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Dallas ISD’s superintendent told parents of Woodrow Wilson High School students that principal Chandra Hooper-Barnett, who was removed as the school’s leader following an incident with racial elements, will not return.

Coppell trustees voted not to close another elementary school. Now, the district struggles for other solutions to fill an $8.5 million deficit.

Principal Chandra Hooper-Barnett said in a letter the decision to hold a meeting and the "subsequent discussion that transpired was not appropriate." An interim principal will serve in her place as the district investigates the matter.

Dallas ISD’s Citizen’s Bond Steering Committee has been meeting since March to plan its next bond election. It’s expected to top 2020’s $3.5 billion package, which remains the largest voter-approved school bond in Texas history.

For the first time in more than five years, Richardson ISD is holding a bond election, its largest ever. Most of the $1.4 billion package would go to new school construction and renovations.

Coppell ISD’s school board Monday night delayed a controversial vote to possibly close Town Center Elementary School following enrollment declines and an $8.5 million deficit. But a vote could reappear on the Oct. 27 agenda.

A new Texas law requires every school board to decide whether to create a daily period for voluntary prayer on campuses.

A teachers group said the district placed a long time teacher on administrative leave for re-sending two Facebook posts about Charlie Kirk, the young conservative activist murdered last week while speaking on a Utah campus.

A coalition of interfaith groups held the first Religious Freedom in Schools summit in Dallas this week to discuss how to push back on legislation it says centers Christianity in schools.

The law’s authors urged districts to use “common sense.” But some nurses worry they could violate the law and face discipline for providing basic care without a parent’s approval.

Texas' Senate Bill 10, which requires the commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom in the state, is set to take effect Sept. 1. U.S. Judge Fred Biery, in a temporary injunction issued Wednesday, blocked several school districts in the Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio areas from following the new law.

The records also shed light on previous concerns about shooters' classroom behavior. The release follows a yearslong lawsuit from news agencies.