By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News
Leander ISD Superintendent Bret Champion announced that 769 students earned 827 Advanced Placement Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the 2015 AP exams.
This is a 21-percent increase from the previous year when 638 students earned 684 distinctions.
“Leander ISD is pleased that a growing number of students are participating in the AP Program and earning AP Scholar Awards,” Champion said. Continue reading
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.
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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