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By LESLEE BASSMANFour Points News
City of Austin Wildland Conservation Manager speaks out In an exclusive interview with the Four Points News, Austin’s Water Utility Wildland Conser-vation Division Manager Wil-liam Conrad confirmed that the illegal section of the River Place’s nature trail extension will remain closed permanently to protect the endangered spe-cies in the area. Furthermore, Conrad stated that his office will not fund the proposed $17,000 project to decommission the controversial segment. According to Conrad, in 2008, Environmental Survey Consulting Senior Project Man-ager Stan Wilson approached his office with a plan, a drawing,
for the extension. Wilson was hired by the River Place Munici-pal Utility District to construct a new extension to the commu-nity’s original nature trail. Conrad stated that he in-formed Wilson verbally and lat-er, in writing, that a portion of the extension encroached on a section of the Balcones Canyon-land Preserve which is ownedby the City of Austin. The Four Points News ob-tained a copy of an email dated January 11, 2008, from Wilson to the City of Austin regarding his proposed trail plan. In his communication, Wilson states that it “is not (his) interest to encroach upon prohibited areas, no matter how low-impact we may be. I understand these ar-eas are off-limits for important ecological reasons....” Additionally, Wilson ex-plained that the trail line he “drew was purely hypotheti-cal”, meant merely to indicate the general area the Board was interested in and that the trail route he gave to the City for their review was drawn “in about 60 seconds”. Conrad did not receive any other plans submitted by Wilson or the RP MUD for review and considered the matter “dead” at that time. It wasn’t until 2010 when his office’s bird surveyors working in the trail area noticed the encroachment onto BCP property. Conrad brought in the City’s water utilities surveyor who determined in October of 2011 that a section of the exten-sion was in fact built on city-owned property. In December, 2011, Conrad sent a letter to the River Place MUD to remove the trail and consulted with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service about the viability of keeping the trail in place. Ac-cording to Conrad, the Service replied that “this is no place for a trail”. Conrad asked the MUD Board to close the trail and bar-ricaded the encroaching trail section when the MUD did not comply with his request. “The letter from US Fish and Wildlife is unambiguous,” said Conrad. “We have no intention of putting a trail there and it’s not consistent with our permit (from US Fish and Wildlife).” Conrad stated that the City
of Austin owns the Cortana preserve tract with money pur-chased through voter-approved bonds but agreed to manage it under a Section (10) (A) permit from the US Fish and Wildlife Service per the Endangered Species Act. “The purpose of the property being under Section (10) (A) is to protect the endangered spe-cies and their habitat,” said Aus-tin Water Utility spokesperson Kevin Buchman. According to Conrad, al-though the Cortana tract is low-er in terms of golden cheeked warbler habitat quality, the specific site of encroachment of River Place’s trail extension occurs at the “highest quality” place in the area. Conrad stated that neither the River Place MUD Board or its trail engineering company followed the correct protocol to request approval of the new pathway using the 2007 Trail Master Plan’s step-by-step pro-cedure in place at the time. Conrad continued that even if the proper procedures were fol-lowed, the trail extension seg-ment at issue would never have been approved as it encroached on BCP land and threatened the endangered species of birds liv-
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Senior Federal Reserve Econo-mist Dr. Keith Phillips was the guest speaker at the recent Steiner Ranch Old Pros meeting. Phillips has been with the Fed-eral Reserve Bank of Dallas since 1984 and his aim was to deliver ‘as
much fun as is possible” with his speech on April 18. Armed with a formidable Pow-erPoint presentation and a quiver of jokes to fit any economic con-dition, he discussed how national trends are comparing in Texas as well as the Austin economy. In 2011, the Texas economy grew stronger than the national
economy, and 2012 appears to be similar, Phillips told the 60 or so in attendance at the SROP meeting. “In Texas, if you’re somebody who hates big government, then you have the best of both worlds,” said Phillips, referring to the in-crease in private sector jobs to 2.5 percent in 2010 and 3.2 percent in 2011, with public sector jobs
decreasing during the same time periods. He indicated that these trends were even stronger in Aus-tin than throughout the state. Phillips indicated that mortgage
By LYNETTE HAALANDFour Points News
Former First Lady Laura Welch Bush visited Laura W. Bush Elementary Fri-day morning to celebrate the school’s 10th Anniversary. After speaking to 900 stu-dents, LISD board members, members of the Watch DOGS group and parents, she cut the ribbon on the new Outdoor Education Center - a gift from the PTA. In her speech, Bush told of memorable days while she was a teacher and librarian herself. She also reminded all students to read at least a book a week during the summer. The LWBE students sang for the former first lady while the Canyon Ridge Middle School honors band played patriotic tunes. The students waved pompoms at the event finale. “It was really cool because we got to hear her speak... and she is still in touch with her second grade teacher,” said Melissa Richardson, 3rd grad-er at LWBE. “She was inspiring really. I can’t believe she came here,” said Matt Richardson, 4th grader at LWBE. He looks forward to learning math, sci-ence and other subjects in the Outdoor
Education Center. A private indoor reception and technol-ogy presentation hosted by the staff and PTA followed her speech in the school library. Bush toured the school prior to
speaking. She made an appearance at the school in August of 2002 when LWBE first opened its doors.
