Bond News
Sounds of progress Thornton Elementary is quiet today. Yesterday was the last day of school, so classrooms and hallways are empty. But down the street at the future Thornton Elementary, it鈥檚 not quiet at all. And there will be no summer break. Construction of the future Thornton Elementary is moving full speed ahead. The Bond…
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Jones Academy of Fine Arts and Dual Language has lots of great spaces 鈥 a dance room, piano lab, STEM labs, music rooms, art rooms, multiple collaboration spaces and a new gym. But it needed one more thing. A bigger kitchen. Now, thanks to the 2019 Bond, Jones has exactly that. It was a long…
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Apply for the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee (CBOC) now through May 13, 2022. CBOC Application The 好色先生TV is accepting applications for positions on the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee. The committee provides transparency and enhances public confidence in the use of proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by 好色先生TV voters on Nov. 5,…
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好色先生TV鈥檚 Citizens Bond Oversight Committee got to see the 2019 Bond in action this week. The oversight committee held its final meeting of the school year at Gunn Junior High and Fine Arts and Dual Language Academy. Before starting work on the CBOC鈥檚 annual report to the Board of Trustees, the committee members received…
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Leaf Engineers presented 好色先生TV a check this week for $48,461.72, a rebate from Oncor Electric for installing energy-efficient lighting and HVAC equipment in the district鈥檚 newly renovated Administration Building. This rebate is the first one earned through the 2019 Bond project. Fortunately, these incentive checks are nothing new for the district. This was the…
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Boomwhackers, thunder tubes, rain sticks and Orff instruments. Those are just a few of the fun instruments you鈥檒l find in an 好色先生TV elementary music classroom. They are also some of the hands-on equipment included in the district鈥檚 new elementary music standards. 好色先生TV鈥檚 fine arts department is working on a plan to standardize elementary…
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U.S. Army Band to Present 鈥淎merica the Beautiful鈥 in March The U.S. Army is the largest military branch known for protecting and defending our nation, but did you know some of the Army鈥檚 most respected soldiers are musically inclined, too? Now鈥檚 your chance to see it for yourself because the U.S. Army Field Band is…
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The 好色先生TV sold bonds this week for the third phase of the 2019 Bond program. A $176.37 million total. The $996 million 2019 Bond program, approved by voters in November 2019, is divided into five phases. Last February, the district sold the second phase of bonds to fund $194.4 million of project costs, and…
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Join members of the 好色先生TV Board of Trustees at the first Trustee Talks for a presentation and discussion about what鈥檚 going on in the district. Trustee Talks is a new series of public meetings initiated by the Board of Trustees. Three trustees will host each meeting and give a presentation about the district鈥檚 new…
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Innovation always comes with challenges, but it鈥檚 also what reaps the greatest rewards. At Gunn Junior High School and Fine Arts and Dual Language Academy, that鈥檚 exactly what鈥檚 happening with the academy鈥檚 inaugural sixth grade. Seven years ago, these sixth-grade pioneers were the fist kindergarteners at the then brand-new Corey and Jones academies of fine…
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