Month: December 2020
Never could we have imagined that the 2020-2021 school year would start the way it has. If you had asked me about the start of school this time last year, I would have described the great anticipation of students’ return, jumping back into learning, providing new and innovative programs for students, collaborating with colleagues and…
All elementary schools getting new playgrounds COVID-19 hasn’t slowed progress on the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ ISD’s elementary playground project. In fact, construction is starting this month at the first three elementary schools – Ashworth, Bebensee and Pearcy. The future new playgrounds are part of the 2019 Bond program, approved by voters in November 2019. The plan calls for…
Final 2014 Bond project opening soon It’s almost ready. After years of dreaming, planning and construction, the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ ISD’s Center for Visual and Performing Arts, the final project of the 2014 Bond, is nearly ready to open. Yesterday, training began for teachers in the new facility’s art, dance and piano keyboarding rooms. Then, after winter break,…
Gunn Junior High looks a lot different Gunn Junior High is changing. Construction to convert Gunn into the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ ISD’s fine arts/dual language junior high academy – one of the first projects in the 2019 Bond – has the school looking a lot different. See this week’s construction photos. For starters, the entrance now faces…