By LYNETTE HAALANDFour Points News
The Hill Country Education Foundation surprised ten teach-ers and counselors with nearly $24,000 in program funding during its second grant patrol. Dr. Bret Champion, Superin-tendent of Leander ISD, joined
several HCEF board members, HCEF campus representatives and grant committee members in awarding the grant recipients on May 4. “In these tough budgetary times, the HCEF Impact Grants allow us to equip our teachers with the tools they need to pro-vide our children an exceptional
learning environment,” said Christine Bailie, HCEF Board Member and Impact Grant Co-chair. Vandegrift High School was awarded two grants. Sarah Spradling, VHS Transition Co-ordinator, received $600 to pro-vide textbook scholarships for students in need taking dual
credit courses. VHS Athletic Coordinator and Football Coach Drew Sanders received $1,000 to implement Coaching from the Inside Out, a summer program that will help build leadership skills in all Vandegrift athletes. Canyon Ridge Middle School received three grant awards. Jennifer Schuelke, CRMS 7th
grade Language Arts teacher, received $5,000 for her Plugging Back In grant application. These funds will allow her to purchase 10 iPads, which will allow for a systematic change to the skills-referenced language arts curric-ulum for all CRMS 7th graders. All three CRMS science teachers received a grant of $1,304, which
will allow them to purchase three LCD digital microscopes. Amber Willis, CRMS 7th grade math teacher, received $5,000 for her Flipping the Classroom grant application, which pro-vides 12 iPads to be used by all 7th grade math students.
By LYNETTE HAALANDFour Points News
Daniel and Alicia Marker were about to have Mother’s Day brunch at the downtown Hyatt Regency Austin when they heard that their School in the Hills bus was vandalized. “Our sons were with us and I decided to check my messages one last time before we went in,” Daniel Marker said. In the inbox was a message from a neighbor who lives across the street overlooking their Montessori school in Steiner Ranch. He found their email ad-dress on their website. Marker called him right away to find out that at just after 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, the neigh-bor woke up and looked out the window when he saw a person jump out of a vehicle and start hitting the windows on the bus with a bat or a pipe. Within 30 seconds he hit the bus about five times and was gone. This neighbor filed a report
with the Travis County Sheriff ’s Office. “We are very appreciative he reached out to tell us and filed the report, he’s a good neighbor,” Marker said. The Sheriff ’s Office will look at surveillance video for more clues. Marker said their outdoor
surveillance cameras showed the suspect’s car coming in through the neighborhood and out onto Quinlan Park Road. “The act is clear and the image is foggy. It was a blatant attempt to damage property,” he said. The unfortunate situation put a damper on Mother’s Day, Marker said.
School in the Hills bus vandalized
The windows of the School in the Hills bus was beaten with a bat or pipe around 2 a.m. on Sunday morning at 2900 North Quinlan Park Rd.
Laura Welch Bush ushers in LWBE Outdoor Education Center
Former First Lady Laura Welch Bush visited Laura W. Bush Elementary on Friday to celebrate the school’s 10th Anniversary. She encouraged all 900 students in attendance to read at least one book a week over the summer.
See more photos from the ceremony on page 8.
Nearly $24,000 in Impact Grants awarded to area schools
Fed Reserve Economist upbeat about Austin; spoke at recent Old Pros meeting
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Austin Water Utility’s Wildland Conservation Division Manager William Conrad (shown here at a Balcones Canyonland Conser-vation Plan Scientific Advisory Commission meeting) respond-ed to River Place MUD Board claims regarding his office’s involvement in shutting down a section of the development’s nature trail extension.
