The Spring Branch ISD board of trustees plans to appeal a recent ruling by a federal court judge that found the district is in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/05/14/521333/spring-branch-isd-to-appeal-ruling-finding-district-in-violation-of-voting-rights-act/

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A federal judge has ruled that Spring Branch ISD's system for electing school board trustees violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by diluting the Hispanic vote within the Houston district.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/04/29/520083/spring-branch-isd-found-in-violation-of-voting-rights-act-by-federal-judge/

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Two high school students in the Houston area are in police custody and accused of plotting a "mass casualty attack" at a Spring Branch ISD campus, according to the FBI's Houston office.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/02/20/514395/teenage-girls-accused-of-plotting-mass-casualty-attack-on-spring-branch-isd-campus/

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Spring Branch ISD is asking the community for more than half a billion dollars for renovations to athletic facilities across the district. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/02/12/513677/spring-branch-isd-is-asking-for-over-630-million-to-fix-athletic-facilities/

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Spring Branch ISD's elementary school closure sparks concern over impact on disadvantaged students

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/schools/2024/07/30/495193/spring-branch-isds-elementary-school-closure-sparks-concern-over-impact-on-disadvantaged-students/

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Houston ISD, other area school districts offer free meals for students over the summer

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2024/06/17/490901/houston-isd-other-area-school-districts-offer-free-meals-for-students-over-the-summer/

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Voters on Saturday determined the outcome of several Houston-area school board elections over the weekend.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/elections/2024/05/06/486695/here-are-the-houston-area-school-board-election-results/

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Trustees for Spring Branch ISD backed off a proposal to remove a former superintendent’s name from an administration building, with the idea rebuked by a stream of community members who described it as petty and setting a poor precedent.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2024/03/27/481788/spring-branch-isd-to-keep-former-superintendents-name-on-headquarters-after-public-outcry/

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Spring Branch ISD's school board will consider removing Superintendent Duncan Klussmann's name from a district building after he questioned the board's financial decisions to close two campuses and cut librarians in an effort to accost a $35 million budget shortfall.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2024/03/06/479933/spring-branch-isd-to-consider-removing-former-superintendents-name-from-district-building/

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Libraries will be re-purposed as campus media centers. Each media center will be staffed by a district-level media specialist as well as a media center assistant.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/schools/2024/02/22/478403/spring-branch-isd-cutting-librarians-due-to-budget-concerns-for-the-2024-25-school-year/

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In a further step to address a looming $35 million budget deficit, Spring Branch Independent School District announced it'll cut 215 more positions ahead of the upcoming school year.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2024/02/19/477906/spring-branch-isd-to-cut-215-positions-amid-35-million-budget-deficit/

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Trustees for Spring Branch ISD, who blame state leaders for an anticipated budget shortfall of $35 million next year, voted this week to close two schools and dissolve charter school programs at three other campuses.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2023/12/12/472137/spring-branch-isd-closing-two-elementary-schools-cancelling-charter-school-partnership/

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A police officer for a Houston-area school district shot and killed a man Thursday who allegedly stole two vehicles outside an elementary school after murdering his father at a nearby home.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2023/11/30/471185/spring-branch-isd-police-officer-fatally-shoots-man-suspecting-of-killing-his-father-before-stealing-cars-outside-nearby-elementary-school/

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Spring Branch ISD pauses construction projects, increases pre-K tuition to address $35 million budget shortfall

On top of halted construction projects and increased childcare tuition rates, the district will make personnel cuts to address the multi-million budget shortfall, officials said.

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