Argyle ISD approves 2022-23 calendar

Cross Timbers Gazette Schools 1/21 5:15A Mark Smith

During Tuesday s busy Argyle ISD Board of Trustees meeting, the board approved the district s academic calendar for the 2022-23 school year. The new calendar is similar to the current one, with school starting on Aug. 15, 2022, and ending May 19,...

Argyle ISD approves name of new elementary school

Cross Timbers Gazette Schools 1/21 3:34A Mark Smith

This week, the Argyle ISD Board of Trustees approved the name of the new elementary school opening this year in Canyon Falls. The new school will be named Argyle South Elementary, according to a news release from the district. Located at 118800...

Local school district changes COVID-19 quarantine guidelines

Cross Timbers Gazette Schools 1/20 10:30A Mark Smith

Argyle ISD on Thursday informed families that they have updated their guidelines for students who test positive and/or are exposed to a COVID-19 patient. A student who tests positive for COVID-19 may return after five days if they are fever-free...

High school senior harnesses healing power of listening

Cross Timbers Gazette Schools 1/20 6:07A Mark Miller

Around her 16th birthday, a friend told Rhea Karumuru how much she had helped him while they were at Flower Mound’s Downing Middle School. He credited his happiness then to her being such a good friend. “I was taken aback,” she said. “I just...

Argyle ISD calls $268M bond election

Cross Timbers Gazette Schools 1/20 3:57A Mark Smith

This week, the Argyle ISD Board of Trustees unanimously voted to call a bond election this May for funding for several new schools and more as the district plans for more growth. Trustees approved the community-led Bond & Growth Planning Committee...

Several Lewisville ISD schools to close temporarily

Cross Timbers Gazette Schools 1/19 9:31A Mark Smith

Several Lewisville ISD schools, including some in Flower Mound and Lewisville, will close for three school days because of rising numbers of positive COVID-19 cases among staff. Bridlewood Elementary, Lillie Jackson Early Childhood Center, Indian...

Denton ISD approves 2022-23 school year calendar

Cross Timbers Gazette Schools 1/17 8:11A Mark Smith

Last month, the Denton ISD Board of Trustees approved the 2022-23 school year calendar. The school year will begin Aug. 11, 2022 and end May 26, 2023, according to a news release from the district. Thanksgiving Break will be Nov. 21-25, Winter...

LISD schools may implement stricter COVID-19 protocols

Cross Timbers Gazette Schools 1/17 4:15A Mark Smith

Lewisville ISD is moving its elementary and middle schools to a different level of COVID-19 protocols, which is expected to cause several changes involving visitors and social distancing as the Omicron variant surge continues. The COVID-19 case...

Lewisville ISD launches self-reporting system for COVID exposure, illness

Cross Timbers Gazette Schools 1/14 3:23A Mark Smith

Lewisville ISD this week launched an online self-reporting system for families to report students who have been exposed to COVID-19 or test positive. The new online form will ease the load of the call center, according to a district news release....

Lewisville ISD approves 2022-23 calendar

Cross Timbers Gazette Schools 1/13 10:44A Mark Smith

This week, the Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees approved the 2022-23 school year calendar. Last month, the board was presented with two options for the academic calendar, which the public voted on in a survey. Based on the public feedback, the...

Northwest ISD closing through Tuesday

Cross Timbers Gazette Schools 1/13 4:38A Mark Smith

Northwest ISD announced Thursday that it will close all schools and buildings Friday through Tuesday because of a surge of COVID-19 throughout the district. Because of the rising absentee rates of our campus staff, it is becoming increasingly...

Proznik seeking reelection to Lewisville ISD Board

Cross Timbers Gazette Schools 1/11 4:48A Mark Smith

Lewisville ISD Trustee Jenny Proznik announced Monday that she will file for reelection to Place 5 on the LISD Board. The filing period begins on Jan. 19, and the election will be held on May 7. Proznik is finishing her second three-year term on...

Lewisville ISD to hold public hearing about TAPR results

Cross Timbers Gazette Schools 1/10 3:32A Mark Smith

Lewisville ISD has scheduled a public hearing next month regarding the 2020-21 Texas Academic Performance Report. The LISD Board of Trustees will hold a public discussion of the TAPR during the regular board meeting at the LISD Administrative...

Community invited to LISD superintendent’s retirement reception

Cross Timbers Gazette Schools 1/5 10:44A Mark Smith

The Lewisville ISD community is invited to an event this month to celebrate Dr. Kevin Rogers 36 years with the district ahead of his retirement. Rogers, 62, has been part of LISD for 36 years – his entire career in public education. He spent five...

Lewisville ISD asks for feedback on 2022-23 academic year schedule

Cross Timbers Gazette Schools 12/30 2:49P CTG Staff

The Lewisville Independent School District is looking for families to weigh in on the 2022-23 school year calendar. The district is asking residents to take a survey about their preferred schedule among two options. The differences center on the...