The Sherman ISD Board of Trustees recognized the 2021-2022 Staff of the Year for their service to the district at the May board meeting Monday, May 16. Kacy Hawkins, a kindergarten teacher at Fairview Elementary, was the Elementary Teacher of the Year.
After six months of anticipation, the first two phases of Texas Instruments’ new $30 billion expansion have entered the construction phase. Representatives for the tech company, local leaders and state representatives came together to celebrate this milestone Wednesday with a groundbreaking ceremony at the plant site.
Extra-special events and activities for Denison High School’s top graduating seniors would not be complete without one of the year’s most anticipated celebrations: the Denison Education Foundation’s “Scholars Among Us” dinner event at the Hilton Garden Inn.
Our Constitution does not specifically mention education, although amendments ten and fourteen have each been applied to it at various times. States generally oversee what goes on in our schools with regard to major issues. However, the nitty-gritty of local education is handled by a group of men and women known as the “school board”. School boards consist of three, five, or seven members delegated with the power and authority to “develop policies, rules, and regulations in connection with school site location, school finances, equipment purchases, staffing, attendance, curriculum and other functions essential to the day-to-day operation of the school”. Powers vary by state and some boards are also authorized to levy taxes, invest resources, initiate eminent domain proceedings, acquire land, and assume bonded indebtedness. The school board must abide by the state’s constitution, statutes, and judicial rulings before making decisions. Ideally, board members understand their community’s needs and strive to give students a quality education that prepares them for adult life.
Austin College’s Commencement ceremony was broadcast live via streaming video and on Facebook on Saturday morning. Austin College students, faculty, staff, family and friends gathered Saturday for the Class of 2022 Commencement celebration as nears 325 Bachelor of Arts degree candidates and 15 Master of Arts in Teaching degree candidates.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas on Thursday blasted one of his party’s top leaders back home, calling the mounting pile of accusations and legal woes Attorney General Ken Paxton faces an “embarrassment” just days before a primary runoff election.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill prohibiting all abortions with few exceptions, and providers said they would stop performing the procedure as soon as the governor signs it in the latest example of the GOP’s national push to restrict access to what has been a constitutional right for nearly a half century.
Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government said Thursday.
Sherman Independent School District recently got the go ahead to begin work on additional parking at its new high school. The request went before both the SISD School Board and Sherman Planning and Zoning Commission this week and was approved by both groups.
Nineteen individuals have been named in a federal indictment charging them with violations in the Eastern District of Texas. The indictment, returned by a federal grand jury on May 12, 2022, charges the defendants with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.