Category Archives: Vandegrift

LISD’s Troxell leaving to go to TX Assoc. School Boards

Dan Troxell

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.

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Five Viper FFA teams going to state

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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