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Forney ISD Announces Expanded Partnership with Dallas College: Community & Staff to Receive In-District Rates for Classes in Forney
FORNEY, Texas (Forney Independent School District) — Forney ISD is proud to announce an expanded partnership with Dallas College and Texas Tech for the 2020-2021 school year. Now, Forney ISD community and staff will receive in-district tuition rates for Dallas College courses offered at Forney ISD.
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#GoodNews: DISD teacher, a Forney resident, one of three honored with 'Service Above Self' award from Rotary Club of Dallas
FORNEY, Texas — A Dallas Independent School District teacher, a Forney resident, was one of three honored with a "Service Above Self" award from the Rotary Club of Dallas.
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#GoodNews: Alumnus’ Design of Powered Prosthetic Leg Aims To Give Amputees More Control
FORNEY, Texas (by Kim Horner, UTD Today) — As a mechanical engineering undergraduate at The University of Texas at Dallas, Dr. Toby Elery had not yet decided on a career path. Then he visited a prosthetics clinic.
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Forney ISD proposes 9.5 cent lower tax rate; announces $70 Million under budget on construction projects
FORNEY, Texas (Forney Independent School District) — For the second straight year, Forney ISD is proposing a reduced tax rate for residents living within the Forney ISD school boundaries. Last year, the school board reduced the rate by 7 cents, and this year the district is proposing to drop by an additional 9.5 cents.
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Forney ISD swears in police chief, 8 police officers for newly formed department
FORNEY, Texas — The Forney Independent School District swore in a new police chief and eight new police officers for the newly formed district police department.
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Forney ISD to break ground on three new campuses, Aug. 7-8
FORNEY, Texas — The Forney Independent School District has scheduled groundbreaking ceremonies for three new campuses.
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Forney student fights off shark in Florida, returns home to celebration
FORNEY, TEXAS — The Orona family of Forney is celebrating being home tonight after their daughter survived a shark attack on a Florida beach over the weekend.
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State Representative Keith Bell wants to suspend STAAR testing for upcoming school year
FORNEY, TEXAS — Texas House District 4 State Representative Keith Bell has joined dozen of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to call for Governor Abbott and the Texas Education Agency to suspend STAAR testing for the upcoming school year.
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Texas teachers caught in the middle of political battles over schools reopening
FORNEY, TEXAS (Texas Tribune) — Teachers like Jennifer Boyer have become the rope in a political tug of war over reopening Texas schools.
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Forney ISD AFJROTC Cadet Receives the First Ever Air Force Association Seidel Sam Johnson Scholarship
FORNEY, Texas (Forney Independent School District) — Morgan Clark, a cadet in the Forney ISD Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) recently received the first-ever Air Force Association (AFA) Seidel Chapter $6,000 scholarship.
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Texas A&M Commerce responds to video of Forney students
FORNEY, Texas — A video circulating social media of Forney ISD students taking part in underage drinking and using racial slurs has drawn the attention of Texas A & M-Commerce.
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