Sachse High School graduates celebrate the conclusion of commencement exercises with the traditional cap toss Wednesday, May 20, at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland as they officially close one chapter and prepare for the next. Photo Tina Lopez/The Sachse News By...
By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] Garland ISD officials believe that regardless of how its students did on the STAAR tests, there’s always room for improvement. That means grade levels that didn’t do too well must get better, and those that equaled or...
By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] There will be a couple of new faces leading a local pair of schools. The interesting thing is that each comes from the same place: Sachse High School. It was there, a year ago, that Brandy Schneider and Carmen Blakey were...
By David Jenkins Staff Writer [email protected] The start of the 2017-’18 school year is two weeks away and for those who haven’t stocked up on back-to-school essentials, the Sales Tax Holiday is scheduled for Aug. 11-13. According to information from the...
Armstrong, Sewell kids produce strong math results By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] A solid majority of Sachse students, ranging from elementary through high school, met the minimum standards for the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR)...
Dallas up 11 percent, Collin 17.5 By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] Sachse residents will see significant increases in their property’s certified taxable values. Both Dallas and Collin County Appraisal Districts released their 2017 certified values this...
By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] A slew of Garland ISD middle school students, including some from Hudson, recently spent the hot days of July inside the cool confines of Lyles Middle School. Inside there, for about seven hours a day, they spent time...
