Plano ISD

For many, 2020 has been the year of the cancelation, but one North Texas teen decided to say no to cancelations and yes to improvising. She posted her innovation to social media and has since gone viral.

For many, 2020 has been the year of the cancelation, but one North Texas teen decided to say no to cancelations and yes to improvising. She posted her innovation to social media and has since gone viral, NBC 5’s Laura Harris reports.

Advanced Placement classes have become the norm for students working to get into the most competitive schools. But students across North Texas say when it came time to take the AP exams to show what they’d learned, they were refused the chance.

Advanced Placement classes have become the norm for students working to get into the most competitive schools. But students across North Texas say when it came time to take the AP exams to show what they’d learned, they were refused the chance. Education Reporter Wayne Carter explains.

Nina from Plano Senior High School was featured in the Brag About Your Grad segment on Thursday, May 28, 2020.

Keaton from Plano East Senior High School was featured in the Brag About Your Grad segment on Tuesday, May 19, 2020.

Shehmir from Plano West Senior High School and Zachery from McKinney Boyd High School were featured in Friday’s segment of Brag About Your Grad on May 8, 2020.

North Texas school districts are taking precautions to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus as students and staff begin their spring break vacations. Plano, Grapevine-Colleyville, Coppell, and Frisco ISDs ask students and employees who are traveling over spring break to countries hit the hardest by COVID-19 infections to self-quarantine when they return to North Texas. Allen ISD announced a…

North Texas school districts are taking precautions to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus as students and staff begin their spring break vacations.

The head of the Dallas County Medical Society tells NBC 5 there’s no need to panic, but make sure you are prepared and know what to do if you suspect you may have the coronavirus.

Student enrollment in the Plano school district is expected to continue to decline over the next several years. The 52,646-student district could see its enrollment drop to 50,359 students by the 2024-25 school year, Rocky Gardiner, a consultant with Templeton Demographics, told the Plano school board during a recent work session. Click here to read more from our partners at…

Plano ISD could be extending the school day for elementary and middle school students next year. The school board is expected to vote on changes to the academic calendar on Tuesday. School board trustees discussed three calendar options for the 2020-2021 school year during a Nov. 19 work session. Each calendar option had extended class days for elementary and middle…

Wayne Carter is in the classroom at Williams High in Plano, where students are taking coding to the next level.

The football game between an El Paso high school and the suburban Dallas school where the suspect in the El Paso mass shooting attended has been been rescheduled, after being canceled earlier this week.

The Plano ISD announced on Friday that the district had agreed to play the game against Eastwood High School at The Star in Frisco. The district said The Star offers the level of security that Plano ISD feels the unique situation warrants.

The first day of school Monday was intense for high school students in Garland ISD who are preparing to compete against business professionals in a design competition next month.

Two of the biggest school districts in North Texas, Frisco ISD and Plano ISD, are the latest to consider changes to address concerns that class rankings have become far too competitive.

Wayne Carter is in the classroom at Williams High in Plano, where students are taking coding to the next level.

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

A frustrated Everman High School parent reached out to NBC 5 with concerns about a number or school lunches at the school.