Three Grapevine-Colleyville ISD district employees are leaving this month, including Executive Director of Athletics Todd Raymond, Chief Technology Officer Kyle Berger and Chief Financial Officer David Johnson, said Nicole Lyons, GCISD’s executive director of communications. 

The search for these positions will begin in the coming weeks, Lyons said. In the meantime, district officials plan to select individuals to serve in interim capacities. GCISD officials have not yet selected interim candidates, and there is not a set date on when those will be determined.

What's happening? Raymond will be taking a new position as director of athletics at Eagle Mountain Saginaw ISD on Jan. 26 and will continue to serve GCISD until then, Lyons said. He joined GCISD in April 2022.

Raymond said that the position at EMSISD was a good next step professionally and personally. 

One more thing: Former GCISD Superintendent Brad Schnautz announced his new position as Region 11 Education Service Center in November, and his last day was Jan. 5. GCISD named Rick DeMasters as interim superintendent in December.

Art Algebra will bring art from around the world to a new shop in Colleyville next to Girligirl Boutique.

The details: In addition to hand-made art, the shop will include a coffee component with specialty, rotating craft drinks that will be primarily coffee/matcha based, co-owners Aatif Merchant and Aashna Bharwani said. The duo is currently testing local roasters and vendors to determine the best fit for their space. 

What they're saying: “The drinks will be more experimental in flavor and globally inspired, designed to encourage people to linger and return,” the co-owners said in an email. 

• 1001 Glade Road, Ste. 100, Colleyville

A new John Peter Smith medical outpatient facility could be constructed in Fort Worth, among other projects recently filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Here are five of the most expensive permits filed with TDLR in the past week.

1. JPS medical outpatient building
The public, Fort Worth-based JPS Health Network filed a permit to add outpatient services to a new 10-story, 300,000-square-foot medical outpatient building, according to the TDLR filing. The new facility will offer laboratory and imaging services and is scheduled to open in 2029, according to the health system.

• Location: 1300 S. Main St., Fort Worth
• Estimated timeline: Jan. 9, 2026-July 29, 2029
• Estimated cost: $250 million

• Location: 2400 Maumelle Drive, Plano
• Estimated timeline: May 15-Aug. 1
• Estimated cost: $5.5 million

Resistance Comics & Games is now offering a variety of comic books and specialty games in Roanoke.

The breakdown: The store had a soft opening at the end of October and sells comic book brands such as DC Comics, Marvel Comics and American Caper.

The store also has trading cards, books, board games and games like 7 Wonders. The inventory is geared toward both children and adults.

Along with games and comics, Resistance Comics & Games hosts game nights and opened its game space Jan. 6, according to a Facebook post.

What’s next? Resistance Comics & Games will have a grand opening event in the near future, according to a social media post.

• 610 E. Byron Nelson Blvd., Ste. 105, Roanoke