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TEA issues comprehensive guidelines for a safe return to on-campus instruction for the 2020-21 school year

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State Fair of Texas canceled for 2020 because of coronavirus

More than 2.5 million people attended the fair last year. This is the event’s first cancellation since World War II.

The fair, a longstanding tradition for many Texans, is scheduled to run next year from Sept. 24 through Oct. 17 in Dallas’ Fair Park. Photo credit: Allison V. Smith for The Texas Tribune

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2020-21: Either a 100% virtual program or a 100% in-person program

DISTRICT PROVIDES MORE DIRECTION FOR STARTING SCHOOL ON AUG. 13

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Student is National Geographic GeoBee state semifinalist

Xavier Leffler, an outgoing 8th grader at Canyon Ridge Middle School, qualified to compete at the National Geographic State Championship GeoBee before COVID-19 canceled the event

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Austin and several other Texas cities worry hospitals may run out of beds in two weeks or sooner

As Texas hit another record high Sunday, reporting 8,181 people hospitalized for the new coronavirus, local officials predicted cities like Houston could soon run out of space to care for the sickest patients. Photo credit: May-Ying Lam for the Texas Tribune

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