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At the end of this semester, Dove and Bransford elementary schools will close, despite parents' and students' urging to keep them open.

Millions of dollars in debt with declining enrollment over several years, GCISD leaders are set to vote Wednesday night whether to close Bransford and Dove elementary schools to save money, despite complaints from parents.

The Grapevine-Colleyville School District has narrowed its review of elementary campuses for possible closure to two — Dove and Bransford.

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Superintendent Brad Schnautz resigned on Friday to accept a new job leading a regional Education Service Center. The school district will start the process of looking for new leadership as it navigates two school closures and a budget deficit.

Arturo Alarcon served as a minister at 121 Community Church in Grapevine. He was arrested Thursday for child pornography and invasive visual recording charges.

Northwest ISD and Grapevine-Colleyville ISD ask voters to increase property tax rates by 3 cents to address budget shortfalls.

Northwest ISD and Grapevine-Colleyville ISD are restricting cell phone use in class.

Several districts weighed in this week ahead of a March 1 deadline on whether to allow chaplains to serve as school counselors.

Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District trustees recently approved controversial new policies on bathrooms, pronouns, sports, library books and more. Most touched on people who identify as LGBTQ. On Friday, students protested those policies they say target and attack the LGBTQ community.

Book policies at Keller ISD, and new book, bathroom and curriculum policies at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD are now in place after school board votes Monday night. The controversial policies left parents, teachers and officials divided following hours of public comment and debate.

The Grapevine-Colleyville district, between Dallas and Fort Worth, added two conservative members to its seven-member school board in May.

All but one of the 11 Tarrant County conservative school board candidates, who were backed this year by several high-profile donors and big-money PACs, defeated their opponents during Saturday’s local elections, according to unofficial results.