News Briefs

The annual Bryan Adams Cougars Running Wild 5K and one-mile fun run is tomorrow, and it’s not too late to register to participate. Proceeds from the event will benefit the school’s athletics department. The school anticipates to use the proceeds to pay for three athletic banquets in the fall, winter, and spring for all high school athletic programs. Additionally, some of the proceeds will be used for facility upgrades throughout the athletic complex. Bryan Adams Principal Richard Kastl said the event, which is going into its third year, is a great way to bring the Bryan Adams feeder pattern community…

In a superintendent roundtable hosted by KERA, Superintendent Michael Hinojosa talks with Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Kent Scribner and Grand Prairie ISD Superintendent Susan Hall. The education leaders talk about a variety of subjects, including the difference between top-performing and low-performing schools, the power of choice schools and traditional schools, and how to prepare students for a successful future. Click here to listen to the roundtable.

WFAA 8 profiled the changes happening at Zumwalt Middle School as part of the Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE) initiative, which aims to boost student achievement by staffing identified schools with high-performing principals and teachers. The WFAA report talks with the high-performing teachers about the challenges and victories they have seen so far at the school. Click here to view the full story.

The small circular table appears like an island in a sea of books and literary materials in the library at Sarah Zumwalt Middle School. Its purpose is simple: to honor those who have sacrificed their lives for our freedom. As part of Veterans Day, librarian Amy Tucker dressed the table formally amidst the other unadorned study tables in the library. Each aspect of the table, traditionally dubbed “America’s White Table” or “The Missing Man’s Table” in similar celebrations across the nation, represents a specific purpose. “It represents a seat at the table for the soldiers who have fallen, POWs or…