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Residents in Denton voted Saturday to elect candidates to positions in city council, school board.

More than $4.5 billion in school bond proposals from North Texas districts were on the May 3 ballot. Nearly half came from Celina ISD alone.

The Argyle school board voted unanimously Monday to give teachers a one-time $1,000 payment, as well as a $500 one-time payment for paraprofessionals and auxiliary employees.

The Argyle ISD school board voted this week to take another shot at a bond election, asking voters to consider passing a $423 million package this May.

Argyle voters considered a $511.5 million bond election last year. When they went to the polls, they rejected two packages and green-lighted the third.

The Argyle ISD school board will consider three options regarding staff pay raises as the district heads into the next school year. The board will vote on a plan on June 17.

Argyle ISD in North Texas extended Superintendent Courtney Carpenter's contract through 2029. Carpenter joined the district in 2023 and previously worked at Carroll ISD.

Argyle ISD produced a 10-year strategic growth plan in 2023. Now it’s putting three bond propositions totaling $511.5 million before local voters to fund the key parts of that plan.

Districts are considering closing schools, increasing class sizes and other cost-cutting measures as they face major budget shortfalls.

At the end of the day Friday, Texas public school leaders across the state started sounding the alarm about the third special session of the Texas Legislature that convened Monday afternoon.

Argyle ISD is one of the latest school districts to join a sprawling list of litigants asking for an injunction against the Texas Education Agency over the agency’s failure to follow state law in its recent decision about accountability ratings.