Texas public school districts must reopen campuses for in-person instruction in August to continue receiving state funding, unless the governor issues a school closure order or a confirmed case of COVID-19 on an individual campus forces a brief shutdown of the building, Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced Tuesday.The mandate ensures that families wanting in-person classes will have the option for children to return to campuses during the novel coronavirus pandemic, though students may continue learning from home if they choose. Districts can restrict the number of students who...…Texas public school districts must reopen campuses for in-person instruction in August to continue receiving state funding, unless the governor issues a school closure order or a confirmed case of COVID-19 on an individual campus forces a brief shutdown of the building, Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced Tuesday.The mandate ensures that families wanting in-person classes will have the option for children to return to campuses during the novel coronavirus pandemic, though students may continue learning from home if they choose. Districts can restrict the number of students who...WW…

Texas education leaders can re-open campuses for in-person summer school starting June 1, as long as they institute safety protocols that include limiting the number of people in classrooms and checking students’ body temperature each day, state officials said Monday.The announcement by Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Education Agency leaders marks the first possible return to schools for some of the state’s 5 million-plus students, who have been forced to stay home since mid-March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. State officials are not mandating that schools resume face-to-face...…Texas education leaders can re-open campuses for in-person summer school starting June 1, as long as they institute safety protocols that include limiting the number of people in classrooms and checking students’ body temperature each day, state officials said Monday.The announcement by Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Education Agency leaders marks the first possible return to schools for some of the state’s 5 million-plus students, who have been forced to stay home since mid-March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. State officials are not mandating that schools resume face-to-face...WW…

Published on May 7, 2020.More than two years after the U.S. Department of Education demanded that Texas education officials provide extra help for thousands of students denied special education, the state has failed to provide clear guidance to school districts, leaving struggling children to flounder, records show.Federal officials in 2018 to try to undo damage caused by an arbitrary cap in place in Texas for years that instructed districts to keep the number of students receiving special education services under 8.5 percent.By TEA’s own estimate, the number of existing and new students...…Published on May 7, 2020.More than two years after the U.S. Department of Education demanded that Texas education officials provide extra help for thousands of students denied special education, the state has failed to provide clear guidance to school districts, leaving struggling children to flounder, records show.Federal officials in 2018 to try to undo damage caused by an arbitrary cap in place in Texas for years that instructed districts to keep the number of students receiving special education services under 8.5 percent.By TEA’s own estimate, the number of existing and new students...WW…

All Texas school employees and child care workers now are eligible to get COVID-19 vaccines, the Department of State Health Services Wednesday, a key milestone for educators who have argued they deserve earlier access to shots because of the risks of working in classrooms full of students.The state’s decision came one day after President Joe Biden directed all states to prioritize school staff and child care workers in their vaccine rollout plans. Until Wednesday, Texas school employees could not get a vaccine unless they were 65 or older, had one of several chronic medical conditions or...…All Texas school employees and child care workers now are eligible to get COVID-19 vaccines, the Department of State Health Services Wednesday, a key milestone for educators who have argued they deserve earlier access to shots because of the risks of working in classrooms full of students.The state’s decision came one day after President Joe Biden directed all states to prioritize school staff and child care workers in their vaccine rollout plans. Until Wednesday, Texas school employees could not get a vaccine unless they were 65 or older, had one of several chronic medical conditions or...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateMANVEL — Lost among the rows of scruffy pines, Patsy Hawa began to lose hope that she would find what she was looking for.It had to be between six and seven feet tall, bushy but not too thick, and sturdy enough to hold years of holiday memories. About a dozen families wandered nearby at Holiday Acres’ plot of Virginia pines, searching for a tree they had seen in their dreams, one that would fit perfectly in their living rooms, one so beautiful that company would ask, “Where did you find that?”It may be hard to believe that Hawa...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateMANVEL — Lost among the rows of scruffy pines, Patsy Hawa began to lose hope that she would find what she was looking for.It had to be between six and seven feet tall, bushy but not too thick, and sturdy enough to hold years of holiday memories. About a dozen families wandered nearby at Holiday Acres’ plot of Virginia pines, searching for a tree they had seen in their dreams, one that would fit perfectly in their living rooms, one so beautiful that company would ask, “Where did you find that?”It may be hard to believe that Hawa...WW…

