Aldine ISD says two students were hit by debris as repairs were underway to fix a school's roof. The district said the incident happened at Reed Academy on Lauder Road Friday morning. After being hit by the debris, school officials said the students were taken to the nurse, who checked for any injuries but determined no signs of bodily harm. view article

From the Cisco ISD Superintendent: On Thursday, April 3, 2025. Cisco ISD experienced a significant wind damage at his high school facilities. The facilities need to be evaluated for safety of students. view article

10 students were on board a Hermleigh ISD activity bus that crashed in Scurry County early Tuesday morning, and the driver was cited for unsafe speed. None of the students, all ages 14 to 17, were injured during the crash, which happened on County Road 4114 near the intersection of County Road 4123 just before 6:00 a.m., according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. view article

A vacant Aldine ISD elementary school caught fire in Northwest Harris County. The fire started at Conley Elementary school on West Greens Road near Veterans Memorial just before 3 a.m. Sunday. https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/03/16/vacant-aldine-isd-elementary-school-catches-fire/" target="_blank" class="article-link">view article

One firefighter was injured while putting out a fire at a Prosper ISD construction site, officials said. The Prosper Fire Department responded to a fire around 2:31 a.m. at the Richland High School construction site located at 3450 Prairie Drive, the Prosper Fire Department said in a press release. The school is currently under construction and is scheduled to open in August 2025, Prosper ISD said. view article

Almost a year after Sinclair Elementary was battered by back-to-back storms, the Houston ISD campus reopened this week to students and teachers. Towering pine trees crashed into buildings on the campus during a derecho windstorm last May and Hurricane Beryl in July. Almost all of the 16 temporary buildings utilized at the school, located in the Timbergrove neighborhood, were damaged in the storms. view article

After several days of mild, enjoyable patio-season weather, severe storms could interrupt travel plans and cause problems throughout parts of Texas early this week. Forecasters say North Texas could see large hail, damaging winds and even a tornado or two starting Monday evening, while parts of Southeast Texas should prepare for similar conditions Tuesday.  National Weather Service forecasters said Sunday that an upper trough is likely to move over the Southern Plains and head toward Texas by Monday evening. This will allow for thunderstorms to develop starting in Northwest Texas, but they are likely to push through to the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth area before midnight. view article

One person is in police custody after a break-in Sunday at an Ennis elementary school. According to the Ennis ISD, a person broke into William B. Travis Elementary School on Sunday, stealing several items and damaging offices. view article

Issues with Medicaid coverage, including long wait times, abrupt loss of coverage and lack of political will to expand it, have contributed to Texas’ high uninsured rate for children.   view article

Texans continue to be killed and injured in vehicle pursuits by state and local law enforcement in the counties participating in Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial border crackdown, known as Operation Lone Star. view article

A recent budget analysis noted the Texas Senate’s voucher bill could affect the fund if it leads students and teachers to leave public schools.   view article

San Antonio ISD announced that the school will be open, and they are prepared for the winter chill this week view article

The 145-mile service will connect major cities across the region.  While effort to establish a high-speed bullet train aimed at connecting Dallas to Houston is moving slower than an inner-city freight, one Gulf Coast leader said the restoration of an Amtrak line spanning the region seems to be more on track. view article

Texas Governor Greg Abbott warned residents across the state to be on alert this week as “the coldest weather event of the year” is set to begin Monday and continue to Tuesday.  Much of Texas will fall subject to bitter cold this week as a frigid airmass moves into the state on Tuesday, bringing below-zero wind chills and potential record lows to some areas. On Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott warned residents to remain vigilant and prepared ahead of this week's deep chill.   view article

Power grid operator ERCOT’s worst-case projections show Texas coming up short in power supply as soon as 2027 amid growing concerns over the potential impact of power-hungry data centers. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ biannual Capacity, Demand and Reserves Report showed a possible 8.3% supply shortfall during peak demand in 2027. That worst-case scenario grows to 32.4% in summer 2029. view article

Four small-scale nuclear reactors are to be hosted on Texas A&M University land, it was announced on Tuesday. view article

