Category Archives: Westminster Glen

LISD considers changing the bell schedule district-wide

Gathering more input 

By APRIL S. KELLEY, Hill Country News

The Leander Independent School District is considering changing the bell schedule across the district to be more efficient with its transportation needs. 

LISD is weighing the possibility of these potential changes to the bell schedule:

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World Class faces foreclosure on former 3M campus

The sale of the former 3M campus off of RM 2222, near RM 620 is scheduled at the Travis County Courthouse on Oct. 1. Recently fencing has been put up to prevent people from driving through the Four Points campus. ERIN SEITZLER

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

A trusted real estate source reported that the former 3M campus at 6801 River Place Blvd. may be heading for foreclosure on Oct. 1. This comes a month after the Austin offices of World Class Holding — the owner of the 156-acre former 3M campus — were raided by the Federal Bureau of  Investigation.

Journalist Jan Buchholz, an award-winning real estate and business reporter most recently with Austin Business Journal, posted on the ATX Real Estate News website that there was a notice of trustee sale filed on Sept. 9 for the former 3M campus site, which was renamed Silicon Hills Campus LLC.

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Award-winning author speaks at Grandview Elementary

Award-winning, New York Times best-selling children’s author Ryan T. Higgins read some of his stories to students at Grandview Hills Elementary on Tuesday. 

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First-of-year Vandegrift schedule glitches are fixed

All Vandegrift staffers helped with the scheduling issues that happened at the beginning of the school year. Members of the counseling team include the Dean of Instruction, Testing Coordinator, Sped Lead, counseling admin and the Transition Coordinator, who all function like a team, said Charlie Little, VHS principal. (Back) Kristin Gunter, Charity Escott, Melissa Wells, Stephanie Stich, Jane Manchester, Sarah Spradling, Jennifer Fisher (Mid) Maureen Sanders, Jeana Badger, Sheri Georgoulis, Maureen Wheeler (Front) Christa Martin, Kandice Detlefsen, Peggy Morisset, Carla Kind PHOTO TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHY

Viper community pitches in to help 

By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News

When nearly 2,800 Vandegrift High School students started the 2019-2020 school year a month ago, the district-wide technology overhaul and ensuing problems left days of confusion for many Vipers. VHS counselors and other key staffers were in overdrive mode for nearly a week resolving the technology blip that caused errors in student schedules. 

The Viper community responded and about a dozen volunteers supported VHS through the problem. Most of the volunteers would stay longer than their two to three hour shifts because they just saw the need to be there, said Carla George, the parent of a senior student, who coordinated the assistance. 

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