Lewisville ISD officials voted to repurpose Mill Street Elementary School to an early childhood education center for the 2026-27 school year at a Nov. 10 trustee meeting.

The gist: Trustees voted to submit a turnaround plan for Mill Street Elementary to the Texas Education Agency. The TEA requires schools that receive multiple years of unacceptable accountability ratings, a D or F, to submit a turnaround plan. Mill Street received an F for the last three consecutive school years. District officials developed a turnaround plan that will repurpose Mill Street into an early childhood education campus.

The Lillie J. Jackson Early Childhood Center, is currently the only early childhood education campus in LISD, and doesn't have the capacity to accommodate all of the district's early childhood students.

“This is about about setting kids up for success for the long term. This will not be a quick turnaround program,” board President Jenny Proznik said at the meeting., "This is an investment in students and this is an investment in their future success."

Fortitude Performance Physical Therapy opened in early November in Highland Village, owner Zach Dixon said.

A closer look: The cash-based physical therapy clinic offers one-on-one treatment for orthopedic injuries, Dixon said. Although the practice’s primary focus is treating athletes with sports injuries, anyone can come to the clinic to receive care, he said.

Dixon also said he plans to offer special services for veterans and first responders in the future.

• 2820 Village Parkway, Ste. 625, Highland Village

Hit the town this fall and winter in Denton with a dance show at UNT or a Jimi Hendrix tribute concert. Check out these 10 events in November and December.

Denton Craft Beer Crawl
Sip and stroll your way through Denton’s craft beer spots in Downtown Denton. Some locations will feature pop-up shops, where guests can peruse and purchase locally produced goods.

• Nov. 15, noon
• $20
• 110 W. Hickory St., Denton

• Nov. 15, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Free (admission)
• 5800 I-35, Ste. 214, Denton

Every day for the past 25 years, at least one person has died in crashes on Texas roads. Texas officials and the families of some fatal crash victims commemorated the grim anniversary with a candlelight ceremony at the Texas Capitol on Nov. 7.

The impact: Jamie White said her 2-year-old daughter, Allie, was hit and killed by a distracted driver at Round Rock’s Old Settlers Park in September 2019.

“It only takes [a few] seconds… to kill somebody,” White said Nov. 7. “Can you imagine doing this, taking somebody's child from them, and living the rest of your life knowing that you caused that?”

Following Allie’s death, her parents launched Allie’s Way, a nonprofit aimed at ending distracted driving.

More details: TxDOT data shows that speed and impaired driving are involved in the majority of deadly crashes on Texas roads.

“These are not random events,” Texas Highway Patrol Chief Bryan Rippee said Nov. 7. “These are the results of making the wrong choices on our Texas highways."