Lara Korte

03/31/2020

Schools are calling it "zoombombing"

03/02/2020

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11/19/2019

Last night, the Austin ISD Board of Trustees voted to close four schools, a choice that many parents and community leaders disagreed with. One district employee said the plan is what "21st century racism looks like."

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The Austin school board late Monday approved closing four elementary campuses after months of community pushback and a declaration from the school

11/12/2019

Dr. Tim George, the chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Dell Children’s Medical Center and a professor at the University of Texas, died on Sunday in Sebring, Fla., while driving in the International Motor Sports Association’s Michelin Sports Car Encore.
https://www.statesman.com/news/20191111/dell-childrenrsquos-chief-of-pediatric-neurosurgery-remembered-as-lsquoremarkable-personrsquo

To those who knew him, Dr. Timothy "Tim" M. George was a masterful surgeon with a passion for helping his young patients.George, the chief of

10/25/2019

09/26/2019

09/25/2019

The letter comes after several crimes were reported near campus in recent days.
https://www.statesman.com/news/20190925/ut-vice-president-urges-city-leaders-to-prohibit-homeless-camping-around-campus

A top administrator at the University of Texas sent a letter to city leadership on Wednesday urging them to prohibit homeless camping along the perimeter

09/10/2019

09/10/2019

09/09/2019

The latest in the college admission scandal — UT finds no other improper student athlete admissions after the Michael Center scandal. https://www.statesman.com/news/20190909/after-admissions-scandal-ut-says-no-other-athletes-improperly-admitted

Months after a former University of Texas men's tennis coach pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from the nation's largest ever college admissions scandal,

09/06/2019

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