Education
BY BRITTANY ANDERSON, HANNAH NORTON & BROOKE SJOBERG
HISD makes progress on safety updates Hutto ISD administrators shared an update in October on several state-mandated safety updates to campuses. What they’re saying Chris Contreras, HISD’s district emergency operations and safety coordinator, told trustees Oct. 24 that the district was nearly finished install- ing impact-resistant film to windows at several campuses, with a final installation that took place on Oct. 28. The window film is just one of several required safety updates school districts are undertaking across the state. This “hardening” of school facilities, as described by Dustin Barton, HISD’s assistant
PfISD graduates enrolled at ACC grows ACC launched its four-year free tuition pilot program this fall and more than 335 Pflugerville graduates went on to attend this semester—up 25% from last year, per the administration report. Per ACC officials, students who graduated from a public, private or home school in ACC’s service area between spring 2024 and 2028, or earned a GED between July 2023 and August 2028, are eligible to apply for the pilot program. The pilot program: • Covers tuition and general fees, so students can apply for additional financial support • Does not cover non-residents, interna- tional students, course-specific fees, text- books or continuing education programs
Safety funding HISD has received just over $873,000 in grant funding from the state for safety enhancements to its campuses:
Safety Grant Round 1 $451,588 Safety Grant Round 2 $398,595 Silent Panic Alarm $22,856
SOURCE: HUTTO ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
• Providing law enforcement access to each campus via access cards, in anticipation of using key boxes to store a set of keys to each campus for law enforcement use • Adding distributed antenna systems to strengthen radio signals, in particular at Farley Middle School and Ray Elementary School as they are located at the bottom of a hill, hinder- ing reception
superintendent of operations, includes: • Marking and numbering exterior doors
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