Farmersville ISD trustees approved a lower tax rate for the 2025-26 year at their Aug. 27 meeting while also opening extracurricular opportunities to homeschool students. The board set the total tax rate at $1.215 per $100 valuation, a decrease of 2.44 cents from the...
Farmersville ISD announced three new leadership changes last week that became effective Tuesday, January 17. Tad Myers moved into a new role as the district’s Coordinator of CTE (Career and Technical Education) and Special Projects, Nicole Hicks was named the new...
The Texas Center for the Book has launched the 2022-23 Letters About Literature Texas contest, a program that invites students to respond to authors about how their books or poetry have touched their lives. Fourth through 12th grade students are eligible to enter the...
The second of three lawsuits against Collin College was resolved last week as the Eastern District Federal Court in Sherman approved a settlement between a former professor and the school. Suzanne Jones was fired in January 2021 by Collin College, which cited three...
Veteran’s Day was celebrated at several Farmersville ISD campuses on Friday, Nov. 11. The festivities started with a flag raising ceremony at Tatum Elementary, where veterans were given thank-you cards and invited to join the student body in reciting the Pledge of...
Because of a larger increase in fund balance than originally expected, the Farmersville ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved to increase employee bonus stipends with an additional $2,000, along with the budgeted amount of $750 per employee. In the Monday, Nov....
Farmersville FFA proudly welcomed the community to tour the new $2.2 million agricultural project center during a sponsored Open House Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. The facility was part of the 2021 $65 million bond proposal approved by voters. Constructed by CIW,...
Farmersville ISD school board members heard good news regarding the financial status of the district during the public hearing held prior to the Monday, Oct. 24 regular monthly meeting. As required by law, the school district held a public hearing to discuss the...
Farmersville Independent School District’s Board of Trustees, meeting Monday night in the high school cafeteria, spent next to no time disposing of a sparse agenda. The lengthiest discussion item on the agenda occurred at its beginning, during the constituent comment...
