Dozens of families stopped by Tarver Elementary School in Thornton Sunday afternoon to drop off some much-needed gift cards for three families displaced by a fire Friday night.
The Belton Independent School District moved forward in preparations for a 12th elementary school on Monday when trustees approved the hiring of a construction manager at-risk â a hire, who will begin working with architects in exploring designs.
During a meeting last month, the Belton ISD school board authorized Superintendent Matt Smith to issue a Request for Proposals for the position.
Mike Morgan, Belton ISDâs assistant superintendent of operations, said Smithâs request â which inquired about proposed fees for construction management and pre-construction services â spurred five submissions from general contractors by June 28.
âBased on the evaluation process, the district is recommending Cloud Construction Co. Inc. as the construction manager at-risk for the design and construction of elementary No. 12,â Morgan said in a staff report.
After announcing that its director, Dr. Amanda Robison-Chadwell, was leaving earlier this week, the Bell County Public Health District did not update their COVID-19 dashboard Friday.
Due to the learning curve required to update the dashboard, the district announced that it would pause its updates until such time as the incidence rate of the virus rises above 80 cases per 100,000 people. While Bell County will not update their dashboard, other counties and local school districts are continuing to do so.
Milam County showed on its website Friday that they had five active cases of COVID-19, with three people currently hospitalized. The county has seen 1,446 total cases and 48 deaths.