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Fired Pflugerville School Employee Faces Felonies for Grooming Student
Administrative assistant Marissa Juarez is accused of sending an underage student sexually explicit messages via Snapchat and kissing the juvenile while on campus.
Houston ISD To Cut 406 Uncertified Teachers Ahead of 2025–26 School Year
The teachers did not make the required progress towards their certifications.
Harris County Deputies Demand Higher Pay as Houston Police Set for Major Raises
Houston Mayor Whitmire recently proposed a plan that would pay first-year HPD officers $24,000 more than HCSO Deputies.
Austin Elementary Teacher Busted for Child Porn Now Faces Federal Charges
If convicted, Carl Innmon faces 20 years in federal prison.
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Parent Movement Scores Big Wins in North Texas School Board Races
Across North Texas, school board candidates backed by powerful parent movements won big in Saturday’s local elections, knocking out incumbents and district insiders. In almost every race where parents stepped up to run, voters chose candidates who were outside the...
Canyon ISD Voters Oust Incumbent School Board Member
Voters in the Amarillo area ousted an incumbent school board member on Saturday night, in favor of a pro-parent candidate. On Saturday night, Canyon Independent School District voters elected businessman Paul Blake to the Canyon ISD board of trustees over incumbent...
Amarillo Voters Reject School Bond Proposals
A package of four proposed bond items for Amarillo Independent School District was rejected by voters on Saturday night. Following an expensive campaign over the four proposed items that would have issued a combined $286 million in taxpayer-funded debt, voters made...
Former Texas Association of School Boards President Loses School Board Election
Parents throughout the state fought back against woke indoctrination in public schools in Saturday’s local elections. In Fort Bend ISD, former Texas Association of School Boards President Jim Rice (2020-2021) lost his seat on the board of trustees. TASB is the local...
Keller School Board Candidates Clash Over Explicit Book Controversy
Controversies over sexually explicit books in public school libraries are heating up hundreds of school board races in districts across Texas ahead of Saturday's local elections. Keller Independent School District is one of the districts where debates about explicit...
Explicit Books a Hot Topic in Prosper School Board Races
Controversies over sexually explicit books in public school libraries are impacting hundreds of school board races in districts across Texas as the Saturday election approaches. Prosper Independent School District is among those where debates about explicit books are...
Austin City Council Approves $1K Per Month Check for Handpicked Citizens
The irony abounds—and is continuing to cost Austinites. On Thursday, the Democrat-run Austin City Council instituted a controversial new pilot program: hand out $1,000 straight-cash, no-restrictions checks to families each month for the next year. But the checks will...
Decision Texas, Houston, Local
Runoff Preview: Berry and Troxclair Fight for House District 19
House District 19 includes Gillespie, Kendall, Blanco, and Burnet counties, as well as part of Travis County. Newly created, HD 19 is now located in Central Texas, just west of Austin, but was previously located in East Texas. The previous HD 19 area was absorbed by...
Midland’s Public Community College is Forcing Some Students to Get COVID Vaccine
Though some citizens across the nation may have already forgotten the subsided flu-like coronavirus, many government officials are still using it as an excuse to enact new discriminatory rules. In an email obtained by Texas Scorecard, Midland Independent School...