Fort Bend ISD is investing in its faculty as a part of its FBISD Redesigned program, including a district leadership pipeline initiative dubbed Fort Bend ISD Leads.

In a nutshell: The Fort Bend ISD Leads program aims to internally invest in and develop high-quality leaders to establish a bench-ready succession plan, said Jaretha Jordan, deputy superintendent of teaching and learning, at an April 20 board meeting.

How it works: Depending on their current position, Fort Bend ISD Leads is available for staff through three different pathways, including:

• Aspire, for faculty members who want to become assistant principals
• Ascend, for assistant and associate principals who have a desire to be principals
• Accelerate, for associate principals who are set out to be principals

Ohio-based HealthSource has soft opened its doors in Sienna, franchisee Michael Case confirmed.

What they offer: The whole-body chiropractic clinic, which has over 140 locations nationwide, focuses on identifying the root causes of pain to develop personalized treatment plans that use various technologies and established methods to support long-term strength mobility and overall well-being, officials said.

Each patient receives a thorough evaluation of posture, gait, movement patterns and progressive strain, combined with evidence-based chiropractic care and rehabilitation.

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Students at Texas State Technical College will soon have the opportunity to expand their knowledge of artificial intelligence with a new online certification.

What’s happening: According to a March 31 news release, the college is slated to launch a new online artificial intelligence implementation specialist certificate program within its web design and development program, with potential topics including:

• AI data systems
• Cloud infrastructure
• Programming language
• Vision computing

In the early hours of July 4, 2025, an intense rainstorm pummeled communities in the Texas Hill Country, submerging low-water crossings as segments of the Guadalupe River rose more than 30 feet in 90 minutes. Twenty-seven young campers and counselors died at Camp Mystic, a private Christian girls summer camp located along the river in Hunt.

Those deaths could have been prevented if camp leadership took action sooner or had a written evacuation plan in place, investigators told a panel of state lawmakers tasked with studying the flood response during an April 27 hearing.

Quote of note: “Questions about what should happen next are many, but for me, one thing is clear: This tragedy could have been prevented,” Sen. Pete Flores, R-Pleasanton, said.

Zooming in: Camp Mystic staff had more than two hours to evacuate 386 campers from their cabins, investigator Casey Garrett said.

In violation of state law, the camp did not have a written evacuation plan and counselors were not trained on what to do in an emergency, she said.