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Irving Independent School District

Mugshot of Mauricio Hernandez. (credit: Irving Police Dept.)

Custodian Who Impregnated14-Year-Old Fired

An Irving ISD custodian was charged with aggravated sexual assault after he impregnated a 14-year-old and gave her pills that led to her baby’s death, police said.

2013/04/23

School Crossing

Irving ISD Considers Guns On Campus

The Board of Education for the Irving School district is considering a major shift of its campus ban of firearms.

CBS 11–2013/04/01

The Jerry R. Junkins Head Start Center in Mesquite (Jay Gormley/CBSDFW)

White Powder Letters Found At Multiple North Texas Locations

A number of letters containing a suspicious white powder have turned up in North Texas Tuesday afternoon, many have been at Head Start centers across the area.

2012/05/08

Irving ISD

Irving ISD Wooing Corporate Advertisers For Schools

In hopes of bringing in more revenue, the Irving Independent School district has joined a national advertising network specifically for schools. The hope is to sell corporate ad space for hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

2012/03/28

The Irving ISD Board of Trustees (CBSDFW photo by Jay Gormley)

Race Debate Continues For Irving School Board

On the day the nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King, a serious debate over race in the Irving Independent School District has the school board looking for middle ground.

2012/01/16

The Irving ISD Board of Trustees (CBSDFW photo by Jay Gormley)

Irving ISD Votes For Single-Member Districts

An all-white elected school board in Irving voted Thursday to change the election process to give minorities a better chance of serving on the school board.

2012/01/12

Irving ISD Example Plan 1 - 5 Single Member Districts (Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP Data Source: Roads, Water and other features obtained from the 2010 Tiger/line files, U.S. Census Bureau)

Minorities Challenge Irving ISD Board Election Process

Nearly 85 percent of students in the Irving Independent School District are minorities, and yet every elected school board member is white. Many parents say the equation doesn’t add up.

2012/01/05

Students read books in an elementary school. (credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Irving ISD Educators Trying To Do More With Less

The 2011-2012 school year is about a week away. But how prepared are schools and teachers, when it comes to providing an adequate education for your children?

2011/08/15

A student writes during a school lesson on September 4, 2003. (credit: Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Homework Back On The Table For Irving Students

One North Texas school district is going to start taking grades when kids do their homework. Normally that wouldn’t be a news story, but after a yearlong experiment, Irving ISD is changing course on homework.

2011/06/06

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