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Across the district there are 19 staff members with active COVID-19 cases, according to the districts online COVID-19 dashboard.

High school seniors who have struggled to pass up to five required standardized tests can now petition to graduate, thanks to legislation that took effect Monday.  House Bill 999 allows a senior who failed any of the required State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exams to petition an individual graduation committee, showing alternative work deserving of graduation.  The legislation temporarily expands the petition option for current high school seniors because of learning di...

High school seniors who havent passed the requisite standardized tests to graduate could have an easier time sidestepping that requirement under a bill still pending at the Legislature. Under current rules, a high school senior who has failed up to two of five end-of-course State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness but has passed all classes and fulfilled other requirements can graduate as long as a committee — made up of the students teacher, the lead instructor for the subject, prin...

Ex-Texas deputy accused of killing 3 found after manhunt Police say 41-year-old Stephen Broderick, a former sheriffs deputy, is suspected in the killing of three people. It is believed he knew the victims. (Source: Austin Police via CNN) By Associated Press | April 19, 2021 at 9:46 AM EDT - Updated April 19 at 6:33 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A former Texas sheriff’s deputy was booked on a capital murder charge Monday after police say he shot and killed his ex-wife, teenage stepdaughter...

Jim Vertuno And Paul J. Weber This photo provided by the Austin Police Department shows Stephen Broderick, 41. Broderick is wanted in the fatal shooting of three people in Austin, Texas, and police officials searching the surrounding area Sunday, April 18, 2021, warned residents that the suspect might take a hostage. Interim Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon said the suspect, Stephen Broderick, was considered armed and dangerous. He asked area residents to continue to shelter in pla...

Apr 19, 2021 Officials at Elgin Independent School District say they are heartbroken over the deaths of two students who were among the three people killed in a shooting in northwest Austin on Sunday. Elgin ISD Superintendent Dr. Jodi Duron said Alyssa Broderick and Willie Simmons III were among the victims and both were active in the district, both academically and athletically. Broderick left the district in the fall, but was a student from 2009 to 2020. Simmons was the high school football c...

A manhunt for a former Texas sheriffs deputy suspected in the fatal shooting of three people in Austin ended Monday when authorities said he was arrested without incident.

Image via AP Photo/Uncredited This article is republished here with permission from The Associated Press. This content is shared here because the topic may interest Snopes readers; it does not, however, represent the work of Snopes fact-checkers or editors. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A manhunt for a former Texas sheriff’s deputy suspected in the fatal shooting of three people in Austin ended Monday when authorities said he was arrested without incident about 20 miles (32 kilom...

Ex-Texas deputy wanted in deaths of 3 arrested after manhunt JIM VERTUNO and PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press April 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 17 1of17Austin police, SWAT and medical personnel respond to an active shooter situation located Great Hills Trail in Northwest Austin, Texas, on Sunday, April 18, 2021. Emergency responders say several people have been fatally shot in Austin and that no suspect is in custody. (Brontë Wittpenn/Austin American-Statesman via AP)Brontë Witt...

FILE - This file photo provided by the Austin Police Department shows Stephen Broderick, 41. Broderick was arrested Monday, April 19, 2021, in Manor, Texas, a suburb of Austin, in connection with the fatal shooting of three people in Austin on Sunday. (Austin Police Department via AP, File) Monday, April 19, 2021 1:24 PM EST By JIM VERTUNO and PAUL J. WEBER, AP AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A manhunt for a former Texas sheriff’s deputy suspected in the f...