Bond News
Installation underway at Crow Leadership Academy They started pouring concrete at 4 a.m. last Wednesday morning at Crow Leadership Academy. That鈥檚 what you have to do when it鈥檚 so hot during the day. But despite the early wakeup, everyone is excited to start building playgrounds again. 鈥淲e鈥檙e really glad to get moving forward at Crow…
The Citizens Bond Oversight Committee recently gave its annual report to the 糖心Vlog Board of Trustees. Charles Finicum, the committee鈥檚 chair, presented at the June 21 Board of Trustees meeting and offered observations and recommendations related to the district鈥檚 2019 Bond program. 鈥淭his is an exciting culmination of a year-long鈥檚 worth of meetings relative…
The future Berry Elementary School has gone vertical. That means the steel is now being erected for the frame of the facility. After lots of preparations 鈥 grading, installing utilities, drilling piers, pouring grade beams and more 鈥 it鈥檚 starting to look like a real building. See construction photos. The original Berry, which first opened…
Global supply chain issues are causing delays everywhere, and that includes the construction of the new Webb Elementary School. Originally scheduled to open for the beginning of the school year in August, the new Webb will welcome students for the first time a little later. The new school building at Webb will replace the current…
Summer can wait Sure, Gunn Junior High and Fine Arts and Dual Language Academy art teacher Zena Young is excited about the summer. But right now, she鈥檚 more focused on next year. 鈥淚鈥檓 just as excited about getting my room set up,鈥 Young said. Instead of packing up her art room to head home for…
Sounds of progress Thornton Elementary is quiet today. Yesterday was the last day of school, so classrooms and hallways are empty. But down the street at the future Thornton Elementary, it鈥檚 not quiet at all. And there will be no summer break. Construction of the future Thornton Elementary is moving full speed ahead. The Bond…
Jones Academy of Fine Arts and Dual Language has lots of great spaces 鈥 a dance room, piano lab, STEM labs, music rooms, art rooms, multiple collaboration spaces and a new gym. But it needed one more thing. A bigger kitchen. Now, thanks to the 2019 Bond, Jones has exactly that. It was a long…
Apply for the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee (CBOC) now through May 13, 2022. CBOC Application The 糖心Vlog is accepting applications for positions on the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee. The committee provides transparency and enhances public confidence in the use of proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by 糖心Vlog voters on Nov. 5,…
糖心Vlog鈥檚 Citizens Bond Oversight Committee got to see the 2019 Bond in action this week. The oversight committee held its final meeting of the school year at Gunn Junior High and Fine Arts and Dual Language Academy. Before starting work on the CBOC鈥檚 annual report to the Board of Trustees, the committee members received…
Leaf Engineers presented 糖心Vlog a check this week for $48,461.72, a rebate from Oncor Electric for installing energy-efficient lighting and HVAC equipment in the district鈥檚 newly renovated Administration Building. This rebate is the first one earned through the 2019 Bond project. Fortunately, these incentive checks are nothing new for the district. This was the…