Students take PSAT on ice rink

Students take PSAT in ice rink

Some parents thought it was a joke when a North Texas school district said high school students would be taking a major preliminary college entrance exam in an ice hockey arena. But 258 students from Wichita Falls High School ended up taking the PSAT on Wednesday at desks placed atop temporary flooring that covered an ice rink at Kay Yeager Coliseum.

The Wichita Falls school district blamed the venue operator for failing to make the arena suitable, as promised. The operator blamed school administrators, saying they waited so long to choose a testing date that all the best sites were unavailable.

Marshall

Educator reprimanded in hair dispute

An East Texas educator has been reprimanded for using a permanent marker to color in the shaved lines of a boy's haircut.

The superintendent of the Marshall school district has apologized for the incident involving 12-year-old Sheldon Williams, who was sent to the principal's office Monday for allegedly violating a school dress code ban on hair designs.

TEXAS HOUSE

Driver won't seek re-election

GARLAND — Rep. Joe Driver plans to retire from the Texas House after serving nearly two decades in Austin. The Republican from Garland, who faces a criminal investigation over travel reimbursements, said he will not seek re-election in 2012.

Driver drew attention last year after The Associated Press reported on his use of travel funds, leading to a Travis County investigation. Driver acknowledged that for years he collected reimbursements from taxpayers for travel he'd already paid for using donated campaign money. Driver said he didn't know he was doing anything wrong, but he later reimbursed his campaign $49,426.

The 65-year-old legislator and insurance company owner, who was first elected in 1992, said he plans to return to his private life.