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Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Coppell ISD accusing administrators of encouraging staff to continue teaching critical race theory (CRT), the Texas Attorney General's office announced Wednesday. According to the Attorney General's Office, a recently published video showed Evan Whitfield, director of curriculum and instruction for Coppell ISD, discussing how the district has maneuvered the change in instruction. Paxton said Whitfield stated while the district does not teach CRT, despite state standards, they teach "what's right." When questioned if teachers could "close the door and teach what's right," Paxton said Whitfield responded with "Shh, that's what we do."

McLaren, the manufacturer of some of the world’s fastest and most expensive sports cars, will relocate its North American headquarters from a Manhattan skyscraper to a high-tech industrial park in Coppell, where the British company plans to accelerate into its next phase of growth in the U.S. market. McLaren North America’s rapid expansion has necessitated the move from 4,500 square feet on the 24th floor of a downtown New York City office suite to a custom-designed 30,000 square foot facility at 1405 S. Belt Line Road in Coppell, said Tony Joseph, McLaren North America president. The new facility will house...

Corinne Peters’ high school years were filled with plenty of the light-hearted rituals and endearing goofs typical of a teenager. But the young woman also had to deal with something most teenagers don’t experience: grief. Those closest to the only child say she never fully recovered after her father died from cancer when she was 16. Yet friends still knew her as fun-loving and extraordinarily compassionate. Signs of accomplishment and progress — and the appearance that she was finally getting what she wanted out of life — shot up as she walked across a stage in a red graduation robe...

Coppell teacher indicted on child indecency charge Separate panel had declined to charge him with sexual misconduct 09:03 PM CDT on Thursday, August 5, 2004By MARGARITA MARTÍN-HIDALGO / The Dallas Morning News COPPELL – Just months after a grand jury declined to indict a popular Coppell High School teacher on allegations of sexual misconduct with a student, another panel on Thursday charged the teacher with indecency with a child by sexual contact. Courtesy Duane Masengill Duane Masengill, 35, had not been arrested Thursday, but a warrant was expected to be issued for his arrest by this morning. Indecency with...