Denton ISD

The Denton ISD school board voted Tuesday night to put a property tax rate increase, known as Proposition A, on the Nov. 4 ballot.

It’s the law as of Sept. 1: Texas students on K-12 campuses can’t use their cellphones or personal devices during the school day.

School officials across the state have mostly expressed appreciation for the budget increases state lawmakers passed in the recently closed session.

The Denton ISD school board approved a policy this week to establish a school library advisory council to comply with Texas’ controversial Senate Bill 13.

Grievances filed with Denton ISD allege emotional distress and call for replacing Kent Laster, echoing broader conversations about coaching.

Derrick Brookins, a choir director at Denton ISD’s Braswell High School in Little Elm, was arrested on an indecency with a child charge the day before the seniors in his program graduated.

For nearly a year, neighbors in northeast Denton have been working to preserve the Hartlee Field area, with its historic World War II hangars, from development by turning it into a state park.

Residents in Denton voted Saturday to elect candidates to positions in city council, school board.

With the Texas Education Agency’s release of 2023 A-F grades, most area districts fell one grade. Fort Worth and DeSoto dropped two, from a B to a D.

A group of faculty and graduate students at the University of North Texas have picked up awards for the project, but the real reward, said Mariela Nuñez-Janes, is seeing students succeed. The UNT professor of applied anthropology is a co-founder and project lead for Juntxs.

Ryan defied the odds time after time during its historic playoff run and did so once more Saturday to win the first girls basketball state championship in Denton ISD history.

The Lady Raiders were never ranked higher than their preseason No. 16 spot in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches’ weekly state rankings. That didn’t stop them from making their way to the program’s first regional championship and now a shot at winning it all.