A federal judge has ruled that Darryl George, the student suspended from Barbers Hill ISD for the length of his hair, can pursue a temporary restraining order that would allow him to go back to class. The student spent the majority of his junior year serving an in-school suspension while the case played out. view article

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Austin ISD police arrested Luis Resendiz Alvarado for how he allegedly restrained a student. view article

It’s election season! That wonderful span when all Americans make the time and mental effort to reflect on and celebrate the fact that we are more alike than we are different and when we, as an electorate, focus on the real issues to be worked on instead of being distracted by curated, quasi-contextual soundbites that serve only to divide us and make political consultants rich. Or…something like that.

Fort Worth ISD will pay former Superintendent Angélica Ramsey $544,463 to buy out her contract, according to her exit agreement with the school board. The 12-page agreement, obtained by the Fort Worth Report through an open records request, outlines that the district will pay Ramsey two major lump sum payments and set aside retirement funds for her. It also details the educator’s new role as the district’s public relations ambassador, and she was immediately placed on leave with full salary and benefits. view article

There are new developments in the investigation into the Grand Prairie Independent School District’s superintendent. Dr. Jorge Arrendondo was placed on administrative leave last month after only being on the job for a few months. view article

As the Fort Worth Independent School District’s school board soon determines how it will conduct its search for a new superintendent, North Texas school attorneys say the opening could be well sought-after even in the midst of the school year. Superintendent Angélica Ramsey’s last day with Fort Worth ISD was Monday after she resigned from her post amid scrutiny of the district’s academic performance. Her resignation agreement states that she’ll receive more than $500,000 in severance and will remain employed by the district until next August as its “ambassador for public relations. view article

An Austin ISD parent says she plans to take legal action against the district. Video taken on Sept. 18 shows a 10th-grade student and assistant principal wrestling in the restroom of Navarro Early College High School. The student says this incident happened during a restroom break between classes. view article

Three Midlanders have filed suit against the City of Midland, Midland ISD, the Assistant City Manager of Midland and a Midland Building Official, and are seeking $250,000 or less in monetary relief, as well as a stop to the construction project starting October, 1 on the Ranchland Hills Golf Course. The Lawsuit, obtained by First Alert 7, alleges that the City of Midland and Midland ISD have not gone through the due process and permitting procedures required by the Midland City Code and Texas law that would allow Midland ISD to legally build a new Midland High School on the district owned property of 1600 E. Wadley Avenue, the Ranchland Hills Golf Course. view article

Bryan police arrested a Bryan ISD bus driver Thursday morning for driving intoxicated while transporting 24 students younger than the age of 15. Police responded to a crash around Lakeview Street and Fairway Drive and determined the school bus was “involved in a minor accident with a parked, unoccupied vehicle.” Students were on the bus during the crash, but police say none were injured. view article

Two Socorro ISD employees were placed on administrative leave after they were arrested forindecency with a child. Rodolfo Laureano and David Hernandez were arrested on Sept. 18 and 27. According to the district's directory, Laureano is listed as a part-time bus driver. view article

A woman who was shot outside the Dub Farris Athletic Complex has filed a lawsuit against the Northside Independent School District and two of the district’s officers involved in the incident. The lawsuit, which was filed on Friday, accuses Northside ISD, NISD Officer Kyle Kennedy, and NISD Officer Joseph Garcia of unreasonable use of deadly force. KSAT reached out to Northside ISD on Saturday for a comment on the lawsuit against the district. NISD assistant superintendent of communications Barry Perez responded to KSAT on Sunday. Perez said that the district does not have a comment on the suit because it is an “ongoing legal matter.” view article

Two Socorro ISD employees were placed on administrative leave after they were arrested forindecency with a child. Rodolfo Laureano and David Hernandez were arrested on Sept. 18 and 27. According to the district's directory, Laureano is listed as a part-time bus driver. view article

The family of a 5-year-old Fort Worth ISD student is speaking out after the district confirmed the child was left behind at a museum during a school field trip. According to the district, they learned about the incident on Wednesday when a group of students from Carrol Peak Elementary went on a field trip to the Fort Worth Science and History Museum. view article

A substitute teacher at Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD was arrested and charged with two counts of injury to a child. In a SCUCISD letter obtained by KSAT, the district said Cibolo police took Yorlin Hernandez, 42, into custody without incident on Friday afternoon. He was later booked into the Guadalupe County Jail, records show. view article

A Black high school student in Texas who was punished for nearly all of his junior year over his hairstyle has left his school district rather than spend another year of in-school suspension, according to his attorney. But Darryl George, 18, would like to return to his Houston-area high school in the Barbers Hill school district for his senior year and has asked a federal judge to issue a temporary restraining order that would prevent district officials from further punishing him for not cutting his hair. It would allow him to return to school while a federal lawsuit he filed proceeds. view article

