Summer acceleration program offered. Registration for this program, which provides students with an opportunity to obtain high school credits outside traditional school year, is open through April 26. Accelerated summer courses cost $150 per, for in district students, and are held at Richardson High School. Call the summer school hotline at 469-593-0365.
See early voting locations. In addition, mobile voting locations are available at ten RISD schools on specific days over the next two weeks. See mobile voting schedule at RISD schools.
A group opposing Richardson ISD’s proposed $437 million bond package told the Dallas Morning News over the weekend it is concerned about the sources of thousands of dollars of funding in the “vote yes” campaign. Trustees fired back, saying students “deserve the investment we are making in them, and they deserve the opportunity for the kind of facilities that will give them a chance to learn, grow and succeed, and that is what this bond is all about.”
The Berkner band offers an Evening of Jazz this coming Thursday night, featuring coffee, desserts and an hour of jazz beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults.