The Texas Education Agency awarded a financial accountability rating of "superior" to Lewisville ISD for the 2023-24 school year, according to a report from Chief Financial Officer Scott Wrehe at a Nov. 10 board meeting.

In a nutshell: Lewisville ISD scored a 98 out of 100 points, earning a “superior achievement,” Wrehe said. The TEA’s Financial Accountability Rating System of Texas, or FIRST, rates school districts on several financial factors, including debt payment, financial reporting and solvency, according to the TEA’s website.

“The district received an A rating, which is a superior achievement,” Wrehe said.

The details: LISD lost two points in long-term solvency, due to taking on debt from bond sales, Wrehe said. While the bond sales caused the district to lose points in long term solvency, the bond sales earned the district more points than last year in short-term solvency. LISD earned 10 points in short-term solvency, four points higher than the previous report’s six points.

A new Jersey Mike’s sandwich shop is scheduled to open at Harvest Town Center in Argyle in spring 2026, a company representative said.

What's happening: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation documents state the sandwich shop will occupy a roughly 1,439-square-foot space in the Harvest development.

What's on the menu: Jersey Mike’s offers several kinds of sub sandwiches, including Italian, roast beef and BLTs.

• 1050 Market Way, Ste. 4, Argyle

Hyatt Hotels held a groundbreaking ceremony Nov. 10 for a new hotel at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.

The Hyatt House DFW hotel will be at the Southgate entrance at the airport and the extended-stay hotel expects to be open in the summer of 2027, according to a news release.

The details: Hyatt House DFW will have 130 residential-style suites for single-night stays or extended stays and rooms will include separate living areas and a full kitchen, according to a news release.

What else? The hotel will sit adjacent to Hyatt Place DFW and will be the fourth Hyatt-branded hotel at DFW. The other two are Hyatt Regency DFW International Airport and Grand Hyatt DFW. According to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the hotel has an estimated cost of $28 million and will be six stories tall.

• 2400 Global Drive, DFW Airport

Google is targeting Texas for future investments in data and artificial infrastructure, with $40 billion expected to be spent on adding three new data centers.

Federal, state and local leaders announced the new centers to be constructed in Armstrong and Haskell counties at a Nov. 14 event at the first Texas Google Data Center in Midlothian, near the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

The gist: One new data center will be constructed in Armstrong County near Amarillo, and two new data centers will be constructed in Haskell County near Abilene. One center in Haskell County will also use a new solar and battery energy storage plant.

“They say that everything is bigger in Texas—and that certainly applies to the golden opportunity with AI,” Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said.

Also of note: The driverless car company Waymo is expanding to North Texas in 2026, Pichai said.