CITY & SCHOOLS
News from Hill Country Village, Hollywood Park, North East & Northside ISDs & San Antonio
Bexar County Commissioners Court meets July 11 at 9 a.m. at the MEETINGS WE COVER partnership NEISD o cials said will bene t students in the district’s new Space and Engineering Technologies Academy. This signing marks the second time NASA has formed a Space Act Agreement with a district. Hill Country Village City Council meets July 20 at 5 p.m. at 116 Aspen Place, Hill Country Village. 210-494-3671. www.hcv.org Hollywood Park City Council meets July 20 at 6 p.m. at 2 Mecca Drive, Hollywood Park. 210-494-2023. www.hollywoodpark-tx.gov San Antonio City Council meets June 29, and July 13 and 20 at 9 a.m. at 114 W. Commerce St., San Antonio. 210-207-7040. www.sanantonio.gov Shavano Park City Council meets June 26 at 6:30 p.m. at 900 Saddletree Court, Shavano Park. 210-493-3478. www.shavanopark.org Bexar County Courthouse, 100 Dolorosa St., Ste. 2.01, San Antonio. 210-335-2011. www.bexar.org HIGHLIGHTS NORTHSIDE ISD trustees on May 23 chose District 4 representative Bobby Blount, who was re-elected May 6 to another four-year term, as school board president. HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE The city held meetings June 8 and 14 as part of their public engagement e orts toward a City Hall project. Representatives from LPA Design Studios unveiled a conceptual plan based partially on a 2016 master plan that was commissioned to reimagine the City Hall and police station campus at 116 Aspen Lane. NORTH EAST ISD The district and NASA recently signed a Space Act Agreement to formalize a
New Stone Oak-area park opens SAN ANTONIO City o cials and Stone Oak-area residents gathered May 17 at Classen-Steubing Ranch Park to formally celebrate the opening of the newest north side public park. Funded with $9.15 million from the city’s voter-approved 2017 a rst-come, rst-served basis and are not exclusively reserved by any speci c organization. City o cials said the new park is part of a total 204 acres of former Classen-Steubing family ranch land the city is reserving for public recreation and natural preservation, and not for development. Former District 9 City Council BY EDMOND ORTIZ
Past and present San Antonio city o cials mark the opening of Classen- Steubing Ranch Park on May 17.
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bond, Phase 1 of the park features walking trails, a small pavilion, a large pavilion with bathrooms and picnic tables, two parking lots, one baseball eld, two soccer elds and two softball elds. The ball elds, Parks and Recre- ation Director Homer Garcia said, are free and open for public use on
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Member Joe Krier, who advocated for a new Stone Oak-area park, said it is good to see the idea become a reality. “When you plant something, it’s nice to stick around and see the harvest,” he said. Garcia also said Mitchell’s Sex education NEISD is returning to the Choosing the Best curriculum, which focuses on age-appropriate topics. Grade 6 Explores changing bodies and emotions Grade 7 Trains students to reject sexual activity and embrace healthy relationships SOURCE: CHOOSING THE BEST PUBLISHING COMMUNITY IMPACT Grade 9 10 Helps students set goals, make good decisions Grade 8 Preventing sexual vio- lence, understanding consent when no sex education classes were available. Some trustees and meeting attendees said they feel Choosing the Best more strongly emphasizes abstinence.
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Landing, a privately funded all-in- clusive playground for children of all abilities, will be fully installed on a 1-acre plot at Classen-Steubing Ranch Park this fall.
NEISD adopts sex education program
City gets re truck
BY EDMOND ORTIZ
HOLLYWOOD PARK The re department debuted its newest vehicle in a May 15 public event, unveiling a 40-foot-long ladder truck city o cials said will give re ght- ers more exibility and safety in Wisconsin-based Pierce Manufactur- ing, which specializes in building re trucks, constructed the 10-foot-high, $1.6 million vehicle. responding to service calls. Fire Chief John Butrico said Butrico said the truck has a ladder that can extend up to 100 feet and can carry 300 gallons of water. It serves Hollywood Park’s commercial sectors, and responds to area water rescues and auto crashes.
BY EDMOND ORTIZ
NORTH EAST ISD Trustees voted 6-0 on May 8 to approve a sex education curriculum that district o cials anticipate will undergo state review in time for it to be taught in during the 2023-24 school year. The school board adopted a curriculum called Choosing the Best, which NEISD had employed until 2016, district o cials said. District o cials said NEISD’s School Health Advisory Council, whose membership was overhauled and bylaws revised in the past year, reviewed sex education curricula as NEISD ended the 2022-23 school year
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