Plano Independent School District

Plano ISD is starting the school year on Aug. 12 in a fully virtual learning environment.

New student ID badges along with camera and alarm upgrades highlight changes to Plano ISD school security.

The start of the 2018-2019 school year in Texas is a still a little less than two months away, but this is crunch time for the state’s teachers. Many of them are free agents, who can leave their school district for greener pastures if a different district offers them a better deal.

The Plano Independent School District announced Tuesday that Interim Superintendent Sara Bonser has earned the job full time.

Plano Independent School District trustees unanimously accepted the resignations Tuesday of Superintendent Brian Binggeli and Board Trustee Greg Myer.

At Tuesday’s Plano Independent School District board meeting, trustees will discuss the resignations of Superintendent Brian Binggeli and Board Trustee Greg Myer. Myer was elected in May and Binggeli took over as superintendent in 2015.

The City of Plano is asking for donations to help local families, as well as victims of Hurricane Harvey, who are in need of nutritious food.

The Plano Police Department is expected to conduct a traffic study along a busy street in front of an elementary school after a parent complained about the lack of a crossing guard there.

The Texas Association of School Boards is warning thousands of public school employees that their personal information may have recently been exposed online.

Plano ISD is considering changes to its class-rank policy, including eliminating the specific number that becomes attached to every high school student.

A Plano ISD school board member is recommending the district to better accommodate religious holidays for all faiths.

Plano ISD is considering a policy banning all dogs and animals from school grounds at all times.

Denton ISD will open the district’s fourth high school to students on Monday. The staff of 140 at Braswell High School will welcome 1,200 students in grades 9-11, eventually growing to serve 2,600.

Tuesday night, Frisco ISD parents appealed decisions to deny their children the ability to transfer schools.

Plano Senior High School has never given National Honor Society students special recognition on graduation day, but one family is hoping to rewrite the rules.

Health officials report cases of pertussis, or “whooping cough,” are on the rise in North Texas.

A five-month-long probe by NBC 5 Investigates has caught the Plano Independent School District and a teacher breaking state rules.

NBC 5 Investigates has learned The Texas Education Agency is reviewing a 2012 recorded incident at a Plano elementary school where an 8-year-old autistic student was forcibly held in a so-called “calm room.”

A federal judge has sentenced a security contractor to 2 1/2 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud a suburban North Texas school district out of millions of dollars.

Two Plano Independent School District teachers have lost their jobs after an NBC 5 Investigation uncovered an incident involving a calm room inside a Plano ISD elementary school.