Offer approved to release Denton superintendent from contract

The Denton school board has approved an offer to release Superintendent Ray Braswell from his contract. The action is in consideration of the superintendent releasing the district of its contractual obligations.

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School district to revisit its roots

The Denton school district is launching a campaign that asks the question, “What is important to you?”

Retired teachers group sets year-end luncheon for today

The Denton Area Dulcimers will be the featured entertainment at the year-end luncheon of the Denton Area Retired School Personnel Association at 11:30 a.m. today at Highland Baptist Church, 600 Thomas St.

Budget, growth focus of Argyle school board contest

Candidates running for the Argyle school board call the budget and student growth the two critical issues facing the district.

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Two vie for school board position

A former teacher and a real estate agent say they have what it takes to fill the vacant Place 1 spot on the Denton school board.

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Argyle opens district doors

Students living outside the Argyle school district boundary will have an opportunity to apply for enrollment with the district beginning April 30.

DISD bus carrying no students veers off road

A Denton school district bus was involved in an accident Thursday on Teasley Lane near the Sundown Ranch neighborhood, DISD spokeswoman Sharon Cox said.

Change on way for local school

Happy Carrico, principal at E.P. Rayzor Elementary School, has been named principal at Newton Rayzor Elementary School.

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Forum tackles bullies, parents

In their second public debate, candidates for the Place 1 Denton school board seat answered questions about parent involvement, bullying, why they’re running and critical issues facing the district.

Parents plan to show support at meeting

Parents of Argyle girls basketball players say they intend to return to tonight’s school board meeting in support of high school coach Skip Townsend and his wife, Sammye, an assistant.

Family, friends recall student

Family and friends will gather at 5 p.m. today at Midway Baptist Church in Aubrey to remember 18-year old Ryan Blakely White.

Districts target testing ‘overkill’

Three area school districts have joined more than 200 others in adopting a resolution urging state legislators to re-examine the public school accountability system.

DISD meeting change

The time and location for tonight’s Denton school board meeting has changed.

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Denton High benefit to help dean battle cancer

Denton High School will have a spaghetti dinner and silent auction Thursday in honor and support of the school’s dean of instruction, Brian Massegee, who’s battling terminal cancer.

STAAR launch smooth in Denton school district

The first round of STAAR tests administered this week were carried out smoothly and students seemed to be prepared, according to Denton school district officials and teachers.

Screenings of film on bullying planned

Harpool Middle School and its PTA are encouraging fifth- through 12th-graders in the Denton school district, as well as their families, to attend one of two free screenings of "Finding Kind." The 77-minute documentary, released in 2010, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Saturday at the school, 9601 Stacee Lane in Argyle.

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STAAR testing begins

The state assessment season will officially begin today when the new State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, exams are launched. Throughout the spring, an estimated 2.6 million Texas elementary and high school students will take STAAR exams, according to Texas Education Agency officials.

Argyle district to have public meeting

ARGYLE — A public meeting is planned today to discuss options and answer questions about the Argyle school district’s 2012-13 budget. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the lecture hall at Argyle High School, 191 S. U.S. Highway 377.

Argyle district names new chief financial officer

ARGYLE — Elizabeth Stewart, finance director with the Lindale school district, has been named the new chief financial officer for Argyle schools. She starts work April 10.

Misleading survey sparks concern in Argyle

ARGYLE — Parents and students came before the school board this week to express support for girls basketball coach Skip Townsend and their frustration about a survey they received in the mail last week.

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Districts plan to take advantage of option

KRUM — Superintendent Mike Davis recently said he intends to recommend the Krum school board defer a grading requirement on the upcoming STAAR exams during its April meeting. “I don’t anticipate any schools in the state counting the 15 percent, simply because it’s such an unknown factor right now,” Davis said.

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Argyle district faces shortfall

Argyle school district Superintendent Telena Wright said she’s been asked to study the financial impact a limited open enrollment program and an election to raise the tax rate would have on the district.

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Pilot Point school officials mull adding new bus lane

School district officials are considering placing a bus lane behind Pilot Point Middle School.

Reception for principal

A reception will be from 4:30 to 6 p.m. today to welcome Daniel Ford, the new principal at Denton High School.

Lake Dallas approves open enrollment policy

LAKE DALLAS — A tuition-free open enrollment policy for Lake Dallas schools will take effect this fall.

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Ambrosia Jackson: DHS instructor has become a jazz standard

As Denton High School students make their way to lunch, music emanates from a room down the hall — a sound you wouldn’t have heard before Jesse Woolery came to DHS five years ago.

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Denton High coach hired

The search for Denton High School’s new football head coach ended Tuesday night when the Denton school board unanimously approved Kevin Atkinson as the school’s new head coach and athletic coordinator. Kevin Atkinson