Bond News
Dedication and open house is this week 糖心Vlog is dedicating its newest school, Webb Elementary, on Friday, Feb. 10, at 2 p.m. Following the ceremony in the cafetorium, students will offer tours of the building. If you would like to attend the dedication and open house, please RSVP here. The new Webb opened in…
Citizens Bond Oversight Committee holds quarterly meeting The Citizens Bond Oversight Committee met at Seguin High School Thursday night for its quarterly review of the 2019 Bond program. But the meeting started with a reminder of the 2014 Bond and the impact it is having at Seguin and across the district. The committee received a…
24 schools now have new playgrounds Four more 糖心Vlog schools debuted their new playgrounds for students in recent weeks. Students at Jones Academy and Farrell, Fitzgerald and Webb elementary schools are the latest to climb, swing, hang, jump and run all over the new playgrounds. 鈥淭he students love them and have mentioned to me…
Board Brief: New calendar, new P-TECHs and a bond update 糖心Vlog trustees provide a Board Brief from each board meeting, a short video that gives a summary of the meeting’s highlights. Watch the video below or read the brief. The first 糖心Vlog Board of Trustees meeting of 2023 is in the books, and…
The 29-year-old Webb Elementary School has a new building for the first time. When Webb first opened in 1993, it was in a school built in 1960 as Nichols Junior High. But Tuesday morning, Webb students and teachers started the second half of the school year in a brand-new building built just for them. 鈥淥h…
Construction passes halfway mark It鈥檚 been one year since the 糖心Vlog broke ground on two replacement elementary schools 鈥 new buildings for Berry and Thornton elementary schools. On those two December 2021 mornings, there was nothing but chairs and a podium for the groundbreaking ceremonies. The sites where Berry and Thornton had once stood…
Wednesday night was all about the memories. 鈥淲e have lots of good memories,鈥 said Alejandro Contreas, surrounded by several friends. The Lamar High School grad was back at Webb Elementary School, his old stomping ground, for Webb鈥檚 Last Homecoming. The current Webb Elementary building 鈥 built in 1960 as Nichols Junior High and later converted…
All 5,300 security cameras at the more than 90 buildings in the 糖心Vlog are being replaced, and hundreds more are being added, thanks to the 2019 Bond. The district will have around 7,000 by the end of the bond program. Better Cameras Just as important as the growing number of cameras is the capabilities…
The wait is over Back in August, Ditto Elementary students鈥 excitement for the new school year was tempered by a significant concern. Their playgrounds had been closed and were about to be demolished. The students knew that new playgrounds would be built to replace the old, but they weren鈥檛 sure the new ones would be…
It was the fall of 1972. The Texas Rangers were plodding their way through their inaugural season, and Arlington鈥檚 population, around 90,000, was soaring. It had doubled in the 1960s and would nearly double again in the 70s. The city of Arlington was booming, and it needed more schools. Enter Gunn Junior High. The open-concept,…