Author: Emily Lincke

A guaranteed maximum price of about $26 million for Montgomery High School renovations—slated to begin this summer—was approved by Montgomery ISD trustees on March 19.

On March 18, Jersey Village City Council accepted inspection reports on the city’s water and wastewater facilities that will “be at the heart of the budgeting process” for years, according to meeting documents.

Kris10’s Gems will be relocating to a larger store in Old Town Spring for the second time in about four months, owner Kristen Shaw confirmed in a March 13 email.

Spring ISD’s board of trustees requested additional information on March 19 for the board’s next meeting about a possible voter-approval tax rate election ballot initiative, or VATRE, that would be held in November if called.

Charter schools drew thousands of students from public school districts all over the Greater Houston area in the 2022-23 school year, with Houston ISD and Alief ISD taking the biggest enrollment losses, Texas Education Agency data shows.

The 146-unit complex will offer 115 affordable housing units and one-, two- and three-bedroom models. A construction completion date has not yet been announced for the project.

Davila Hernandez is the new owner of Drama Kids International northwest Houston after purchasing the company in January.

Lone Star College System trustees approved increased tuition rates for the 2024-25 school year during the board’s March 7 meeting, bumping in-district tuition by $8 per credit hour.

Spring ISD’s board of trustees is scheduled to discuss a possible voter-approval tax rate election ballot initiative, known as a VATRE, for the district March 19, according to meeting documents.

On March 5, Tomball ISD trustees approved the 2025-26 school year calendar, which has earlier start and end dates than this school year and the 2024-25 school year.