(The Center Square) – State Farm, California’s largest property insurer, is demanding a 22% emergency rate hike after the Southern California fires, saying that over the last years it has paid out $1.26 in claims for every dollar in premiums it has collected. view article

Several North Texas counties, including Tarrant and Dallas, are under a flood watch until early Thursday, Jan. 30. Heavy rain fell across much of the region Wednesday evening and is expected to continue overnight into Thursday, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth. Rainfall amounts will range between 1 to 3 inches for much of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. There’s a 30% chance of rainfall totals reaching 5 to 7 inches in the northeastern part of North Texas, around Gainesville and Paris. TOP VIDEOS view article

A paraprofessional at a Corsicana ISD school was injured while dodging a chair a student threw at her, according to a district statement. The school the woman worked at, Collins Intermediate School, is the same one where an assistant principal was partially blinded in August after she was hit in the face when a student threw a wooden coat hanger at her. view article

EASTLAND, Texas — Eastland ISD has canceled classes for Thursday, Jan. 23, and Friday, Jan. 24, due to an increasing number of student and staff illnesses. view article

The Tornillo Independent School District experienced a cybersecurity incident resulting in student information being copied by an unauthorized user outside of the United States. According to a statement published on the district's website, PowerSchool, the district's provider of student information systems, informed the TISD of the incident on December 28. view article

CISCO, Texas — Over 150 students and faculty have gotten sick in Cisco ISD. The schools were closed Tuesday and Wednesday due to a widespread sickness going around. view article

An employee at a Corsicana ISD school says she was injured after a student tried to throw a chair at her. This is the second time an employee has been injured at Collins Intermediate School in the past six months. view article

Patrick on Sunday said the Legislature should amend the language of the state’s near-total abortion ban to address confusion over when doctors may terminate pregnancies.   view article

TEXAS — A rare winter storm is impacting Texas Tuesday, with a winter storm warning in place through 6 p.m. along the I-35 corridor and Coastal Plains. view article

Methane is a greenhouse gas that traps heat in the atmosphere and is 80 times the potency of carbon dioxide.   view article

Texas has already militarized the border under Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star.   view article

The new rule modernizes some aspects of commercial oilfield waste disposal and recycling. But rules for burying oilfield waste on private property remain limited.   view article

Cleveland ISD has already announced it will be closed on Tuesday due to forecasted weather conditions. In an announcement on Facebook, the school district said "Cleveland ISD will be CLOSED Tuesday, January 21, 2025, due to weather and road conditions in our area."  view article

Advocates say interstate compacts, which allow professionals to use their work licenses in multiple states, can solve Texas’ workforce shortage. Skeptics fear Texas would send more workers than it would receive. view article

Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham announced the completion of a stretch of border wall along the Rio Grande on Wednesday. view article

PowerSchool, a vendor providing services to multiple North Texas school districts, recently announced a data breach affecting the personal information of students and staff, the district said in a letter to parents. PowerSchool, a company hired by districts to store student information, reported the data breach to Dallas ISD. Similar to Dallas ISD, several other North Texas districts, including Denton ISD, Frisco ISD and Richardson ISD, use PowerSchool but were not impacted by the breach. view article

Houston's first freeze of the year may be over, but another one is headed our way next week—and so is the possibility of some snow..  "There are no bones about it, next week looks pretty cold," said meteorologist Eric Berger of Space City Weather in Houston.   "I do think we're likely to see freezing conditions in the Houston metro area on at least one or two nights," Berger added. But he said it remains to be seen whether we see a hard freeze (defined as 28 degrees or below by the National Weather Service) in Houston. view article

As districts face an ever-increasing number of community “watchdogs” and social media warriors posting opinions on issues based on, at best, 50% of the actual facts, it is common to question what the legal remedies are for defamed districts, employees, and officials. On the other hand, districts may also question what recourse the public may have against them and their employees and officials when defending themselves in a public forum on a controversial issue. Below is a brief analysis of each of those situations.

A fifth grade Lumberton Independent School District student reported "vulgar" language in the STAAR reading test last month, according to information from LISD.  view article