Bryan police arrested a Bryan ISD bus driver Thursday morning for driving intoxicated while transporting students. Police responded to a crash around Lakeview Street and Fairway Drive and determined the school bus was “involved in a minor accident with a parked, unoccupied vehicle.” Students were on the bus during the crash, but police say none were injured. view article

The Supreme Court of Texas on Thursday night denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s emergency filing seeking to overturn the State Fair of Texas’ policy banning all firearms from its fairgrounds. The fair is set to start Friday, The Texas Tribune reports. Stay informed about Austin and Central Texas news, weather, investigations and sports on our website and social media: view article

A Brownsboro ISD teacher is facing a felony charge after a child was injured in class. Kyle Lee Rocha, 39, of Chandler, is charged with injury to a child intending bodily harm following his Tuesday arrest. An arrest document says the charge stems from an incident in which Rocha knocked over a 7-year-old student’s desk in class. According to the affidavit, the incident occurred on Sept. 13 at Chandler Elementary School in Rocha’s behavioral classroom. view article

Authorities say a 15-year-old Willis ISD student has been charged after another student and a school official overheard him making a threatening comment towards a school. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says the student was overheard saying the comment, “Shoot this place up,” while he was walking with friends down a hallway at one of the schools in the district. view article

Fear is how one Burbank High School parent said it feels to watch the video play out of their child involved in a fight on Monday afternoon. “I couldn’t believe it,” the Burbank High School parent told KSAT. “Why is no one helping?” Multiple video clips circulated on social media and within the Burbank community this week showing a fight steps away from the campus. The fight only ended after someone pulled a gun. view article

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Jennifer Washington, the executive director of administrative services at The Killeen Independent School District (KISD), is on administrative leave following her arrest on a marijuana possession charge, the school district confirmed to KWTX. According to Temple Police, at about 11:10 p.m. on Sept. 21, officers were in the area of I-35 and exit 299 when a vehicle with a malfunctioning driver-side headlight drove past them. view article

A newly certified teacher’s aide in Conroe Independent School District is facing a charge of sexual assault of a child, a second-degree felony punishable by 2 to 20 years in prison. Conroe ISD police arrested KeSean DaVante Carter, 24, on September 20 after an investigation initiated and led by the district police department. view article

Parents and advocates are showing up in numbers to share their concerns and requests when it comes to the employment of Lorena ISD superintendent and a principal. view article

A 13-year-old is facing charges for making social media threats against three separate schools in Willis ISD. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said the student admitted to making the threats on social media platform Snapchat. Authorities confirmed on Monday that the student attends Lynn Lucas Middle School. view article

The Lorena Independent School District school board gaveled in for a regularly scheduled monthly meeting on September 23. The lawsuit the district and one of it's principal face wasn't on the board's agenda, but still the board had to hear about it. view article

Mexia ISD said late last night their administration was made aware of a social media post about a song that referred to “shooting up the high school in Mexia.” Mexia police investigated the threat and said that it was not credible. The school says as a precaution they will check on all MISD campuses today. view article

A 13-year-old student from Lynn Lucas Middle School has been charged for making threats against Willis High School, Brabham Middle School, and Lynn Lucas Middle School on Snapchat. The student, who did not have access to firearms, faces a charge of making a terroristic threat, classified as a third-degree felony. view article

Dozens of districts sued Texas saying the ratings painted an unfair picture of their schools. Others voluntarily have released their own.   view article

Four Lewisville Independent School District students are facing charges for allegedly posting school threats in an attempt to get out of class. Lewisville police said they quickly recognized the posts as "duplicates or recycled posts from other threatening posts that have been seen across the Metroplex and the state this week and last week." view article

Lockhart ISD Superintendent Mark Estrada was at a high school football game last Friday when he was interrupted by a disturbing message. "It’s a screenshot of a student who didn’t make a specific threat but one that was alarming enough to send shockwaves across the bleachers," he said. Police ultimately arrested the student, Estrada told Texas legislators during a hearing on school safety this week. view article

A former Pasadena ISD student is facing a felony terroristic threat charge after he allegedly threatened to shoot up Thompson Intermediate School in a post on Instagram. Micah Love, 20, has not yet been arrested. According to charging documents, a school employee who monitored Thompson’s Instagram account saw a message in August with screenshots of a deleted post, which showed an image of the school with the threats written as a caption. view article

Former Conroe ISD football standout and district paraprofessional KeSean Carter was arrested and charged with sexual assault of a child following an investigation at Oak Ridge High School. Carter, 24 of Willis, was being held in Montgomery County Jail on no bond. According to an email from Oak Ridge High School Principal Shawn Almond to parents, Carter worked as a substitute teacher from January through May and as a paraprofessional from Aug. 21 to Sept. 16, when he was suspended while the Conroe Police Department investigated allegations against him. view article

A Pflugerville ISD kindergarten teacher has been charged with a felony after allegedly fracturing two of a student's fingers earlier this month. PfISD said the teacher was immediately placed on leave during the investigation and is now no longer employed by the district. view article