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Construction update given to board
Burleson school trustees received an update on construction projects at the Nov. 10 regularly scheduled meeting.
All are under budget and on schedule except for the Wakefield housing addition elementary school, which is ahead of schedule.
In other business, the board:
zx Heard a report from Lana Perkins on the Burleson Opportunity Fund, a Hill College scholarship program in which 27 students are enrolled.
zx Approved the high school choir’s spring break trip to Austria.
zx Discussed the use of oil and gas money for employee Christmas bonuses but tabled the measure. “The board agreed it would be prudent to hang on to that money in the tough economic times,” public information officer Richard Crummel said.
zx Heard a report on TPRI (Texas Primary Reading Inventory), a program that evaluates the reading skills of the district’s very young students.
zx Terminated and abandoned easement at Brock Elementary School and approved an access easement at the same school.
Burleson’s next board meeting is Dec. 1.
— From staff reports
Crowley student
completes
basic training
Army Reserve Pvt. Christopher D. Smith has graduated from basic military training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C., to be a member of the Army National Guard or Reserve Split-option Program.
The program allows students between their junior and senior year of high school to attend national guard or reserve weekend drills while still in school and pursue a military career specialty after they graduate from high school.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.
He is the son of Donna Gardner of Crowley and a student at Crowley High School.
— Special to the Connection
North Pole Calling gives children a chat with Santa
Burleson children will receive a personal phone call from Santa Claus thanks to the North Pole Calling program coordinated by the city of Burleson’s parks and recreation department.
For their children to receive the call, parents must make an appointment at the Burleson Community Center or the Burleson Public Library. Informational fliers about the phone calls from the North Pole are also being distributed through the Burleson ISD’s elementary campuses.
Santa’s helpers will help St. Nick coordinate the phone calls, which will be made between 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., Dec. 8 through Dec. 11. The calls are geared toward children from pre-kindergarten through second grade.
Only children who reside in Burleson or who attend Burleson ISD schools are eligible.
Completed forms must be returned to the Burleson Community Center no later than Dec. 3. The center is located at 500 Chisenhall Park Lane.
For more information about North Pole Calling, call the city of Burleson’s parks and recreation department at 817-295-8168.
— Special to the Connection
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