Twenty Peaceful Minutes

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Wow, from 0 posts in a month to 3 in a day! I wanted to post a quick note; MySA.com, the website of a San Antonio newspaper and TV station, posted a story earlier today headlined “New Braunfels picks superintendent finalist“. The story relates that Michael Smith, current Forney ISD superintendent, has been named the sole finalist for the position of superintendent of the New Braunfels Independent School District. The article states that the New Braunfels board will have to negotiate a contract with Mr. Smith, and wait 21 days before hiring him.

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• Forney ISD Names Lone Finalist for Superintendent

  In a press release posted on their website this morning, Forney ISD has announced that Dr. Darrell...

• Forney ISD School Board Moving to Place Bond for 2nd High School on May Ballot

  In what became a 3+ hour meeting with a record-breaking turnout of 90-100 members of the public...

• Local Band of Forney High School Freshmen Finalist in North Texas Battle of the Bands

  I have an alert service that lets me know when pretty much any news hits the 'net...

As I mentioned in a previous post, a majority of the items in the Forney ISD bond election passed, including the expansion of the electronic textbook initiative. The school board has been discussing this project and has laid out a time line to roll the electronic texbooks out to all students in grades 5-12; the plan is to have the roll-out complete by the 2008-2009 school year.

Also, the one thing that remains undecided after the previous bond election is the fate of the much-needed 2nd high school or expansion of the current high school; the school board appears to be studying this issue to try to determine, yet again, what the voters want (I can’t blame them, the voters have been sending mixed signals, at best) - as part of this, Forney ISD has posted a survey concerning the 2nd high school issue and the potential for a future bond election, which I highly encourage all residents of Forney ISD to participate in.

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• Forney ISD School Board Moving to Place Bond for 2nd High School on May Ballot

  In what became a 3+ hour meeting with a record-breaking turnout of 90-100 members of the public...

• Forney High School #2 Virtual Tour & Sketches Available

  Forney ISD has posted sketches and a virtual tour created by the architect designing Forney ISD's new,...

• Forney ISD a “Model for Security in Schools”

  No matter where you might stand on the upcoming Forney ISD Bond Election, all residents of Forney...

It’s been a while since the last post; work has been incredibly busy and there hasn’t been many new things to report - as far as I can tell, all the developments I’ve previously reported on are moving along, but there’s not a whole lot of new activity, since many businesses tend to slow down during this time of year. However, I thought I’d give a quick update about Shafer Plaza - the building that Cold Stone Creamery, the Cingular store and a few other stores will be in looks to be almost finished. Cold Stone and Cingular both already have their signs up on the front of the building, and from what I’ve heard, Cold Stone will be opening on January 27th, 2007!

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• Shafer Plaza

  Sorry it's taken me so long to get the Shafer Plaza info online! The elections and the...

• Shafer Plaza Expansion - Arby’s, Office Depot?

  As a follow up to an earlier post about Shafer Plaza (the development where Double Dave's, Cold...

• SuperTarget in Forney?; Shafer Plaza Expansion

  While discussing the latest SuperTarget rumors in the Forney Discussion Forums, I decided to do a bit...