Education
BY HEATHER MCCULLOUGH
Education Edition
2025
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Education Edition! In this guide we feature the latest updates and resources about local K-12 public school options in your community. All of the stories were written by our team of local journalists, and all of the advertisements are from nearby businesses who support our mission to provide free, useful news—please show them your gratitude by supporting them. Though this edition every year is focused on education, we cover your local schools every day. You can read those stories daily on our website or in our free daily newsletter.
Check out the latest education news in this edition. Content in this edition highlights the latest information on how a voter-approval tax rate election helped the budget for Grapevine- Colleyville ISD and how it could effect Carroll ISD depending on how the vote goes this November. There is also more information on Carroll ISD’s new admittance program, how pre-K programs at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD generate revenue, cellphone policies at both districts as well as a Q&A with the newest GCISD board member voted in during the May election.
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CISD starts new admittance program
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Tarleton State University gives an academic scholarship ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 depending on class rank and test scores. The scholarship is given annually for four years. Howard Payne University gives graduates in the top 50% of their class a $60,000 scholarship, which is divided over the course of four years. CISD staff is working with University of Missouri in Columbia and Texas Woman’s University to offer automatic admission for graduates, Peddy said. “It’s not about how many, it’s more about the quality that we get with [university partnerships,]” she said. CISD counselors will talk with different colleges and universities to see if they are interested in partnering with Carroll ISD for automatic acceptance opportunities, Peddy said.
Carroll ISD launched the Distinguished High School Partnership Program for the 2025-26 school year, which helps CISD graduates earn automatic admittance into universities after meeting certain requirements. The district currently partners with Texas Tech University, Tarleton State University, Howard Payne University and McMurry University, said Gina Peddy, CISD’s executive director of curriculum and instruction. “We’re looking at our kids that work really hard, they make really good grades, but due to extenuating circumstances, they are worried about college admissions,” Peddy said. “Just knowing [they] ... will automatically be accepted into [a] college takes some of the stress and the pressure off.” The program doesn’t cost the district any money, she said.
Automatic acceptance requirements for partnered universities
Texas Tech University
• Offers automatic admission to graduates who meet specific class rank and test score criteria. • Waives application fees • Offers automatic acceptance to graduating seniors within the top 50% of their class. • Waives application fees
Tarleton State University
Howard Payne University
• Admits all graduates with an unweighted grade point average above 3.5. • Waives application fees
McMurry University
• Admits all graduates with an unweighted GPA above 3.5.
SOURCE: CARROLL ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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