It looked like dismissal time in the half-circle driveway at Merrill Middle School. A dozen cars were lined up in a queue that was beginning to spill onto Grand Avenue. But it was lunchtime, and the cars weren’t …

Last fall, a blind date of sorts was arranged between “Mama” Goat from the Central Campus agriculture program and a fella whose name we didn’t get. They rendezvoused in a pasture near Runnells and nature took its course. …

Schools nurses are on the front lines of many childhood maladies. Some are things to be expected, from a scraped knee to the common cold. Some are more serious, such as the flu or head lice or pink …

Part of the planning that led to the decision last week to extend the DMPS spring break included providing food for district students and families on those extra days away from school. But as the public health crisis …