Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 13th of October.
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🏘️ Community
A new PAW Patrol immersive experience will debut this fall at 2712 N.
Central Expressway in the former Buy Buy Baby space. The attraction offers rescue missions, hands-on challenges + photo opportunities in a themed Adventure Bay until the holiday season.
🎭 Culture
The free annual Plano International Festival returns to Haggard Park on Saturday, Oct.
17 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., featuring a naturalization ceremony for 100 new U.S. citizens, international food trucks, cultural performances, and family activities celebrating over 100 cultures.
🎓 Education
North Texas public schools will lose nearly $64 million this school year as roughly 7,700 students transfer to private schooling or homeschooling using TEFA vouchers, a Texas Center for Voucher Transparency report said.
The shift in funding may force districts to cut teaching positions and extracurricular programs.
Texas offers Free College Application Week for residents to apply to public colleges with waived fees (visit applytexas.org) as part of an effort to boost college enrollment.
The event began Monday, Oct. 12 and will run until Sunday, Oct. 18 at 11:59 p.m.
Plano West Senior High principal Billie Jean Lee is named Campus Administrator of the Year by the Lone Star State School Counselor Association (LSCA) and will be honored at the annual gala on Nov.
15 at the Embassy Suites and Frisco Convention Center.
🏈 Sports
Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine released the Week 8 rankings that detail Texas high school teams’ scores and records, including Coppell (5-1) beating Plano 26-10.
The rankings review last week’s matchups and preview games from Oct. 15 to 17.
Inside High School Sports' Matt Diggs released updated North Texas-area high school football rankings on Sunday, Oct.
11 (with Allen, North Crowley, and Lewisville topping the 6A list) as records were detailed from class 6A through 2A.
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