Wylie East’s Cambrie Cooper competes in junior swine showmanship during the 2026 Collin County Junior Livestock Show last week in McKinney. Cambrie won Reserve Champion in Duroc Swine. Courtesy Nicole House Photography Wylie ISD agricultural science students earned a...
A bill signed into law by the governor in June 2023 reformed the state’s community college finance system. Shifting away from the previous enrollment metrics model, Texas House Bill 8 (HB 8) is an outcomes-based approach that rewards colleges for awarding degrees and...
A new Texas law has brought steep punishments for students caught vaping on school campuses. Signed June 13 by Gov. Greg Abbott, House Bill 114 (HB 114) went into effect Sept. 1, weeks after the school year started. With punishment previously at a district’s...
After months of hard work, Collin County FFA and 4-H students will step into the show ring at the 2024 Collin County Junior Livestock Show and Sale Saturday. Students will parade their pigs, cattle, sheep, poultry, rabbits and goats before judges starting Jan. 6 and...
Garland and Wylie ISD voters approved bond referendums to support future growth and make improvements to existing facilities in 2023. Garland ISD Garland ISD voters passed a $1.2 billion bond referendum in the May 6 election with the majority of the funds — $1.1...
The Wylie ISD board of trustees met for a workshop Tuesday, Dec. 12 that focused on construction planning for new schools. The district’s $298 million “Growth Management Bond” proposal passed on Nov. 7. The funds are for renovating additional schools and facilities,...
The Wylie ISD Board of Trustees has a new president, Jacob Day, following his being elected by acclamation at the regular meeting Monday, Nov. 13. The former WISD teacher was first elected to the board in 2018. Day is replacing Stacie Smith, who the board elected by...
Dozens of city employees, educators and sponsors showed up for the monthly Sachse Chamber of Commerce luncheon last week. Sponsored by Ariel Pointe Senior Living, the event at Chase Oaks Woodbridge Campus on Nov. 14 featured a speech from Wylie ISD Superintendent...
Wylie ISD Education Foundation members and volunteers spent two days celebrating teachers last week. Members loaded into a “party bus” and made visits to schools across the district with pompoms, noisemakers, confetti, bells, whistles and oversized checks. By Jeremy...
