Lucinda Breeding-Gonzales | Denton Record-Chronicle
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Jace Yarbrough, an attorney and a Republican candidate for Texas Senate District 30, filed an affidavit to the Denton County district attorney to trigger a criminal investigation of two Denton ISD administrators accused of violating the Texas Election Code.
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In a 6-1 vote Tuesday night, the Denton ISD School Board voted to leave two contested books — each of them about the same boy exploring his gender expression — on the shelves at Newton Rayzor Elementary School.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a suit against Denton ISD late Thursday following the discovery of emails by school administrators that he says violated the Texas Election Code forbidding electioneering.
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University of North Texas legal counsel recently advised the campus libraries to suspend planned events for Pride Week, according to an email sent to library staff last week. The events are the latest casualty of a ban Texas lawmakers handed down to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, programs and recruiting documents in Texas public colleges.
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The fourth-quarter growth report is in for Denton ISD, and the picture is dramatic.
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When the solar eclipse starts at 1:27 p.m. on April 8 in Texas, Denton ISD students will be able to see it — and safely. The Perot Museum of Nature and Science will donate 35,000 solar eclipse glasses so that each student in the district will get a chance to safely watch the moon block the sun with its shadow.
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University of North Texas President Neal J. Smatresk announced that he will step down after 10 years of service on Aug. 1. He announced his resignation on social media and in an email sent to students, staff and employees just before noon on Tuesday.
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Millions of Americans need financial aid to afford college tuition. For those who are using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form to tap into the millions the government provides students, changes to the new form for 2024-25 have put some at risk of getting a smaller amount of aid.
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The funding crunch for Texas schools happened even as residents in Denton paid more in property taxes, which doesn’t automatically come back to Denton ISD campuses.
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Thanks to a plan leaders say is the first of its kind in Texas, the town of Cross Roads and Denton ISD stand to benefit from an influx of future tax revenue from a vision of restaurants, retail, entertainment and two new campuses that will share the same 32 acres on the exploding U.S. 380 corridor.