The Killeen Independent School District’s well-received “Community Grab & Go” meals program fed thousands of hungry Central Texas families in the wake of last week’s winter storm.
The Killeen Independent School District board of trustees amended the 2020-2021 school calendar Tuesday to make up for time lost due to recent winter storm closures.
A total of eight calendar days were adjusted during Tuesdayâs board meeting. âEarly Outâ dates Feb. 26, March 5, March 12, April 16, and April 30 will now be regular school days, according to the updated calendar.
April 2, originally Good Friday holiday, will now be a remote learning day for students and a planning day for teachers. March 22 and April 12, originally scheduled to be teacher planning days, will now be remote learning days for students as well.
The amended 2020-2021 school calendar, including eight adjusted school days, passed with a 6-1 vote from the board. Board Vice President Susan Jones was the only member to vote in opposition of the amended calendar.
Gateway Middle School & High School
A roof leak and fallen ceiling tiles were found.
Harker Heights Elementary
Harker Heights High School
A water pipe leaked in one room, standing water was found in another, and a pipe burst in the soccer concession building.
Hay Branch Elementary
Haynes Elementary
Four of the five hallways have no power; the circuit breaker on the second floor had tripped circuits; and most second-floor hallways had no lights.
Iduma Elementary
A fire alarm panel malfunctioned; some cafeteria lights werenât working and the kitchen freezer alarm was sounding; and some classrooms and hallways were also found without power.
School districts vaccinate hundreds after Bell County closes vaccination centers due to Arctic blast
and last updated 2021-02-13 21:41:27-05
BELTON, TX â In a last-minute effort to distribute every dose of its Pfizer vaccine, Bell County gave three local school districts 325 vaccines after the harsh weather shut down some of the countyâs vaccination centers.
The county said the vaccines would expire on Tuesday.
For people like Kari Norman, an instructional coach and adjusting coordinator at Belton ISD, this vaccine means more than just a poke of a needle.
âIt means I get to reduce my stress load a little bit, thinking about protecting my son and just being able to be reliable at work,â she explained. âI can go to work and Iâm safe.â
There have been 1,540 positive cases of the coronavirus among both students and staff within the Killeen Independent School District since March as of Friday â an increase of 6% from the week prior.
At the elementary level, 303 students and 397 staff have tested positive. At KISD middle schools, 191 students and 134 staff have tested positive, and 254 students and 143 staff have tested positive at high schools, according to the district’s COVID-19 dashboard, https://www.killeenisd.org/dashboard. One high school teacher died due to complications from the coronavirus.
A total of 118 staff members have tested positive at KISDâs non-campus buildings.
There were 78 active cases of the virus â 46 students and 32 staff members â in the district as of Friday, according to KISD.