Jan. 30, 2017 – School improvements and a large addition for Sam Houston are officially underway. Portable classrooms on the east side of campus were moved out of the way at the end of 2016 and ground work started this month. There are a number of different projects included in the scope, so work is…
Jan. 24, 2017 – Sandy McNutt Elementary was dedicated Saturday, Jan. 21, in a ceremony that honored the school’s namesake and celebrated the school’s future impact on students. Hundreds of people filled the cafetorium for the ceremony, with many forced to watch from the hall and in the gym, where a live feed was projected…
Jan. 23, 2017 – The Citizens Bond Oversight Committee met last week for its quarterly review of the status and progress of the 2014 Bond program. Led by ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê Chief Financial Officer Cindy Powell, ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê staff gave updates on the various areas of the bond: fine arts; safety, security and technology; transportation; and facilities. The…
Jan. 12, 2017 – Bond-funded school improvements for Sherrod Elementary began this week. The work started Monday on improving and expanding the parking lot, and interior work will start later this month. The inside work includes converting existing classrooms into dedicated STEM labs and a strings room. Over spring break the gym is scheduled to…
It didn’t take long for a Shackelford Junior High student to realize that different types of learning can be fun – and that his teacher may have actually been right. “It was fun when I realized what the teacher had been telling us: ‘The computer only does what you tell it to do.’” That was…
Dec. 2016 – All six ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê high school marching bands earned first division recognition at the Region 5 UIL Marching Band Contest in October in Mansfield. The achievement by all six bands was a first for the ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê and attributable in part to the 2014 Bond program. Not since the late 1990s have all ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê…
It takes a lot more than school buses to meet the transportation needs of a school district the size of the ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê. Service vehicles – also known as the white fleet – help the district support its many and varied infrastructure and operational needs. And as the district grows, so does the need for…
The winners of the Transformation Through Innovation grants for 2016-2017 were announced in late October. Members of the ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê information technology department visited the winning teachers at their campuses and surprised them with the good news. Sixty-four grants were awarded, totaling $937,784. The TI grant is funded by the 2014 Bond package and includes about…