Education
Transportation
BY MARK FADDEN & JONATHAN PERRIELLO
BY CODY THORN
Council amends Roberts Road project with additional work
Student population down 9% in 10 years
Carroll ISD grants stipends, hiring bonus Carroll ISD is giving its special education professionals a stipend for their service. The details Stipend amounts range from $1,000 to $3,500. The board of trustees approved the sti- pends at a special meeting Feb. 5 along with a hiring incentive bonus aimed at lling and retaining special education positions that have been historically di cult to ll for the district. Stacie Bonner, executive director of special programs, presented the stipend recommendation to the board. “Special education teachers are a short- age, and when you’re competing with other districts, the pool is smaller, so this is more of a recruitment tool,” Bonner said.
GCISD enrollment history GCISD has lost nearly 9% in student enrollment in the last 10 years, according to district documents.
• Tra c signalization—if warranted by tra c study • Drainage improvements • Curb ramps at Roberts Road and Glad Road intersection • Utility improvements from north of Glade Road to the city limits near Birch Avenue The roadway would be widened to 31 feet where possible and 25 feet when there are right- of-way constraints, according to documents. What else? The second change is conducting a signal analysis to see whether there needs to be a tra c signal added at Roberts Road and Glade Road. An intersection tra c count would determine whether a light would be warranted, according to documents. This addition to the contract was for $8,400.
The Colleyville City Council approved two amendments to the Roberts Road project, near the new community center, during the Jan. 16 meeting. The changes to the professional service agree- ment with Freese and Nichols Inc. resulted in more than $100,000 of additional cost, and now the project is estimated to cost $527,000. In October, the project was separated from one to two di erent phases, according to previous Community Impact reporting. Phase 1 includes a westbound right-turn lane on Glade Road, the turn lane, and reconstructed pavement, water lines, and sewer lines on Rob- erts Road, between Glade and the Pleasant Glade Baptist Church driveway. The details Phase 2 of the Roberts Road project includes: • Design of the roadway
Student enrollment
Brent Alexander, director of demographic research with School District Strategies, gave an update on demographics to the Grapevine-Col- leyville ISD board of trustees Jan. 22. For the 2010-23 time frame: • Overall population increased from 74,001 to 84,679 • Total households increased from 29,072 to 34,430 • 18 and under population decreased from 18,751 to 17,020 A closer look Alexander said recent census data shows nearly 1,000 school-age children live in the district but are not enrolled in GCISD, due to families homeschooling, transferring to other districts, or attending charter schools.
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A car passes through the intersection of Roberts Road and Glade Road on Jan. 16 in Colleyville.
CODY THORN COMMUNITY IMPACT
Colleyville
SOURCE: GRAPEVINE COLLEYVILLE ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
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“I want you to understand that this loss is not a re ection of performance in the district,” Alexan- der said. “A ordability is a challenge and has kept younger families from coming into the district, and that’s starting to have an impact.”
PLEASANT GLADE BAPTIST CHURCH DRIVEWAY
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EULESS 900 E Harwood Rd (817) 545-2184 KELLER 101 Keller Smithfield Rd S (817) 482-8295
BEDFORD 1520 Airport Fwy (817) 508-4490 WESTLAKE 2341 Highway 377 (817) 490-9072
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