Education
BY BROOKE SJOBERG
Volunteer policy chosen for chaplains Round Rock ISD officials will allow chap- lains to volunteer at schools, but not counsel students. What happened Officials chose to allow chaplains to volun- teer in the district during a Sept. 21 meeting, adding language barring them from perform- ing counseling duties or filling roles related to mental health, under Senate Bill 763. This was in response to a state requirement for school boards to vote on a new policy, even if a similar policy is already in place. What are the options? School districts were asked to choose whether to hire chaplains to perform duties of a counselor, accept chaplains as volunteers or reject any use of chaplains.
Stony Point High School cafeteria expansion moves forward Round Rock ISD officials set in motion a 286- seat expansion to the cafeteria of Stony Point High School on Sept. 21, bringing the 2018 bond project one step closer to addressing the school’s need for more lunch room capacity. In a nutshell District officials moved forward with the use of $2.75 million in bond funds to expand the existing cafeteria to accommodate a growing student population. The expansion will include the partial enclosing of an existing courtyard. It will bring the capacity in line with what is similarly available at other high schools within RRISD, district documents show.
“This is a good faith effort by the district. These [projects] were scoped
poorly in the 2018 bond and this is the district’s attempt to correct that.”
ALICIA MARKUM, PLACE 4 TRUSTEE
What parents should know While the project to expand the cafeteria initially called for only 100 more seats and had a price tag of around $707,000, district staff told trustees the project was incorrectly scoped and growth among the student population required additional seating and came with higher costs. The approval for use of funds allows the district to begin the design process, Superintendent Hafedh Azaiez said. District documents show the design and permitting process is expected to last for nine months, with construction expected to last nine months as well, barring any delays.
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