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Four Points Middle School had three grant recipients. Alicia Stansell, 7th grade science teach-er, received $2,500 to launch an after-school game design club in the Fall. Jan Masterson, 8th grade science teacher, received $2,410 for her Expanding STEM at Four Points grant applica-tion. AVID teacher, Joe Adrian, received $2,423 for his Support-ing 21st Century Learning in the
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Above: Sarah Spradling, Transition Coordinator at VHS, accepts fund-ing from HCEF for textbook scholarships for dual credit students dur-ing a Grant Patrol that included Principal Charlie Little, LISD Superin-tendent Bret Champion and LISD Board of Trustee Pam Waggoner.
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Last week, Leander ISD el-ementary campuses were abuzz with Mothers’ Day festivities. Teas, muffins and colorful, hand-made cards were in no short sup-ply. We are privileged to honor mothers and fathers for being the greatest influences, role models and teachers our students will ever know. Our effectiveness as educa-tors goes much deeper because of parent collaboration. I men-tioned last week that our Learn-ing Model explicitly notes parent and community involvement in our educational processes. As our students’ needs are complex and ever-changing, we are aware that the school system doesn’t have all the answers and must increas-ingly rely upon parents to help us bridge gaps. In light of these chal-lenges and because ours is a sys-
tem of feedback built around sys-tematic communication loops, in the last week, LISD offered op-portunities for parents and com-munity members to learn ways they can support the physical, mental and emotional well-being of our students. On Thursday, May 10, LISD hosted an anti-bullying mini-conference at Deer Creek El-ementary. The conference was kicked off with a keynote ad-dress by Megan Flowers with the Anti-Defamation League, who addressed how our community can work together to move our vision forward. The 160 partici-pants then rotated through three sessions. One rotation focused on bully facts and how LISD manages reports and preven-tion programs. This session also addressed the emotional toll on
those impacted by bullying. The second rotation was designed to educate par-ents and stu-dents on how to identify, pre-vent and deal with bullying. District special-ists shared signs and indicators that may not be noticeable to parents who aren’t familiar with new behavioral and social trends. The final rota-tion highlighted successful anti-bullying programs implemented and expanding in LISD, in par-ticular our own C2 clubs. Fi-nally, the closing session brought participants together to provide feedback on where we are doing well and where we can improve in own anti-bullying efforts. The
district offered similar sessions geared to young students to help combat bullying and prejudice, and because we value their in-put, collected student feed-back as well. We appreciate
everyone who was in attendance at our anti-bullying mini-confer-ence and lent their voice to this important issue. In line with our efforts to pro-tect our students physically and emotionally, on Monday, LISD hosted, “Keeping Your Students Safe: Suicide-Prevention and Postvention,” in the Vista Ridge High School Auditorium. Par-ents and community members were invited to attend. This in-
formational session brought in community resources, including Elizabeth Roebuck, Texas Suicide Prevention Organization, a part of Mental Health America, to discuss suicide, how to recognize if someone is at-risk and how to respond; and Annie Burwell, di-rector of the Williamson County Mobile Outreach team, to discuss how this organization helps fami-lies get access to assistance. Par-ticipants also learned how LISD counselors serve students. We thank everyone who came out and contributed to this event. The district’s commitment to student safety issues includes pre-venting students from engaging in risky behavior, including sub-stance abuse. Parents promote student well-being by reminding their children of the dangers of drugs and alcohol. Not surpris-
ingly, research shows that parents are the most powerful influence in their child’s life. According to Drugfree.org, “Kids who learn a lot about the risks of drugs and alcohol from their parents are up to 50 percent less likely to use than those who do not.” Our educational system is strengthened because of our pa-rental support, and nothing is more important than the health and safety of our students. I invite you to check out the LISD web-site for more information on how you can support the physical, mental and emotional well-being of our students, including learn-ing more about bullying preven-tion, counseling services and drug-free programs. Together we will make positive differences in our children’s lives.
