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LISD addresses safety, security

 

Visitors to LISD elementary schools must enter through secure vestibules forcing them to check in at the main office and provide their driver’s license which is scanned and checked against a sex-offender database.

By NICK BROTHERS, Hill Country News

In the aftermath of a deadly high school shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 17 dead by a lone gunman, Leander ISD officials are addressing the district’s current safety and security systems with parents and students.

“We’re having some tough conversations right now about doing anything additional to our security upgrades,” said district spokesperson Corey Ryan. “We are working to implement programs that help build relationships between students with our faculty and staff.”

As for the notion of arming teachers in an effort to protect students, Ryan said the school district prohibits firearms on campuses and does not plan on changing its rules.

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SailPoint navigates new headquarters, growth, IPO

Tech security company to grow in Four Points

By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News

After issuing its initial public offering in November and signing a lease for a new corporate headquarters shortly thereafter, Four Points-based SailPoint Technologies is focused on the company’s expanding growth.

The company currently leases space in two building sites—45,000-square-feet in its original Four Points Centre location and 56,000-square-feet at Ladera Bend, off RM 2222—that will be condensed into a single new building now under construction off Four Points Drive, Vice President of Human Resources Abby Payne said.

“We are leasing this new space to accommodate future employee growth, as we think about expansion in Austin for 2018 and beyond,” she said. “The building is underway. We expect we will consolidate our headquarters out of the two buildings and into this third, new building, sometime in the spring of 2019.”

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Hundreds Run the Ranch, help special needs

Some 400 runners, walkers and dogs participated in the 13th annual Run the Ranch 5K & Kids Fun Run at Towne Square Community Center in Steiner Ranch on Saturday.

The event was hosted by Hill Country Special Needs Alliance, which started in 2016 by Steiner families.

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VHS students, staff acted quickly on reporting a terroristic threat

Viet Quoc Duong, 18

2017 VHS grad jailed after posting threats

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

Last week, Vandegrift students and administrators acted swiftly to alert the school and community about a terroristic threat from Viet Quoc Duong, a 2017 VHS graduate.

Duong, 18, was released from the Travis County Jail on Friday night after being arrested on Wednesday for making threatening posts on social media the night before toward the VHS choir — a group he was removed from last year.

“We are proud of our students for quickly and appropriately reporting messaging they saw on social media that involved the safety of our school,” said Charlie Little, principal at Vandegrift.

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