For the past year, parents and members of HISD's Waltrip High School band were looking forward to an opportunity of a lifetime to perform on the national stage during the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.

The Waltrip High School Roaring Red Ram Band is officially back on the Sugar Bowl lineup, organizers told Chron Monday—and Houston ISD, which originally blocked the band's opportunity to play at ...

Meanwhile, Waltrip and others who work with homeless students told ... make it to school is especially important because “we know that the lack of a high school degree or GED is the single biggest ...