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Don Munsch
Collin College Summer/Fall 2026 Reg 2
One year later: School nurses navigate pandemic

One year later: School nurses navigate pandemic

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...

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Board approves STAAR waiver

Board approves STAAR waiver

 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...

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Council explores downtown improvements

Council explores downtown improvements

Charm and character and historic manner are the two top traits possessed by downtown Wylie, respondents said in a sur­vey about downtown sanctioned by the North Central Texas Council of Governments. The respondents included both residents and stakeholders for...

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Fires burn two Wylie homes

Fires burn two Wylie homes

 Fire ripped through two homes in Wylie last week, in­cluding one that displaced 10 people. The other fire damaged a home of a family of four and their three cats. Wylie Fire Departments crews responded just before 8:45 p.m. Feb. 25 to the 400 block of Milford...

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Dispatchers weather the storm

Dispatchers weather the storm

When the winter storm smacked the Metroplex and Texas as a whole last week, first responders stepped up. Julia Maschmann in Wylie was just one of them. Maschmann is supervisor of dispatchers for the city of Wy­lie, where she has been for a little over a year. Previous...

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Storm forces school closings

Storm forces school closings

The winter storm that shut down school in Wylie Indepen­dent School District last week did not happen just because of road conditions. Other factors came into play, said Ian Halperin, executive di­rector of communications and community relations for the Wylie ISD....

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Emergency declaration extended

Emergency declaration extended

The Wylie City Council in an emergency meeting Feb. 20 ap­proved Mayor Matthew Porter’s Declaration of Local Disaster for Winter Weather Emergen­cy because of the effects of the winter storm that hit the city last week. Council approval, in a 7-0 vote, allowed the...

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