Laura W. Bush Elementary kindergarteners had fun dressing up as pilgrims for the annual Thanksgiving feast, and first graders joined in the festivities dressed as Native Americans, said Mindy Hostick, kinder teacher. Continue reading
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SAFE Center opens after former Viper grad’s death
Megan Rondini, shown in March 2013 in Patagonia, grew up in Steiner Ranch, graduated from Vandegrift, and attended the University of Alabama on an honors scholarship. She killed herself in 2016 without closure to her long, drawn-out rape case.
By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News
Last month — more than two and a half years after Vandegrift alumnus Megan Rondini’s death — the Tuscaloosa SAFE Center opened to perform sexual assault forensic exams in the University of Alabama city.
“We’re pleased to see progress and believe it honors Megan’s memory as well as her wish that no one should have been treated the way she was treated,” said Mike Rondini, father of Megan.
Megan was a former University of Alabama student who grew up in Steiner Ranch and graduated VHS in 2013. In July 2015, Megan, then 20, was entering her junior year as a pre-med honors student at UA. She was majoring in biology with a 3.812 cumulative GPA. She hung herself in February 2016, less than a year after she claimed she was raped by an influential businessman in Tuscaloosa, and then denied treatment from UA counseling services, or the proper handling of her case by the Tuscaloosa Sheriff’s Department.
November 21 2018 Issue
Viper band & Vision Dance earn bronze at state
By KRISTEN HILL, Contributor
The Vandegrift band and Vision Dance Co. took home the bronze medal at 2018 UIL 6A State Marching Contest on Nov. 6.
This is the fifth consecutive state trip for the band, and their third state medal in the program’s ten-year history.
“This year’s State Finals Contest featured an amazingly competitive and impressive collection of bands… to come out of it as one of the top three 6A Marching Bands in the State of Texas is so exciting,” said Mike Howard, VHS director of bands.
Gas leak affects Steiner
On Oct. 30, a contractor hit a gas line trying to even out the road on Golden Gate Park in Steiner Ranch and the accident displaced families for days.
Some 15 households were evacuated on Tuesday and could not go back into their homes.
The families had to pack quickly including Halloween costumes. They were told by Texas Gas Service to keep their receipts for reimbursements.About eight families stayed in the Residence Inn and some at the Lakeway Holiday Inn.