Houston ISD announced Monday evening it has changed the metrics it uses to make district-level decisions about COVID-19 after Harris County infection data surpassed the district’s original threshold to trigger campus closures.In the district’s reopening plan, Houston ISD officials had written that employees would work from home and students would learn virtually if Harris County’s COVID-19 test positivity rate averaged more than 7 percent over a 14-day period. On Monday, Harris County’s COVID-19 dashboard put the 14-day average percent of positive tests at 7.4 percent.However, with the...…Houston ISD announced Monday evening it has changed the metrics it uses to make district-level decisions about COVID-19 after Harris County infection data surpassed the district’s original threshold to trigger campus closures.In the district’s reopening plan, Houston ISD officials had written that employees would work from home and students would learn virtually if Harris County’s COVID-19 test positivity rate averaged more than 7 percent over a 14-day period. On Monday, Harris County’s COVID-19 dashboard put the 14-day average percent of positive tests at 7.4 percent.However, with the...WW…

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The ransom negotiations began in mid-March.Hackers had locked Sheldon ISD officials out of some of its most crucial software servers, encrypting data that helped keep the district’s business operations running. Employees’ bank account information, salary data, email communications, systems that enabled key fobs to open doors to campuses, even security camera systems were compromised.Trustees in the 10,000-student school district in northeast Houston were forced into a choice: Pay the hackers a ransom of as much as $350,000 to obtain a digital key to unlock their hijacked systems, or spend...…The ransom negotiations began in mid-March.Hackers had locked Sheldon ISD officials out of some of its most crucial software servers, encrypting data that helped keep the district’s business operations running. Employees’ bank account information, salary data, email communications, systems that enabled key fobs to open doors to campuses, even security camera systems were compromised.Trustees in the 10,000-student school district in northeast Houston were forced into a choice: Pay the hackers a ransom of as much as $350,000 to obtain a digital key to unlock their hijacked systems, or spend...WW…

Trustees at Goose Creek CISD voted 4-3 against changing the name of Baytown’s Robert E. Lee High School early Thursday, capping off a contentious board meeting that lasted more than eight and a half hours.However, the board did approve the creation of a committee to study changing the name of the school and potentially others, and trustees could revisit the issue once the committee has finished its work.The debate over changing the name of one of Texas’ last remaining schools to bear Robert E. Lee’s name comes amid national calls to remove monuments commemorating and rename schools honoring...…Trustees at Goose Creek CISD voted 4-3 against changing the name of Baytown’s Robert E. Lee High School early Thursday, capping off a contentious board meeting that lasted more than eight and a half hours.However, the board did approve the creation of a committee to study changing the name of the school and potentially others, and trustees could revisit the issue once the committee has finished its work.The debate over changing the name of one of Texas’ last remaining schools to bear Robert E. Lee’s name comes amid national calls to remove monuments commemorating and rename schools honoring...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateGalveston ISD trustees violated state open meetings laws when they forced members of the public out of a Wednesday school board meeting for 14 minutes after a teacher speaking during public comments criticized the district’s new superintendent, according to a government accountability attorney.Bill Aleshire, an Austin-based attorney who also volunteers with the Texas Freedom of Information Foundation, said because there were no agenda items relating to Superintendent Jerry Gibson, controversial comments he made in a Facebook Live...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateGalveston ISD trustees violated state open meetings laws when they forced members of the public out of a Wednesday school board meeting for 14 minutes after a teacher speaking during public comments criticized the district’s new superintendent, according to a government accountability attorney.Bill Aleshire, an Austin-based attorney who also volunteers with the Texas Freedom of Information Foundation, said because there were no agenda items relating to Superintendent Jerry Gibson, controversial comments he made in a Facebook Live...WW…