The Argyle ISD board discussed a hybrid and virtual learning program at a Dec. 15 meeting.

This comes after the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 569, which allows school districts to receive full funding for students learning remotely, per district documents.

Zoom in: “The reason we’re looking at this is an effort to give our families choices, while still keeping our high expectations and preparing for student growth,” Assistant Superintendent Dawn Jordan said.

Jordan said the district is considering many factors such as who can enroll in the program, how it will impact class rank, how many staff members will be needed and the impact on extracurricular activities.

If the district moves forward with the program, there will be two options:

• A full-time virtual program, where the student completes all coursework virtually with required in-person sessions for exams
• A hybrid program, where the student takes some classes in-person and some virtually

Pizza Twist is now open in Flower Mound and serving specialty pizzas like butter chicken pizza, bombay barbecue pizza and Hawaiian pizza, according to its website.

The details: In addition to the variety of pizzas, the fusion restaurant will offer pasta, breadsticks, chicken wings, salad, fries and paneer pakora, which is a bread served with Pizza Twist’s signature sauce, per its website.

This is the fifth Pizza Twist location in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, with other stores in Frisco, McKinney, Lewisville and Irving.

• 2717 Cross Timbers Road, Ste. 410, Flower Mound

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field Airport are expecting a surge in holiday travel.

The details: Dallas Love Field is anticipating 440,000 travelers for its main airline, Southwest Airlines, during the holiday travel season, said Patrick Clarke, Love Field’s public information coordinator II.

DFW Airport expects nearly 5 million to fly through during the period between Dec. 18 and Jan. 6, according to a news release. DFW Airport officials expect a 3.2% increase in passengers this year compared to the same period last year.

A closer look: A road project on West Mockingbird Lane near Dallas Love Field may cause delays for travelers due to lane reductions and temporary closures, Clarke said.

Zooming in: The DFW Airport news release stated public transit could help speed up the drop-offs and pick-ups. Trinity Metro’s TEXRail, DART’s Orange Line, DART’s Silver Line and XTrinity Railway Express all have drop off points at the airport.

Central Texas counties could begin receiving up to $1.25 million each in state funding for flood warning sirens in the coming weeks and months, officials announced Dec. 16.

The overview: The funding comes less than six months after historic flooding hit parts of Central and West Texas over the July 4 weekend, killing at least 137 residents and visitors. During special legislative sessions this summer, state lawmakers approved requirements that 30 counties included in a July disaster declaration install flood warning systems with the help of $50 million in state grants.

Zooming in: Each county is expected to receive up to $1.25 million from the Texas Water Development Board. Counties seeking more money will need their requests approved by the three-member board.

Counties are required to submit detailed project plans to the TWDB and can use the grants to install physical infrastructure such as sirens, rain gauges, flood gauges and solar panels to power the warning systems. The money can also be used for local flood education, outreach and training programs, TWDB staff said.