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So cute! Killeen police officers surprise 7-year-old at birthday party Before everyone went off to eat cake, Aiden and his friends got a tour of a KPD police car. Author: Jasmin Caldwell Updated: 7:38 PM CDT May 8, 2021 KILLEEN, Texas — On Saturday officers with the Killeen Police Department helped make a 7-year-old’s birthday party one to remember. Aiden Deshazor is a student at Skipcha Elementary School. He had a drive by birthday party and to his surprise,...

There have been 1,596 positive cases of the coronavirus among both students and staff within the Killeen Independent School District since March as of Friday. At the elementary level, 316 students and 409 staff have tested positive. At KISD middle schools, 198 students and 138 staff have tested positive, and 263 students and 148 staff have tested positive at high schools, according to the district’s COVID-19 dashboard, https://www.killeenisd.org/dashboard. A total of 124 staff members have te...

The Killeen Independent School District provided an update on the reopening plan for schools this evening, announcing that all but three of the districts schools will resume in-person learning Thursday. Killeen ISD spokeswoman Taina Maya took to the districts Facebook page posting a Facebook Live video at 5 p.m. detailing where the district stands on reopening schools which have been closed since Feb. 11 due to the winter storm and the damage that remains. Taina Maya "Currently, KISD campuses a...

Three schools within the Killeen Independent School District will not be able to return to in-person class this week due to significant winter storm damage. During a board meeting Tuesday, Killeen ISD Superintendent John Craft provided an update on when the district would be able to reopen following a week of winter weather school closures. “Thursday is a big question mark,” Craft said. “We’ve communicated Thursday but everything is going to have to go perfect for Thursday t...