News from Conroe, Magnolia and Tomball ISDs and Lone Star College System EDUCATIONNOTES
Magnolia ISD trustees approve 2019-20 calendar
MARK THE CALENDAR Boards have set key dates for students in Tomball andMagnolia ISDs for the 2019-20 school year.
more flexibility, such as varying the start of the school year. This allows districts to start classes before the fourth Monday in August, the current rule under the Texas Education Code. Under the approved calendars, the spring semester wraps up May 22 and May 28, 2020, respectively, for students in Magnolia and Tomball ISDs. For the upcoming year, MISD also added Nov. 5—Election Day—as a student holiday. Campuses are used as polling places, which makes maintain- ing security difficult, said Jason Bull- ock, MISD assistant superintendent for administration, at the Jan. 14 meeting.
MAGNOLIA While the Tomball ISD board of trustees approved the calen- dar for the upcoming 2019-20 school year last February—adopting two years of academic calendars at once— the Magnolia ISD board of trustees approved the 2019-20 calendar at its Jan. 14 meeting, just a week into the spring semester. Classes will begin Aug. 14 and Aug. 20 this year for students in Magnolia and Tomball ISDs, respectively, according to the districts. Both districts are districts of inno- vation, a designation created by the Texas Legislature in 2015 that allows
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SOURCES:TOMBALL ISD,MAGNOLIA ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACTNEWSPAPER *New student holiday for MISD— Election Day, Nov. 5
Lone Star College-Magnolia Center to open in fall 2021 LONE STAR COLLEGE The Lone Star
$485 million LSCS bond referendum approved by voters in 2014, Commu- nity Impact Newspaper previously reported. The college is currently located in temporary office space at 18423 FM 1488, Ste. C, Magnolia, where parents and students can access services such as financial aid, admissions and advising, according to the press release.
provide courses necessary for those looking to transfer to a four-year university. “[The center] will provide our stu- dents and the community with more opportunities, resources and career pathways for higher education and trades,” Magnolia ISD Superintendent Todd Stephens said in the release. LSC-Magnolia Center is funded by a
satellite campus for LSC-Montgomery, Community Impact Newspaper previ- ously reported. The $28.9 million facility, spanning 65,000 square feet, will feature class- rooms, workforce labs and shared learning spaces, the press release said. LSC-Magnolia Center will also
College System purchased property at 505 FM 1486—across the street from Magnolia West High School—to be the home for LSC-Magnolia Center, which is expected to open in fall 2021, according to a Jan. 22 press release. The future campus will serve as a
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