As students gather supplies for returning to class, there’s one item they won’t need in school: a cell phone. A new Texas law bans the use of personal telecommunication devices at all grade levels, kindergarten through 12th, in all public schools and open-enrollment...
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...
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....
A dozen Wylie ISD students earned designation as Texas All-State Musicians for the 2020-21 school year, with students from both Wylie East and Wylie high schools being recognized. The honor is especially laudable given that 50,000 students started the Texas Music...
Editor’s note: Second in a series on Wylie ISD’s recruiting and retention program. Teachers stand in front of a class and communicate lessons each day to students, but as Davis Intermediate School English/language arts teacher Susan Wood can attest, teachers...
Wylie ISD educators, like school personnel everywhere, have faced numerous challenges in this year of COVID-19. At the regular monthly Wylie ISD board meeting on Jan. 25, Wylie ISD Superintendent David Vinson told board members how much he appreciated their support...
