Tomball - Magnolia Edition | February 2024

Education

4 TISD bond projects move to next steps

Health care program gets $86K grant A program that trains aspiring health care professionals in Tomball ISD has received an $86,000 grant to expand course oerings in the fall, according to a Feb. 14 news release from Lone Star College System. A closer look The Tomball Star Academy Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools pro- gram received a grant from Educate Texas at the Communities Foundation of Texas, according to the release. The grant will be used to expand the program’s course oer- ings to include new pathways, including: • Health information technology • Medical administrative support • Medical administrative services-medical front desk

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Four Tomball ISD construction projects to be funded by the district’s $494.46 million bond— approved by voters in 2021—reached their next phases at the Feb. 13 TISD board meeting. In a nutshell One of the main projects discussed at the Feb. 13 meeting was the renovation of Tomball High School’s Career and Technical Education class- rooms. Trustees unanimously approved—with board Assistant Secretary Michael J. Pratt absent—the $8.38 million general contractor agreement with Millennium Project Solutions. The CTE classrooms will be built inside the school’s former agriculture center, and renderings of the project will be presented at an upcoming meeting, Superintendent Martha Salazar-Zamora said. The renovation will have an overall budget of $10 million, according to meeting documents.

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Diving in deeper The board voted on three other projects Feb. 13. • A construction manager at risk was approved for the renovations of Tomball High School’s cafeteria, set to be completed by August. • A construction manager at risk was approved for the fth-grade addition to Creekside Park Junior High, set to be ready by the 2026-27 school year. • $400,000 was added to the contingency budget for the construction of West Elementary, slated to open in August.