Waste Management of Northeast Texas also offers weekly trash pick-up to rural residents. Hopkins County sponsors a garbage compaction station and disposal service that can be utilized by those who want to haul their garbage to the site off Loop 301 East on Thomas Road.
All schools have dress codes.
The Early Childhood Learning Center is testing a school uniform policy during the 1999-2000 school year, which includes white shirt and khaki shorts, skirts, slacks, or jumpers. The school year begins for students on August 12,1999, and ends on May 25, 2000.