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Richardson ISD Students Graduate From Project SEARCH Program
Eight Richardson ISD students graduated from the Project SEARCH program, which teaches life skills during on-the-job training.
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Local Students With Disabilities Graduate From On-the-Job Training Program
Eight Richardson Independent School District students graduated from the Project SEARCH program.
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Furor Over CRT, Pulling Books is “Manufactured Crisis”: Dallas ISD Leader
Three prominent North Texas school leaders spoke at length this week about their feelings on each of those controversial issues like critical race theory, pulling books from school libraries, and remote learning during the pandemic.
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North Texas Superintendents Address Critical Race Theory, Pulling Library Books
Three prominent North Texas school leaders spoke at length this week about their feelings on each of those controversial issues like critical race theory, pulling books from school libraries, and remote learning during the pandemic.
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Parents Concerned About COVID-19 Outbreaks as Kids Return to School
The omicron-fueled surge that is sending COVID-19 cases rocketing in the U.S. is putting children in the hospital in record numbers just as school is set to return from the holiday break. NBC 5’s Wayne Carter takes a look at what’s expected in the New Year.
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Parents Concerned About COVID-19 Outbreaks as Kids Return to School
The omicron-fueled surge that is sending COVID-19 cases rocketing in the U.S. is putting children in the hospital in record numbers just as school is set to return from the holiday break.
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Richardson Elementary Shifts to Virtual Learning Due to Increased COVID-19 Cases
Students at an elementary school in the Richardson ISD will shift to virtual learning for the final two days of the semester due to an increase in COVID-19 cases.
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Richardson ISD Accepts Superintendent's Resignation, Will Begin Search for Replacement
Monday night, Richardson ISD’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to accept Superintendent Jeannie Stone’s resignation. The vote happened without additional discussion among board members.
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Richardson ISD Accepts Dr. Jeannie Stone's Resignation
Monday night, Richardson ISD’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to accept Superintendent Jeannie Stone’s resignation. The vote happened without additional discussion among board members. The announcement of her planned departure last week came with blowback from parents and teachers who wanted Dr. Stone to stay, and felt she was pushed to resign.
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Parent Protest Planned as Richardson ISD Board Expected to Accept Superintendent's Resignation
On Monday, Dec. 13, Richardson ISD Superintendent Jeannie Stone is expected to resign as superintendent. Stone stood up, and stood with, students of color in 2020 who said they were treated unfairly in her district.
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Richardson ISD Superintendent Jeannie Stone Plans to Resign
Richardson ISD Superintendent Jeanne Stone is resigning her position after a contentious year between parents on both sides of political issues that have boiled over in schools.
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Parent Protest Planned as Richardson ISD Board Expected to Accept Superintendent's Resignation
Richardson ISD Superintendent Jeanne Stone is resigning her position after a contentious year between parents on both sides of political issues that have boiled over in schools.
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Richardson ISD Offering COVID-19 Testing for Students and Staff Starting Monday
Richardson ISD has announced that the district is conducting free COVID-19 testing for students and staff at two locations.
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Richardson ISD to Temporarily Keep Mask Mandate in Place
Just hours after the announcement of the deaths of a student and a teacher, the Richardson ISD school board held its regularly scheduled meeting, during which discussion focused largely on the district’s mask policy and COVID-19 cases.
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Richardson ISD Teacher, 11th-Grader Die of ‘Complications From COVID-19'
A Richardson ISD junior and a teacher at the district’s learning center campus died last week of “complications from COVID-19,” the superintendent says.
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The Story Behind Wayne Carter's Today Show Appearance With a Richardson Student
Monday morning the Today Show dedicated an hour to ‘Coronavirus in the Classroom.’ The special town hall featured the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Secretary of Education answering questions from educators gathered on the plaza as well as from reporters at NBC stations joined remotely with questions from students. NBC 5’s Wayne...
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Richardson ISD School Starts Virtual Learning Amid Rise in COVID-19 Cases
Many schools return to in-person learning Tuesday, but they still face challenges when keeping students and staff safe.
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COVID-19 Cases, Absences Cause Richardson ISD School to Move Learning Online
On the Friday before Labor Day, the Richardson ISD school board held an emergency meeting to discuss rising COVID-19 cases and how to mitigate them.
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COVID-19 Cases, Absences Cause Richardson ISD School to Move Learning Online
Richardson ISD said for the next 10 days students at Brentfield Elementary would learn remotely due to COVID-19 cases and absences.
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Richardson ISD Keeps Mask Mandate; Rising Cases at 7 Campuses Cause Concern
School leaders and health experts all agree… students are best served in school. But what happens when the spread of COVID-19 gets out of control? In Richardson ISD, it’s led to the closure of one school so far. Despite some opposition, board members voted to keep a mask mandate and safety protocols like contact tracing in place. Maria Guerrero...