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Alief ISDAlief Independent School District is asking the community to help reconfigure how it operates following nine consecutive years of declining enrollment. Thursday, October 22, 2026 10:39PMHOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Alief Independent School District is asking the community to help reconfigure how it operates following nine consecutive years of declining enrollment. The initiative, which the district calls "School Optimization," has yet to take shape, officials say. "Anything is on the table as a potential opportunity," Alief ISD Deputy Superintendent Charles Woods said at a recent community meeting. The district says that could include campus closures, consolidations, expanding or creating programs, rezoning, and more. Alief ISD is holding six community meetings to gather ideas from community members. One meeting is scheduled for Thursday night at Olle Middle School on Boone Road, and the next is Oct. 29 at Killough Middle School on Synott Road. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Woods said of the district's collaborative effort. To illustrate the situation facing Alief ISD, he said that 11 of its 24 elementary schools are currently under 50% capacity.

Pedestrian InjuredWednesday, October 21, 2026 1:21AMAccording to police, the teen who was hit was not a student passenger, but a pedestrian walking in the area when he was struck. DAYTON, Texas (KTRK) -- ABC13 is learning new details about a hit-and-run accident involving a Dayton Independent School District bus that left a teenager injured. According to police, the teen who was hit was not a student passenger, but a pedestrian walking in the area when he was struck. Dayton PD said officers responded to the highway intersection near Stilson Road after someone reported a crash around 6:30 a.m. on Friday. SEE ORIGINAL REPORT: Teen 'fighting for his life' after being struck by Dayton ISD bus driver in hit-and-run, father saysPolice said that the 70-year-old bus driver, identified as Ricky Eugene Cherry, hit the teen and left the scene without stopping to help. According to online records, the bus driver is still in jail and charged with collision causing serious bodily injury. On Saturday, Andrew Conner, the father of the teen hit, identified the victim as his son, Brantley. The victim's father told ABC13 that Brantley's injuries were so severe that he had to be flown to the hospital.

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