Garland ISD is now offering weekly virtual job fairs to connect principals with potential candidates. The job fairs are held every Tuesday from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. and operate in a “come and go” manner. Recruitment coordinators Alex Rivera and Kishawna Wiggins said...

Garland ISD board of trust­ees recognized several employ­ees, passed several resolutions and heard a report from the su­perintendent during the July 27 regular meeting. The district recognized Renee Kotsopoulos, direc­tor of health services for her work during the...

Students know when they take a theater class at SHS, they’ll be set to build a strong foundation. Using a partnership he has been developing since 2005, Sachse High School Technical Theatre Director Joe Murdoch and Garland Summer Musicals allow students to earn a...

With summer vacation com­ing to an end, Garland Indepen­dent School District students are set to return to the classroom Monday, Aug. 2. School officials anticipate there will be a prolonged period of adjustment as students — es­pecially those who were virtual in the...

Every Garland ISD student will have access to free, nu­tritious meals every school day throughout the 2021-22 school year. A student’s household in­come would typically need to meet eligibility requirements to qualify for free or re­duced-price meals. This year,...

Camryn Shupe considered herself lacking a certain charac­teristic before her involvement with SkillsUSA. That trait — confidence — has grown since she started with the national organization that seeks to help secondary school and college students build per­sonal and...

Wylie ISD won’t provide remote learning this school year, but trustees at the June meeting learned about some options for parents concerned about sending their children to in-person classes in the fall. House Bill 1468, which tar­geted remote learning, was not...

When longtime teachers leave the profession, many if not all leave with lasting mem­ories. For Wylie High School re­tiree Teri Harrington, who re­tired at the end of the 2020-21 school year, those 23 years of memories came inside and out­side the classroom. Harrington...

In a unanimous decision, Garland ISD trustees voted to approve the 2021-22 bud­get during the June 22 regular meeting. The total budget is $640.8 million, compared to last year’s budget of $649 million. The budget is divided into three parts: $543 million for the...