BY HALEY VELASCO
CCISD trustees approve over $16M in construction projects Repairs at multiple schools, a roof replacement and the video board replacement at Challenger Columbia Stadium will begin soon after Clear Creek ISD’s board of trustees approved nearly $16.2 mil- lion in construction projects at its Jan. 27 meeting. The overview A large bulk of the construction projects will be funded through the 2023 bond, according to district agenda documents. Priority repairs, including upgrading walls, repainting buildings and replacing partitions will begin “immediately” and be completed by July 31 at the following schools: • Bauerschlag • Gilmore
New health care program to launch at Clear Horizons Starting this fall, students at Clear Hori- zons Early College High School will be able to participate in Pathways to Technology Early College High School, or P-TECH, for health care. The full story P-TECH will offer industry-based certifi- cations, work-based learning with Hospital Corporation of America, or HCA, Houston Healthcare, and career technical education courses, including health science, medical terminology, and anatomy and physiology. Currently, Clear Horizons Early College High School offers early college high school options, which include multiple associate degree paths in 11th and 12th grades.
Approved construction projects
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1 Priority repairs at Bauerschlag, Gilmore and Weber elementaries: $6.96M 2 Priority repairs at Falcon Pass, Goforth and Robinson elementaries: $8.08M 3 Roof replacement at Technology Learning Center: $599,500 4 Replacement of video board at Challenger Columbia Stadium: $528,203
Total: $16.2M
SOURCE: CLEAR CREEK ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
• Weber • Falcon Pass • Goforth • Robinson Officials will also replace the roof over the summer through Aug. 22 at the CCISD Technology Learning Center.
Students improving academically, assessments show A higher percentage of students are perform- ing above benchmark standards compared to the beginning of the school year, according to mid-year standards reviewed by Clear Creek ISD officials on Jan. 13. The gist as being more useful for measuring a student’s educational experience, according to district documents.
High priority learning standards scores
Beginning of year, pre-teach
First time taught
Score after re-teach
Each student took a pre-learning assessment to measure their proficiency in various standards, which could revolve around literacy, writing, math or social studies, among other topics, according to district documents.
District officials shared results from high prior- ity learning standards, which officials described
Elementary math
Intermediate math
High School math
SOURCE: CLEAR CREEK ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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