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Teachers, Family and Community Members Welcome Back Forney ISD Students

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Thu, 08/23/2018 - 05:00

Students in Forney ISD returned to school on Monday, Aug. 20 to hundreds of smiling, excited teachers, administrators and school employees.

Forney ISD Teachers Welcome Students with Home Visits

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Thu, 08/16/2018 - 00:00

Forney ISD teachers can’t wait to meet their new students. In fact, they couldn’t even wait until the official Meet the Teacher Night on Tuesday, August 14, so they loaded up and hit the streets to meet students at their homes.

Lightning and Loss on a North Texas High School Football Field

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Thu, 08/16/2018 - 00:00

This article first appeared in D Magazine Clay Jones’ gravestone is in the shape of a football. It sits near the middle of a cemetery in Forney, about a half-mile from the yellow house on Center Street he grew up in—the baby of the family, who became an athletic and sports-crazed 16-year-old.

Meals on Wheels needs community support to aid in unprecedented demand

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Thu, 08/09/2018 - 05:00

KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — The summer heat has been especially tough on Kaufman county senior citizens this year. The overwhelming demand for Meals on Wheels and congregate meals has continued to grow recently, while financial support has not according to officials.

Time to Register Returning FISD Students

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Thu, 08/02/2018 - 05:00

All returning students to Forney ISD are required to register and provide residency verification documents to confirm returning student information.

Raising Cane’s Prepares to Make Its Forney Debut

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Thu, 08/02/2018 - 05:00

FORNEY, Texas (July 26, 2018) – ‘Caniacs’ in Forney have been clamoring for a Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers to call their own and now they are about to get one!

Texas Students Will Get an Incredible Back-to-School Surprise

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Thu, 07/26/2018 - 00:00

In an unlikely but brilliant location, some teachers in Texas have done something startling for their middle school students for the year ahead. And at Warren Middle School in Forney, Texas (near Dallas), the teacher- and staff-driven project instantly went viral on social media.

Tracy Gray Elected to County Court at Law in July 21 Special Election

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Thu, 07/26/2018 - 00:00

A new Judge will take the bench in Kaufman County in 2019. Republican lawyer Tracy Gray defeated incumbent County Court at Law Judge Dennis Jones in a Court-ordered Special Election this past Saturday, July 21st.

The Bullock Museum’s AT-6 World War II “Texan” airplane takes flight

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Thu, 07/19/2018 - 05:00

(AUSTIN, TX) — One of the Bullock Texas State History Museum’s largest and most notable artifacts, the North American Aviation AT-6A “Texan” airplane, took flight once more this week.

Forney High School Art Teacher Named Grand Prize Winner of Art Contest

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Thu, 07/19/2018 - 05:00

Forney High School Art Teacher Carol Adair has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 Sargent Art Brighter World Teachers’ Online Art Contest. Adair will receive $2,000 worth of school art supplies from Sargent Art for her accomplishment.