“We are currently in the process of finalizing what this will look like in practice at our campuses,” WISD Chief Communications Officer April Cunningham said about the new ban on cellphones during school. File Art All Texas public and charter school students, grades...
Editor’s note: This story is the first in a two-part series about the Wylie Independent School District’s recruiting and retention program. Melissa Hefty doesn’t mind helping a teacher in need. Wylie ISD operates a recruiting and retention department that seeks to...
Texas children are living through a reality that many parents and school administrators never thought possible-learning the basics of reading, writing, arithmetic, and more through videoconferencing. Today, the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation launches a new online...
Wylie High School junior Devin Chaky speaks enthusiastically about entering a science field - engineering - for a career one day. The work she does now in one of her classes can help her with science-related industries. Some 92 certifications were earned by WHS...
In a first presentation of the 2021-22 school year calendar, Wylie Independent School District students and staff will get a new weeklong fall break in October 2021. The proposed calendar was presented at the Monday, Oct. 19, meeting of the WISD school board. A...
Cooper Junior High School seventh grade student Zach Craft received a surprise last week when he was announced for submitting the name “Sentinel” for the newest Wylie Fire-Rescue truck. As part of the announcement Friday, Oct. 9, Craft was given a ride home in...
First day attendance in Wylie schools last week, Aug. 13, show an increase of 480 in student population with a total of 17,242 counted present in person or remotely. The total for the first day of classes last year was 16,762 students. The official count of...
Late filings for the Wylie Independent School District brought the tally of hopefuls up to eight and created a pair of contested races this fall. The school board candidate filing deadline was Monday, Aug. 17, for the election slated for Nov. 3. Signed up for Place 3...
A dream of almost two decades to operate a Collin College campus in the southeastern part of the county becomes reality Aug. 24 when the recently completed Wylie campus opens for classes. The 340,000 square foot campus was built from the ground up on a Country Club...
