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Spring Branch ISD Appeals Voting Rights Act Decision; Court Stays Final Judgment Pending Appeal

On August 25, 2025, Spring Branch ISD appealed the Final Judgment entered on August 6, 2025 that found that SBISD violated the Voting Rights Act. The Final Judgment ordered Defendants to implement

Westchester Academy for International Studies Named in U.S News & World Report Top 100 Charter High Schools

Westchester Academy for International Studies has been named one of only two charter high schools in the Houston area to be included in the Top 100 Charter High Schools in the Nation

Texas Education Agency Gives SBISD “B” Accountability Rating for 2024-2025

On August 15, 2025, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced its release of its 2024–2025 A–F accountability ratings for school systems and campuses statewide. The rating for SBISD given by TEA was a “B”, with

Spring Branch ISD Police Will Have Peace Officer In Every School

Spring Branch ISD Police Chief Larry Bainbridge informs KPRC 2 that all SBISD schools will have a peace officer. Bainbridge stated that “we’re the largest school district in the region that has

Teen Girls Who Planned ‘Mass Casualty Attack’ on Memorial High School Plead Guilty

Two teenage girls accused of plotting a “mass casualty attack” at a Spring Branch school have pled guilty, according to the FBI Houston Division. According to the FBI, one of the juveniles

Governor Abbott Signs Landmark School Choice Legislation Into Law

May 3, 2025, Office of Governor Greg Abbott Governor Greg Abbott today signed Senate Bill 2, the landmark school choice program that is the largest day-one launch in the country, into law at

Federal Judge Rules SBISD Must Have Single-Member Districts For Future Trustee Elections

April 28, 2025 — In a 114 page Memorandum Opinion and Order, U.S. District Judge Sim Lake found and declared that the Spring Branch Independent School District’s current at-large system of electing

Texas Education Agency Gives SBISD “C” Accountability Rating for 2022-2023

On April 24, 2025, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced its release of its 2022–2023 A–F accountability ratings for school systems and campuses statewide. The rating for SBISD given by TEA was

Empowering Families, Funding Results: A Conservative Case for Fixing Texas’ Public Charter School Funding

April 24, 2025, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, by TFR Staff Introduction We’re proud Texans. We believe in family, freedom, and personal responsibility. We trust that parents, not bureaucrats, know what’s best for

Supreme Court likely to rule for parental opt-out on LGBTQ books in schools

April 22, 2025, SCOTUSblog, by Amy Howe The Supreme Court on Tuesday was sympathetic to a group of Maryland parents who want to be able to opt their elementary-school-aged children out of

2 Texas Bills Tackle Long-Overdue Special Ed Reforms — & a $1.7B Funding Gap

March 25, 2025, The74, by Beth Hawkins Texas school leaders are hopeful that a pair of bills making their way through the state legislature could help to close an estimated $1.7 billion

Spring Branch ISD’s top 25 earners make nearly $5M, ranking 8th in Texas

November 21, 2024, Houston Chronicle, by Anastasia Goodwin, via msn Salaries for Spring Branch Independent School District’s top 25 earners totaled close to $5 million in the 2023-24 school year, placing the

Progress of SBISD Students Post-COVID

April 1, 2025, Houston Chronicle, by Claire Partain Spring Branch ISD among few districts to rebound from pre-pandemic scores in both subjects Read full article on SBISD website

Court hearing for teen girls accused of planning pipe bomb at Memorial High School

February 21, 2025, KHOU, by Orko Manna — HOUSTON — A teen girl accused of making threats against Memorial High School will stay in juvenile detention, a juvenile court judge decided after hearing from

Stratford junior violently attacked in parking lot of Don Coleman Coliseum after basketball game

At the February 18, 2025 SBISD Board of Trustees meeting, parents described how their son, a Stratford junior, was violently attacked from behind in the parking lot at Don Coleman Coliseum while

Spring Branch ISD calls Harris County DA’s response to school threat ‘ludicrous’

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK), By Kevin Ozebek and Sarah Rafique -- Across the Houston region this week alone, there's been a student stabbed at a high school, a gun allegedly found on campus,

How Spring Branch Independent School District High Schools Rank

U.S. News gives it's ranking of the 6 Spring Branch ISD High Schools

Spring Branch ISD’s latest move to tackle tight budget: More out-of-district transfers

By Miranda Dunlap, Houston Landing -- In an uncommon move designed to help close a budget crunch, Spring Branch Independent School District will allow 150 students living outside its boundaries to attend