On the way to our office near Grapevine Elementary School, we saw happy kids practically dancing down the sidewalk on the last day of classes June 5.

They're looking forward to swimming pools and lazy days, but summer break also is a time when parents are thinking about moving. That's why we publish our special Public Education Focus pages in June and July.

You'll find test scores for every school at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, plus other facts and figures that could help in decision-making. Next month, we'll provide the same information for Carroll ISD and Westlake Academy.

Our cover stories look at topics that are important to everyone in Grapevine, Colleyville, Southlake and Westlake: transportation and health care.

Plans for high-speed rail and TEX Rail are chugging along a little faster than usual this year.

And health care options grew after the late May opening of private hospital Forest Park Medical Center in Southlake and opening ceremonies for the new patient tower at Baylor Medical Center on June 6.

We will soon have something new to celebrate ourselves: We are starting a new Community Impact Newspaper in Frisco, beginning in August.

Our sister paper will include the same kind of high-quality, hyperlocal journalism Community Impact is known for here, in Austin and in the Houston area.

Toni Barron, DFW Publisher, [email protected]