Long-time Wylie board member has always had a big heart for calf roping, but until recently, he truly didn’t understand just how much. Mike Awtry has been team roping since high school, but it wasn’t until he was older that he finally started tie-down roping. “I’d been team roping since high school because of the […]
Wylie ISD School Board Reorganizes and Hits a Couple Milestones
Wylie’s School Board is hard at work despite it being the summer break, kicking-off its June meeting with the appointing of new positions and swearing in two of its newly elected board members. On Tuesday, June 12, Miller Loudermilk was voted in by the board to serve as president. According to Superintendent Joey Light, this […]
Wylie Moving To UIL’s Class 5A
The Wylie school district will finally make the long-anticipated move to Class 5A next year, according to numbers released by the UIL in December. Wylie missed the cutoff to stay in Class 4A by 14 students. Instead of being one of the largest schools in Class 4A, it will now be one of the smallest […]
Tax Payers Control Wylie’s Future
Wylie’s future is now in the hands of its taxpayers. The Wylie school board called a $45 million bond election last week, asking taxpayers for funds to continue construction on the district’s east side. The issue will be on the ballot of the Nov. 7 election. “By 2021, we are looking at 1,200 more students […]
Wylie Alum To Sing At Foundation Dinner
The annual We Are Wylie dinner is going country this year but staying true to its tradition of featuring successful Wylie alumni. The dinner will be at Joe Allen’s Lytle Bend Ranch and will feature singer/songwriter Hunter Hutchinson, who graduated from Wylie in 2012, and is relatively new on the Texas Music scene. Hunter graduated […]