Rowlett News

Amid all the major developments in the Manatee County school district of late in the wake of a year of turmoil, one stands out if only for the fact this involves teachers and parents united in pursuit of independence and excellence.

Kids Kingdom, a playground built in Rowlett by volunteers and funded by donations from corporations, was torn down by the city this week, in part because the wood was treated with a compound now banned because of the threat of arsenic leaking into the soil.

Rowlett police arrested four male Rockwall High students on the campus of the school last month for the alleged rape of a teenage girl at a party at a home in Rowlett.

Police say a 36-year-old Rowlett woman driving a 2007 Jeep struck the boy in the 1500 block of North Country Club Road.

Rowlett Elementary School parents and teachers voted overwhelmingly Monday night to approve a conversion to a charter school by the 2014-15 school year.

Teachers at one Garland middle school are upset after a gun was found on campus on the last day of school and parents were not notified.

Whether Rowlett Elementary School will convert from a public school to a charter school is being decided this week as parents cast their ballots on the issue.

Shown are new inductees into Highland's National Honor Society including Tarin Weldy, Sierra Allen, Michael Hyde, Preston Rowlett, Beth Richburg, Adrienne Gonzales, Bailey Nervig, Cristina Natha, Morgan Monroe and Sophia Stice.

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