STAAR testing resumed at Central Texas school districts Wednesday, the day after a system failure prompted many Texas districts to delay or cancel testing.
Temple Independent School District reported that testing at two campuses was held without interruptions in the online Educational Testing Service system.
âTesting went smoothly today,â Lisa Adams, TISDâs assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, said Wednesday. âWe had two campuses test today, and there were not any technical errors. However, tomorrow will be a better indicator of ETS ability to handle a greater load as we will have nine campuses testing.â
On Tuesday, a system failure prevented districts from administering tests online. Students were often unable to log in to the test. If they could do so, slow response times hampered students.
The Killeen Independent School Districtâs release of former bus driver William âBillâ Jonesâ termination record raised more questions than it answered, according to Jonesâ family.
Killeen ISD bus driver William “Bill” Jones died by suicide less than 24 hours after he was terminated by Killeen ISD following an accident involving a middle school student and a Ford F-150 on the first day of in-person school, Aug. 31. Jones was driving the school bus that day, when police said he failed to activate the flashing warning lights and equipment during a bus stop. When a child got off the bus, and then crossed the street, he was hit by the passing pickup, causing serious injury to the student. Read more here: https://bit.ly/39Knjsa.
The Killeen Independent School District responded Friday and Monday to the Heraldâs report on deceased bus driver William âBillâ Jonesâ familyâs account of the events surrounding Jonesâ death last fall.
Killeen ISD bus driver Jones died by suicide less than 24 hours after he was terminated by Killeen ISD following an accident involving a middle school student and a Ford F-150 on the first day of in-person school. Read more here: https://bit.ly/39Knjsa.
The Herald received responses from the district to a number of questions, including Jonesâ termination report, via email at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, but Herald staffers did not see the email until Monday morning.
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The McLennan County District Attorneyâs Office has declined to prosecute a misdemeanor family assault charge involving the chief public information officer for the Killeen Independent School District.
Taina Maya, 33, KISD chief of communications and marketing, was arrested by Waco police Oct. 14, 2020, after a verbal argument with her husband allegedly had turned physical. She told the Herald previously that she and her husband called the police in order to keep the argument from escalating.
On Feb. 3, the DAâs office did not accept the case because âsuccessful prosecution (was) unlikely,â according to a report obtained by the Herald from McLennan County.