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Texas mother raises concerns after special needs daughter doesn't come home after school on time
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Katy family takes ownership of SafeWay Driving School
CITY OF KATY, Texas (Covering Katy News) — A longtime Katy resident who first experienced SafeWay Driving as a parent and later became one of its instructors has taken ownership of the company's Katy location. Gregory Villano and his family assumed ownership of the driving school in June following...
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Kroger Backpack Boosters Raises Nearly $300,000 for Cy-Fair ISD and Eight Other School Districts
Kroger’s annual Backpack Boosters campaign raised $297,029 this year, with the funds being shared among CFISD and eight other school districts to help students start the school year with the supplies they need.
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Katy ISD Outperforms State Averages, Earns Top Rating Among Texas’ Largest School Districts
KATY, TX [August 17, 2026] – Katy ISD is once again raising the bar for academic excellence across Texas. For the 2025–26 accountability cycle, the District earned a B/88 rating from the Texas Education Agency (TEA), placing Katy ISD as the top-performing large school district in the state. Trustees reviewed the results during the Aug. 17 Board Work Study meeting, celebrating another strong showing in the District’s longstanding record of academic achievement.
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Lamar CISD Celebrates Terry High School’s A Rating, Campus Achievements in 2026 TEA Accountability Results
Lamar CISD is celebrating significant campus achievements following the release of the 2026 Texas Education Agency (TEA) accountability ratings, highlighted by B.F. Terry High School earning an A rating after receiving a B in 2025. The achievement marks an important milestone for Terry High School and reflects the focused work...
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Aristoi Classical Academy Cypress Begins New School Year in Long-Awaited Permanent Campus
After six years of building a school community in borrowed space, Aristoi Classical Academy Cypress has opened the 2026–2027 school year at its permanent Ardfield Drive campus, marking a major milestone as enrollment grows beyond 700 students and the academy moves closer to graduating its first senior class.
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Texas Southern University reports $1.6B economic impact
As Texas Southern University approaches its centennial in 2027, a new economic impact report revealed that the university generates $1.6 billion in annual economic impact and supports 15,676 jobs across Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, and Harris counties. It is a baseline from. which TSU aims to expand workforce development and...
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Katy ISD Earns B in 2026 TEA Accountability Ratings, With Student Performance Outpacing Texas in Every STAAR Subject
Katy ISD earned an 88 overall in the newly released 2026 Texas school accountability ratings, with students outperforming statewide STAAR results across every tested subject as the district also posted strong graduation rates, dozens of A-rated campuses and measurable gaps among student groups.
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Texas Teacher Breaks Down After High School Students Struggle to Read
A Texas high school teacher was emotionally and visibly distraught after his senior students failed to complete a reading and writing exercise. Darius Williams, a teacher for Houston Independent School District's Wheatley High School, said that he realized on the second day of school that his students' poor literacy skills would be a major hurdle, which moved him to tears.