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SALEM—Salem City Schools will see several new faces in administrative positions beginning in the 2023-2024 school year. Monday’s board of education meeti

Salem City Schools will see several new faces in administrative positions beginning in the 2023-2024 school year. Monday’s board of education meeting saw the board approve the retirement, and the resignation of two long-serving district principals. Southeast Elementary Principal Lisa DeRose officially began her retirement. Junior Senior High School Associate Principal Hank Brock has left […]

A host of improvements around the district were announced ahead of the upcoming 2023-2024 school year in the school board’s July meeting. During his report Superintendent Sean Kirkland announced that the entirety of the district’s security camera system was being updated and replaced, including not just each of the district’s school buildings but the administration […]

SALEM – The Brightside Project will host its 4th annual Back-to-School Clothing and Shoe Voucher sign-ups for Salem City School District students heading into Preschool-9th grade this fall thanks to local support. Contributions from the Salem Community Foundation and the Pearce Foundation will give Back-to-School assistance to Salem families with preschool to ninth-grade students in […]

SALEM – The Brightside Project will host its 4th annual Back-to-School Clothing and Shoe Voucher sign-ups for Salem City School District students heading into

By MORGAN AHART Staff Writer Several residents voiced their concerns about the speed limit on South Lincoln Avenue in a March 30 residential committee meeting, arguing a 2017 speed limit increase in the area should be reversed. “Here in our highly residential neighborhood, we have not just cars, but semi-trucks blowing by almost constantly,” said […]

The Texas Public Safety Commission along with Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw presented two Adolph Thomas Distinguished Service Awards, four Lifesaving Awards and a Unit Citation to department personnel at the PSC meeting on Thursday, Aug. 25, at DPS Headquarters in Austin.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

The nation’s third-largest public school system with 290,000 students in 513 district-operated, non-charter schools, CPS has only about 90 schools with full-time librarians.

A Chinese philosopher once said, “A journey of 1,000 miles begins with one step.” The fifth grade students at Salem Southeast Elementary didn’t complete 1,000 miles on Wednesday, Feb. 17 but instead marked a special day of achieving 1,000 school days in their educational career. The graduating class of 2028, began their educational journey as small kindergarten students at Buckeye Elementary School in fall 2015. Each continual year, the students have (about) 180 scheduled school days to...