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At least 45 small school districts across Texas have been forced to temporarily stop offering in-person classes as a result of COVID-19 cases in the first few weeks of the new school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

The Texas chapter of the NAACP, along with the civil rights organization’s University of Texas at Austin chapter and a group of anonymous students, has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights alleging UT-Austin is creating a “hostile environment” for Black students by continuing to play the “The Eyes of Texas” alma mater song at university events.

State Board of Education Member Tom Maynard is scheduled to speak Tuesday, Sept. 14, at the Limestone County Republican Women’s Club. The meeting is slated to begin at 7 p.m. at the Mary Helen Nance Community Center in Thornton.