Graduations Moving Indoors For Local Schools Due To Predicted Wet Weather
With predictions of rain and storm up to 80 percent this Friday and 40 percent on Saturday for the area, most schools that had planned to host outdoor commencement exercises have made the decision for those graduations to move inside this week. Below are locations and dates for graduations and related events that KSST has been notified about, including those graduations moving indoors, with most schedule changes in italics. Thursday,...
SSISD Concludes 2021 Competitive Academic UIL Season On Positive Note
Despite what has proven to be a rather unusual and challenging year, Sulphur Springs ISD concluded the 2021 competitive academic UIL season on a positive note, campus and district sponsors report. The most challenging and, for some, most disappointing aspect of this year’s academic UIL was adapting competitions and readying students to compete in most events virtual this school year – another result of COVID-19 precautions...
Graduation Dates For Hopkins County, Yantis Schools
With such varied start dates, sick and weather-related closures, and make up days this year, it’s not wonder the graduation dates for local schools are so varies. Some schools will be holding high school graduation this week while others over the next two weeks. Several elementary school have already held pre-kindergarten and kindergarten graduations. KSST has been in touch with local school districts and has put together the...
Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County Weathers Storm Relatively Unscathed
Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County weathered Monday night’s storm relatively unscathed, despite a deluge of rain and high winds, according to local officials. The National Weather Service reported winds 87 mile per hour wind gusts were observed at Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport at 11:04 p.m. Monday, May 3, 2021. At 11:08 p.m., severe thunderstorms extended along a line from Tira to Sulphur Springs and Yantis at 35 miles per...
Sulphur Springs ISD Will Have To Make Up 1 Snow Day
Sulphur Springs ISD will have to make up one of the days missed last month due to the ice and snow which made travel dangerous Feb. 18-26, school administrators announced in a notice sent out via Blackboard. Students missed five regular class days due to the recent snow storm and its effects. SSISD Board of Trustees Monday night approved submission of an application to Texas Education Agency asking for a waiver, excusing the district...
Sulphur Springs ISD Employees Will Receive Pay, Some At Premium, For Days School Was Closed Due To Weather
District Applying To TEA For Waivers For 5 Missed School Days Sulphur Springs ISD employees will receive pay for the days school was closed due to winter weather; the district will also seek state waivers for 5 missed school days due to extreme, dangerous road and other conditions due to ice and snow last month. SSISD Board of Trustees Vice President Craig Roberts calls the joint school board-Strategic Planning Committee meeting to...
Sulphur Springs ISD Has Scheduled Special Board Meeting
Sulphur Springs ISD has scheduled a special board meeting March 1, a week ahead of the regular meeting schedule, to address issues related to the days in February that school was cancelled due to the extreme winter weather that made roads unsafe for travel. SSISD logo The 6 p.m. school board agenda includes only two action items. The SSISD Board of Trustees will be asked to consider approving a resolution regarding staff wage payments...
The Lady Cats Softball Team Will Finally Open the Regular Season After Weather Cancellations
You don’t have to tell Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo that Mother Nature always bats last. Last week’s icy weather caused cancellation of the Lady Cats planned home opener against Wylie East on February 15 and the entire three-day Sulphur Springs Tournament was also a victim to the weather. On this Tuesday, Feb. 23 game day, with nice weather in the forecast, the Lady Cats will now open the regular season at...
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Announces New Date of Area Playoff Match
On Friday, Feb. 19 Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell announced that her squad would finally be able to take on Royse City in the Area round playoff game on Monday, Feb. 22. The game is set to tip-off at 6:30 P.M. in Caddo Mills. Lady Cats basketball were originally slated to take on Royse City on Monday, Feb. 15, but inclement weather forced the game to be postponed not once, but twice. Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney...
Weather Concerns Continue to Impact Wildcat and Lady Cat Sports
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta announced Wednesday, February 17 that the Wildcats would be playing Jacksonville in the Bi-District round playoff game Monday at 7:30 P.M. in Hallsville. The Wildcats were originally slated to take on Jacksonville this Friday. The Wildcats beat the Anna Coyotes 64-56 at Anna on Saturday, Feb. 13 in a warm-up game in preparation for the play-offs. Jacksonville, the #3 seed team...
