Education
BY ANGELA BONILLA, EMILY LINCKE & NICHAELA SHAHEEN
CISD estimates $1M in recovery expenses In the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, Conroe ISD is looking at the possibility of requesting Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance due to the estimated $1 million in damage from the storm. The details In the July 16 meeting, Chris McCord, assistant superintendent for operations for the district, said the district had prepared for the storm the day prior and day of Beryl making landfall July 8. Antiscaling fencing along schools was damaged, and the district lost power and communications for several days. The dam- age also set the timeline for some construc- tion projects back a week, McCord said. “Debris and tree debris cleanup costs are ... signi cantly expensive,” McCord said.
Conroe ISD breaks ground on new elementary school
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Conroe ISD Superintendent Curtis Null, accom- panied by other district o cials, representatives of the Evergreen community and members of the Lake Conroe/Conroe Chamber of Commerce, broke ground June 13 for a new school located near the intersection of Hwy. 242 and FM 1314. What we know The new elementary campus, Campbell Elemen- tary, is set to open for the 2025-26 school year. The 150,000-square-foot school will serve a maximum of 950 students in grades K-6 in the Caney Creek and Oak Ridge high school feeder zones. Campbell Elementary will cost $59 million to build and is one of eight new campuses funded through a $1.8 billion bond referendum passed last November, according to a news release. WISD hosts ceremony for middle school Willis ISD held a groundbreaking cere- mony June 26 for its Middle School No. 3, scheduled to open in 2025. How we got here The new middle school is part of the district’s 2022 bond for $143 million that included funding for a new elementary school and a ne arts addition at Lynn Lucas Middle School, as previously reported by Community Impact. The details The district’s contractor, Houston-based Durotech, is underway with construction on the steel framework. The design was done by VLK, a Fort Worth-based company.
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Along with the construction of Campbell Elementary and several other new campuses, the bond will also fund: • Existing campus improvements • Technology enhancements “We’re excited to bring the convenience of an on-site school to our growing number of resi- dents,” said Keith Luechtefeld, Houston Division president for Shea Homes, the developer of Evergreen. MISD to purchase $534K of entry-resistant glass Entry-resistant safety glass will be installed at Montgomery ISD buildings after the district’s board of trustees unanimously approved the $533,598 purchase on June 25. The speci cs About 21,000 square feet of safety glass for exte- rior windows will be purchased, Brad Mans eld, MISD’s chief facilities & operations o cer, said on June 25. The glass is not bulletproof or bullet-resis- tant, but it is designed to slow the entry of someone trying to break into the building, he said. “One of the things that we’re able to do because it’s safety-related is we don’t have to specify and exactly dictate [and] say exactly where this is going to go because it’s part of the safety and security that we have,” Superintendent Mark Ru n said. “We don’t want to be able to put out a blueprint and say, ‘Here’s where all of our entry-resistant lm is and where it’s not.’ ... There’s some common sense to what would be done and what would not be done.” The context The purchase goes above what the Texas Educa- tion Agency requires of school districts via House
“You can’t put enough rounds through [the safety glass] to where you can just shoot the glass out.
... It’s still going to be three [to] six minutes of hacking away at one window to get in.” MARK RUFFIN, MONTGOMERY ISD SUPERINTENDENT
Bill 3, Mans eld said. As previously reported by Community Impact , HB 3: • Became law Sept. 1 and was created during the 88th legislative session • Granted Texas school districts $15,000 per campus and $10 per student for school safety initiatives • Requires districts to have at least one armed security o cer—such as a law enforcement o cer, school marshal or teacher licensed to carry a handgun—on school campuses during regular school hours MISD already meets HB 3’s requirements of having at least one armed security o cer at all district campuses, Ru n said in February.
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