Rains ISD

Rains Independent School District [RISD] Superintendent Jennifer Johnson updated board members on the toll COVID-19 has taken on the school district during the regular monthly meeting of the RISD board of trustees Monday, November 9. Johnson told the board there have been 12 students and 12 staff members to test positive for the virus since the start of school. […]

Rains Independent School District [RISD] superintendent, Jennifer Johnson, sent out letters to parents Monday afternoon, November 16, stating that RISD schools will be closed Wednesday, November 18, through Friday, November 20. […]

Residents in the Rains Independent School District voted against the voter-approved tax rate election (VATRE) during the November 3 General Election. […]

Competing in UIL Congress on Monday, November 2, in Hallsville were Dakota Gallope, Carter Timmons, sponsor Maddy Evans and Armando Ayala. They received positive critiques but did not advance. Overall, the team placed ninth out of 18. […]

Rains ISD notified parents in a press release on Thursday, October 29, of a staff member on the elementary campus who was lab-confirmed to have COVID-19. […]

With Veterans Day around the corner, Rains High School wants to honor our veterans, despite having to cancel the traditional ceremony due to COVID-19 concerns. The school has allied with the City of Emory to produce a video to be shown on the downtown square on Wednesday, November 11 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. […]

The Rains ISD Board of Trustees held a regular meeting on Monday, October 12, to hear COVID-19 and junior high assessment testing updates and monthly reports. […]

Friday evening, October 9, Rains Independent School District (RISD) Superintendent Jennifer Johnson issued a statement that due to recent positive tests of COVID-19 and direction from the State Health Department, RISD is suspending all instruction for Pre-K through 12 and closing their Child Development Center through Thursday, October 22. […]

The Rains Independent School District (RISD) board of trustees has requested a voter-approved tax rate election (VATRE) be included on the November 3 General Election ballot. […]

The Rains High School Theater Department has spent the last two months working on its Halloween Horror Night drama production, which will debut Thursday, October 8, at 7:00 p.m. on the Rains High School cafetorium stage. […]