DTX-FHA: Impact 9/17/2025

The big picture: Lewisville ISD is giving more students access to career and technical education, or CTE, by expanding its facilities and programs.

The district held a ribbon-cutting for the new wing of the Technology, Exploration and Career Center East campus expansion Aug. 28. The new wing allows for the addition of three new programs: dental assisting, welding and off-road diesel construction. LISD has two career centers: Technology, Exploration and Career Center East; and Technology, Exploration and Career Center West. Students can also take CTE courses at LISD’s five main high school campuses. District officials said increased enrollment factored into the decision to add more space to the east campus.

Quote of note: “Our career centers allow our students to dive deeper into hands-on, real-world activities that also help them be college, career and military ready,” LISD Director of CTE Kristin Petrunin said.

One Fusion will offer Indian style food in Argyle later this year, said Goutham Tam, one of the partners on the project. 

The gist: The restaurant will include fine dine seatings and a dance floor where live performances and DJ nights will occur, Tam said. 
One Fusion will also have an open bar, he said. 

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Cicis Pizza has returned to Grapevine.

What happened: The buffet-style eatery opened a new location in Grapevine Towne Center.

The restaurant also serves various pastas, salad options, chicken wings as well as desserts such as brownies, dessert pizzas and cinnamon rolls.

The background: Originally founded in Irving in 1983, Cicis Pizza offers guests a buffet-style eating experience with deep dish, traditional and flatbread pizzas to choose from, according to a news release.

Grapevine previously had a Cicis until 2015 on Northwest Highway, according to Grapevine city records. The new location was most recently a T-Mobile store.

Education in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, may become more accessible for Texas public school students this school year.

What happened: Officials from national education nonprofit Learning Undefeated and the Texas Education Agency celebrated the opening of eight new mobile STEM labs at a Sept. 10 ribbon-cutting ceremony in Austin. The TEA-funded labs are expected to visit 270 school districts across the state in the 2025-26 school year.

Notable quote: “In an ever-changing world, access to STEM education remains critical to help prepare our students for career pathways and lifelong success,” said Alejando Delgado, TEA deputy commissioner of operations.

The overview: Learning Undefeated built eight new mobile STEM labs after receiving a $3.5 million grant from the TEA, according to Learning Defeated information. The organization opened its first mobile STEM lab in Texas in 2020.

The nine regionally-based labs will now visit elementary and middle school campuses across the state’s 20 educational service center regions. Kindergarten through eighth grade students may participate in a variety of STEM activities to learn engineering design.