Education
Willis ISD to hire 5 more security officers The Willis ISD board of trustees approved adding five more school resource officers Oct. 18 to officially meet the district’s quota for House Bill 3. HB 3 passed during the 88th Texas Legislature, requiring school districts in the state to provide one armed officer on all campuses during regular school hours. In April, WISD partnered with the sheriff’s office to provide nine SROs. What’s happening? According to district officials, the addition of five new officers will bring the district to being fully staffed with an officer at all campuses. • WISD’s school resources officers are contracted through the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. • The district currently contracts nine officers through the sheriff’s department.
UST weighs need for new Catholic school The University of St. Thomas surveyed Montgomery County residents in October to determine potential interest in a new Catholic high school. Some context Chief University Services Officer Carla Alsandor said the survey is the first part of a feasibility study. The university’s steering committee was created in the spring to begin studying the needs and gathering feedback. “There has been an interest within the community in Montgomery County and the Conroe area in particular for a Catholic high school,” Alsandor said. She said UST and professional consulting firm Meitler will next analyze survey results and make decisions about the next steps.
The Willis ISD board of trustees approved adding ve more school resource o cers.
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• Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson and Superintendent Tom Crowe will work together to hire the positions. “With recent events and continued increasing enrollment, we need five additional school resource officers to cover all campuses, depart- ments and events properly,” Crowe said in an emailed statement. “We also have new manda- tory requirements under Texas House Bill 3. ... We feel confident we can hire the officers as we continue to improve our safety precautions.”
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