An Austin judge has continued the court order blocking the Texas Education Agency (TEA) from releasing its A-F accountability ratings for public schools. Travis County Judge Daniella DeSeta Lyttle scheduled a trial in February on the suit filed by five independent...
COVID conditions continue causing us to alter the way we do things. Everything has changed from the “normal” of just one year ago and that includes how the Fleur de Lis Garden Club of Sachse will conduct the first get together of its 2020-2021 meeting year. The...
Collin County and Texas Health and Human Services released updated COVID-19 information. State officials listed no deaths and 100 new cases of COVID-19 today, Sep. 24, in Collin County and are reporting a total of 13,310 confirmed cases. The state is also reporting...
Dallas County Health and Human Services reported three deaths and 704 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19, today, Sep. 24. The total case count in Dallas County is 79,426 with 1,005 total deaths to date. The total number of probable cases in Dallas County is...
Mental health issues have been a concern for students, their families, and educators exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. March of this year saw officials call for a national shutdown of public spaces including school buildings, resulting in a sudden and...
September is Suicide Awareness Month A Sachse students who twice attempted suicide credits an outpatient program for saving her life. When Abby Phillips was only 12, she became one of approximately 250,000 Americans who survive suicide. Wrought with a feeling of...
Garland Independent School District will go to the voters Nov. 3 with a Tax Ratification Election that will lower the tax rate but will raise tax bills for the average property owners. The GISD has proposed an overall tax rate of $1.36 per $100 assessed valuation. The...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last week loosened COVID-19 pandemic restrictions by raising the occupancy maximum to 75 percent for most businesses and facilities, and allowing visitation at long-term care facilities. The governor spelled out the changes in pandemic...
Collin County and Texas Health and Human Services released updated COVID-19 information. State officials listed three deaths and 150 new cases of COVID-19 today, Sep. 23, in Collin County and are reporting a total of 13,210 confirmed cases. The state is also reporting...
