HOUSTON—The ACLU of Texas last week sent a letter to hundreds of school districts throughout Texas, demanding that they reexamine dress and grooming code policies that are unconstitutional and discriminatory.

The Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT) will hold a Zoom news conference at 10 am this morning (Thursday) showing the features of a new website that allows teachers, school employees, and community members to report COVID-19 cases, deaths, and unsafe working conditions. The Texas AFT tracker will let users search by district and campus, and view pinned reports on a map of Texas. The Texas Education Agency and the Texas Department of State Health Services have announced that districts will be required to report cases weekly starting today. However, it is unclear how the data will be presented to the public, and plans have been to display only district data—not cases by campus. To attend this Zoom meeting, please register in advance online at: https:// zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvcuqqDMrG9DAQG6hpUhk3okQ7Iv2LQHu.

In the last week, Hemphill County Hospital officials have reported seven new coronavirus cases in Hemphill County residents, and three new cases involving out-of-county residents. Of those seven local positive cases, three are students at Canadian ISD, and one is a staff member—doubling the number of COVID cases on local campuses reported in the first two weeks of school.

Yesterday, I bought gladiolas. They are nearly 3 feet tall and bright fuchsia.