural West Texas. Earlier this month, Lara Anton, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of State Health Services, said that measles cases had been concentrated in a "close-knit, undervaccinated" Mennonite community in Gaines County, whose members don't often get regular health care and mostly enroll their children in private schools or homeschool. “The church isn’t the reason that they’re not vaccinated,” Anton added. “It’s all personal choice, and you can do whatever you want." view article

An investigation is underway to figure out how students at a North Texas middle school gave each other tattoos inside a classroom. It happened at Travis Intermediate in the Greenville ISD, which is northeast of Dallas. A parent whose son was tattooed says medical testing is underway because the same needle was used for multiple students. view article

Lubbock ISD Police have a new leader, after Thursday evening’s school board meeting. The board voted unanimously to promote Eric Tijerina to the chief’s position. Chief Tijerina has been in law enforcement for 33 years, with the last six of those at Lubbock ISD. He says he’s really enjoyed working at the district and is excited to be the new leader of its police force. view article

A state health official told KWTX the reported case of measles at Mexia ISD was a “false alarm,” but the school district on Thursday evening remained adamant its nurse confirmed a case of Rubella measles. Earlier on Feb. 27, Mexia ISD Superintendent Ryder Appleton announced the measles case in a message to the Mexia community. “This message is to inform you that MISD received confirmation today of one case of measles within the district,” Appleton wrote in a Facebook post. view article

The outbreak is the largest the state has seen in decades  A child hospitalized with measles in West Texas has died from the illness, marking the first death in a growing outbreak that began in the state last month and has infected more than 120 people. On Wednesday, health officials said the patient was an unvaccinated school-aged child who died in the last 24 hours, according to the Texas Department of Health Services.. . Measles cases have recently exploded in Texas, growing to 124 across nine counties, according to the latest update from the DSHS released on Tuesday. The cases increased from 34 last week. State health officials have said this outbreak is Texas' largest in decades. As cases have continued to grow, some schools have shuttered in response. view article

After a pediatric patient in West Texas died of measles complications, hospital officials are urging the community to take the outbreak seriously, and to educate themselves about the virus and vaccination. view article

The family of a Klein ISD second grader is seeking the community's support after the 7-year-old died Monday following a medical emergency at Epps Island Elementary School. "His laughter filled every room, and his smiles touched everyone who knew him," Eren Rivera's mother, Julie Rivera, wrote on a GoFundMe page verified by the organization. view article

The Gainesville Independent School District released a timeline and "summary of findings" from its investigation into allegations that bullying at school led to the death of 11-year-old Jocelynn Rojo Carranza who died by suicide earlier this month. view article

A hit-and-run driver was caught within moments after crashing his jeep into a Spring ISD school bus with students onboard and fleeing the scene. Details are limited, so it’s unclear how everything unfolded, but Constable Mark Herman with Harris Co. Precinct 4 said on a social media post the unidentified jeep driver crashed into the school bus on Aldine Westfield Road and Crane Hollow Lane, where 12 students were onboard. view article

Texas is facing its worst measles outbreak in decades, as cases have jumped from two to 124 in just one month. A child is dead, 18 more are hospitalized and the worst is likely still ahead, public health experts say, as Texas’ decreasing vaccination rates leave swaths of the state exposed to the most contagious virus humans currently face. State and local health officials are setting up vaccine clinics and encouraging people to get the shot, which is more than 97% effective at warding off measles. view article

LUBBOCK — A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month. view article

Dallam County, more than 250 miles from measles hot spot Gaines County, has reported its first cases.   view article

Texas is one of several states filing legislation to make ivermectin more accessible.    view article

The Hays County Health Department has issued an alert of a potential measles exposure in San Marcos. The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District has issued an alert of a potential measles exposure there. view article

Changes to Lockhart ISD's backpack policy are coming after a student was arrested on one of its campuses. The district said one of its students reported to a teacher that they saw a gun in another student's backpack on Friday at Lockhart Junior High School. While no threats were made against a student or the school, authorities found the student during dismissal and immediately placed them in custody. Now students at Lockhart Junior High School will be required to use a clear backpack or no backpack at all. view article

Two people, including a teacher for Wells ISD, have been arrested on charges related to possession of child pornography. One of them is also facing a bestiality charge. According to an affidavit KLTV obtained through an open records request, Angelina County deputies responded early Saturday morning to a call related to a man who was suicidal. The affidavit indicates a man and woman were arguing, and in the course of that argument, the subject of pornographic images involving a child and a dog came up with law enforcement. view article

A body was found on the school grounds of Fort Worth ISD's Dolores Huerta elementary school on Friday morning. The elementary school is located in the northern part of Fort Worth, not far from the Fort Worth Stockyards. view article

Gov. Greg Abbott announced that federal authorities and state law enforcement would be targeting criminal illegal aliens in the Colony Ridge development north of Houston. view article