Newly-elected Cy-Fair ISD trustees Lesley Guilmart, Cleveland Lane Jr. and Kendra Camarena are scheduled to be sworn in Dec. 11 during a board work session, according to agenda documents.

In case you missed it: Guilmart, Lane and Camarena were elected to Positions 5, 6 and 7, respectively, during the Nov. 4 general election, as previously reported by Community Impact. Former trustees Scott Henry, Natalie Blasingame and Lucas Scanlon's final board meeting was Nov. 10.

The overview: The three new trustees will be sworn in at the start of the Dec. 11 work session, per the agenda. The board is also set to elect a new board president, vice president and secretary Dec. 11. 

Other items of note on the Dec. 15 regular meeting agenda include consider approving campus improvement plans for the 2025-26 school year and consider approving several small changes to district policies, including homebound instruction and student welfare and crisis intervention. 

Both meetings will begin at 6 p.m. in the Mark Henry Administration Building at 11440 Matzke Road, Cypress.

Saigon District Vietnamese Restaurant officials opened the restaurant Dec. 7. Per the restaurant's Facebook, the grand opening was celebrated with a lion dance performance.

The details: Located on Mason Road, Saigon District Vietnamese Restaurant plans to offer a wide range of traditional Vietnamese dishes, including pho, banh mi and other favorites, officials said.

Germany, Portugal and Saudi Arabia are three of the seven teams that have been flagged to play in Houston for the FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament in June.

Breaking it down: Seven total matches will be played in Houston, including five group stages and two knockout-round games between June 14 and July 9. The five group stages include:

• June 14: Germany vs. Curaçao
• June 17: Portugal vs. Congo DR/Jamaica/New Caledonia
• June 20: Netherlands vs. Albania/Poland/Sweden/Ukraine
• June 23: Portugal vs. Uzbekistan
• June 26: Cabo Verde vs. Saudi Arabia

Texas can use its newly redrawn congressional map in the 2026 elections, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Dec. 4.

The background: State lawmakers approved the new congressional boundaries this summer, after President Donald Trump asked them to produce a new map in an attempt to help Republicans maintain a narrow majority in the U.S. House, Community Impact previously reported. Texas Republicans have said they hoped the map would help the GOP secure 30 of Texas’ 38 congressional seats, up from 25 Republican-held seats today.

What's happening: The Supreme Court's ruling overturns a Nov. 18 injunction from an El Paso federal court, which deemed Texas’ redistricting plan "racially gerrymandered” and directed officials to use a 2021 congressional map instead.

“The District Court improperly inserted itself into an active primary campaign, causing much confusion and upsetting the delicate federal-state balance in elections,” the Supreme Court said in the unsigned Dec. 4 order.

The order comes just four days before the Dec. 8 deadline for Texas candidates to file to run in the March primary elections.