The nation and world are still coping with the pandemic, albeit with multiple vaccines developed and distributed now. School officials did their part during the pandemic to continue learning for students on campus and in virtual mode, and at the March 22 board...

Wylie ISD began a Diversi­ty and Inclusion program this school year, but it is now re­ceiving blowback from some parents. Several people appeared at Wylie ISD’s board meeting on March 22 to criticize the dis­trict’s new Diversity and Inclu­sion program and curriculum...

Wylie High School students don’t have to be gifted in mu­sic or athletically inclined to find their niche in a fairly new activity at school: archery. Students in AHMO Bow­men will travel to Belton this week to participate in the state archery tournament, where 200...

When outlining their future goals, there is nothing abstract about the paths Wylie High School seniors Sydney Morri­son and Riley Cook are follow­ing. Armed with the affirmation of art school scholarships, they are on the brink of discovering where their skills will...

Community ISD continues to grow - and it’s growing fast. Superintendent Roosevelt Nivens gave a state of the dis­trict recently at the Lavon Area Chamber of Commerce. “Since I’ve been here, we’ve added 1,000 kids,” said Nivens, who joined the district in 2015 in a...

Kara Geller has experienced the COVID-19 pandemic first­hand, and she has seen how young people have reacted to the virus over the last year. Geller has been a nurse for 21 years and is in her 13th year with Wylie ISD. She is the campus nurse at Bush Elemen­tary...

 Public school students will take the STAAR test this year, and the Wylie ISD board ap­proved a waiver at its Feb. 23 meeting to allow the process to go smoother regarding ac­commodating on-campus and remote learners. With the waiver, non-testing students will...