Rose Short knows exactly how it feels to be front and center on that national stage. With Jershika Maple and Manny Keith following in her shoes, it's a good sign Killeen's entertainment hub is gaining some momentum.
Several parents got a letter from Killeen ISD last week stating a math teacher worked in the classroom for more than 30 days without an “appropriate state teaching certificate or permit.”
School begins next week, but some KISD parents, like Aya Fubara Eneli, aren't ready to send their kids back to the classroom knowing some children will not be masking up.
As the school year came to an end in the final days of May, students and staff members at the oldest school in Killeen ISD gathered to remember 68 years of teaching and learning.
West Ward Elementary School on 709 W. Dean Avenue first opened in 1953. On May 27 at 3 p.m. the school in north Killeen will dismissed for the final time.
In a transition now two years in preparation, the students and most of the staff at West Ward will relocate to Killeen Elementary School, a three-level campus on Rancier Avenue that will consolidate West Ward and the former East Ward Elementary attendance zones.
The Killeen Independent School District will review a 6-year-old agreement with the U.S. Army for a Fort Hood in-school behavioral health program during Tuesday’s regular meeting.