Local families thank first responders
By KIM ESTES, Four Points News
Steiner Ranch families mingled with local heroes at the First Responders Appreciation event on Sept. 23 at John Simpson Park. About 50 people attended including 20 first responders, reported Sherri Smetana, organizer.
“I wanted to show my appreciation to first responders and I thought the community would support the idea and it did,” Smetana said.
Steiner Ranch residents said a big “thank you” to police, firefighters and medics at a First Responders Appreciation event on Sept. 23 at John Simpson Park. About 50 people attended, including 20 first responders.
Rive Place residents oppose zoning change request for 40 acres at end of Milky Way Drive, Petition circulating
By CASSIE MCKEE, Four Points News
River Place residents living on Milky Way Drive are organizing their opposition to a developer’s request for a zoning change for a 40-acre tract at the end of Milky Way Drive that would allow for the development of 110 single-family homes.
Milestone Community Builders is under contract to buy the land from longtime landowner Berta Bradley. Milestone is requesting an SF2 zoning to build 110 homes, with a density of three homes per acre. According to the zoning application which was submitted to the City of Austin on June 23, the homes would be large, with three to four bedrooms, and range in value from $700,000 to $900,000. The developer plans to designate 14.9 acres as drainage and green space.
The homes along Milky Way Drive are zoned SF1 with a conditional overlay that limits the lot sizes to one home per acre. Homes are valued at around $1.5 million.
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September 30 2015 Issue
30 LISD students, including 14 Vipers, named National Merit semifinalists
By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News
Leander ISD Superintendent Bret Champion announced that 30 students were distinguished as semifinalists in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program based on their outstanding performances on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
National Merit semifinalists, who represent less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors, include the highest scoring entrants in each state. The number of National Merit semifinalists in LISD represents a 43-percent increase from last year, Champion said.
Fourteen students at Vandegrift High School are semifinalists.
“These students scored a 220 or higher on their 2015 PSAT,” said Christa Thompson Martin, VHS dean of instruction. “This is an incredible academic accomplishment for our Vipers.” Continue reading