Dan Troxell, Leander ISD superintendent, announced his acceptance of a position as deputy executive director for the Texas Association of School Boards.
The Leander ISD Board of Trustees will discuss the hiring process for the next superintendent during their May 2 meeting. Troxell will continue to be the acting superintendent until the board establishes a hiring timeline. The board will move forward with pace and purpose to identify exceptional candidates for this top leadership position, board president Aaron Johnson said.
The Retreat at Steiner Ranch is under construction at the intersection of RM 620 and Quinlan Park Road N. The site plan includes 106 condos on 80 acres. Source SEC Planning LLC
By LYNETTE HAALAND
Steiner Ranch’s “front door” will soon have condominiums for sale as the Lennar Corporation project is under construction to create 106 units.
“The Retreat at Steiner Ranch will open for sale within 60 to 90 days,” said Danielle Tocco, communications vice president of Lennar.
The Vandegrift FFA entomology team (L-R) Aurod Ounsinegad, Alex Beaucamp, Michael Maher, and James Autry placed 2nd overall at their contest at Texas A&M University on April 6 and qualified for state on April 27 at Texas Tech University. Individually, Autry placed 1st, Ounsinegad 5th, Maher 11th, and Beaucamp 12th.
This contest requires that students correctly identify insects, order, their mouthparts, metamorphosis, and significance. The competitors must also take a general knowledge exam over entomology as well. Joe Lemmons coaches entomology.
The Vandegrift FFA vet sciences team L-R Shane Shockley, Jessica Powell, Gyliana Larracuente Arroyo, and Samuel Weiss placed 3rd at their area contest hosted at Blinn College on April 5 and qualified for state on May 4 at Texas A&M. This will be Vandegrift FFA’s 4th consecutive appearance at the state vet science contest. Magan Escamilla, VHS agriscience teacher and FFA advisor, is the vet sciences coach.
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Some 80 acres of undeveloped land surrounding the SAS office site was rezoned to general office on April 11 by the Austin City Council. Courtesy city of Austin
Grandview’s SAS property rezoned, cleared for sale
By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News
More development is coming to Four Points as another parcel of undeveloped land was rezoned by the Austin City Council last week.
With a developer planning to construct about 362,000 square feet of office buildings on a 94-acre tract at 11920 Wilson Parke Avenue at RM 620, Austin City Council approved rezoning the site from interim-rural residence to general office district during its April 11 meeting. The item passed on the council’s consent agenda, with District 8 Council Member Paige Ellis abstaining.
The office buildings are slated to be located north of the intersection of Wilson Parke and Vista Parke Drive, according to a Feb. 25 letter sent to the city from engineering firm Big Red Dog. The development is expected to be constructed in 2020 and a traffic impact analysis showed the proposed use will generate about 3,692 average daily trips.
