The Wylie ISD Board of Trustees held three meetings over the past week—two special called meetings and one regular meeting—to address leadership changes and recognize student achievements. During a special called meeting Tuesday morning, Sept. 23, trustees named...
Garland Independent School District will have to make budget adjustments after a Voter-Approved Tax Rate Election (TRE) failed when presented to voters. Voters cast 53,886 votes (51.62%) against and 50,494 (48.38%) for the proposed TRE. Despite the fact it would have...
Garland Independent School District has expanded its pre-K offering to include full and half day options at 27 campuses as well as two pre-Kindergarten centers. This will be the first time GISD has offered full-day pre-K and eligibility requirements have been waived...
A new initiative called Find Five Friday is challenging students and staff to reach out to five people they haven’t spoken to in a while or don’t know during the first Friday of every month. Find Five Friday is one of several Garland Independent School District...
A Sachse student is among the 16,000 Nation Merit Scholarship semifinalist and one of 10 in Garland Independent School District. Miral Disi, an 18-year old senior, is the only semifinalist at Sachse High School. Disi was born in Dallas, raised in Sachse but...
Garland Independent School District and the American Diabetes Association have partnered to help students understand the impact of diabetes. The program, called Project Power, was developed two years ago and was originally a summer program. However, the COVID-19...
Wylie Independent School District is focusing on hope and community in the 2020-21 school year, according to Superintendent David Vinson. Vinson, who joined WISD in 2011, gave a State of the District address to Sachse Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, Oct. 13. Hope was...
This year, Wylie ISD has made efforts to recognize National Hispanic Heritage Month. The month, which spans from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 each year, celebrates Hispanic and Latino contributions to American history and culture. The dates surround the independence days of...
Wylie and Wylie East high school theatre departments performed their first productions of the season in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wylie High performed “Puffs” by Sachse High alum Matt Cox at the Murphy Central Park Amphitheater in Murphy on Oct. 9 and 10,...