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Earlier this month, Steiner Ranch Elementary’s Heart to Heart group combined their baking skills and philanthropic philosophy to make a difference in the lives of patients at Dell’s Cancer Center for Children. By holding a bake sale in conjunc-tion with neighborhood garage sales, the youngsters raised over $1,000 in only four hours for the local hospital. “I described in great detail what the children and youth go through while being treated for cancer and how it truly chang-
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ing there. “The City of Austin invested general revenue bond money for this land,” said Conrad. “It’s our duty to manage it for this pur-pose. We have a responsibility to the voters to make sure we don’t convert the property from the use it was approved for.” Currently there are seven
parkland sites on preserve land but, according to Conrad, all were authorized in original negotiations of (10)(A) agree-ments or followed Trail Master Plan procedures for approval: Emma Long, St. Edwards, Bar-ton Creek, Bull Creek, Beryl Pre-serve, Mount Bonnell and Forest Ridge (hiking only trail). Ap-proximately a third of the BCP
land has trails permitted. River Place MUD Board’s handling of trail conflict chal-lenged during April meeting River Place MUD Board President Jim Casey, during the scheduled April meeting, cited Conrad’s office for not provid-ing Wilson with a map indicat-ing where the boundaries of the BCP ended. According to Casey,
the River Place MUD Board was “never told the trail was built on City of Austin property until he received a letter from Conrad on December 28, 2011”, which he said was first delivered to the de-velopment’s management com-pany, Severn Trent. Conrad stated that his office was never asked for a survey and that such surveys are public re-cord. River Place resident Clar-ence West questioned the MUD Board about their response to the trail extension controversy. “I enjoy the trail and walked the lower trail when it first opened,” said West during last month’s meeting. “The MUD hired a surveyor. Somebody made a mistake there. There’s a metes and bounds description. To me, it all goes back to the original survey....I take it that’s a recorded document.” River Place MUD attorney Philip Haag agreed, after review-ing a survey conducted by the City, that a segment of the trail extension unequivocably en-croaches on preserve land. How-ever, Haag informed the MUD that the US Fish and Wildlife Service has the jurisdictional oversight governing endangered species with the City of Austin
and Balcones Canyonland Con-servation Plan (BCCP) acting on their behalf. “If I was in your shoes, I’d probably go to the US Fish and Wildlife Service first,” advised William (Bill) Gravenor, a guest at the meeting who was involved in developing River Place. Gravenor suggested that the Board may be able to “go to the BCCP and buy a transfer tract that’s easier to buy than relocate the trail.” Conrad declined to “create a position of public policy” that a trail builder can “pay” to relocate a trail once it’s deemed illegal or retroactively obtain permission for its encroachment after the trail is finished. Conrad also did not recall seeing anything in the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s permit which would allow a fed-eral exception to this type of ac-tion. Board declines to take action against trail builder, evades questioning President Jim Casey, when asked if the River Place MUD Board is pursuing any action against Stan Wilson or his com-pany for building the trail on protected property, replied by email that “in this case we be-lieve the best course is to recon-
cile the situation with the City of Austin/Balcones Canyonland Preserve”. However, an account of April’s board meeting shows a very different string of com-ments between Board members and West: “There’s a strategic reason we have not pursued your point,” stated River Place MUD Board Treasurer Lee Wretlind to West’s questioning about conducting a survey. “Is there some claim against the surveyor who was hired who allowed this?” asked West. “I’ve told you all that I’m go-ing to tell you,” said Wretlind. “We’re looking at it as a board.” “Everything has to be dis-closed by the board,” said West. “Everything discussed has to be disclosed.” “We have not brought it to the board, a quorum of the board,” said Wretlind. “You’ve had deliberations about these things without a public meeting?” asked West. According to the Texas Office of the Attorney General intro-duction to the 2012 Open Meet-ings Handbook, the Open Meet-ings Act “requires meetings of governmental bodies to be open to the public except for expressly authorized closed sessions.”
Former First Lady Laura Bush had everyone laughing during her speech on Friday at Laura Welch Bush Elementary in Steiner Ranch. She affectionately called the school “my school” early on in her 12 minute speech and asked the students if that was okay to called it “my school”. About half of the students said “yes” and the other half said “no” - as kids will sometimes do. You could tell the PTA, parents and teachers were all smiling and try-ing to encourage the kids to say “yes”. After what seemed like a long time, Bush said, “Okay, you can call it your school then,” and everyone laughed. Bush is also the former First Lady of Texas and a native Texan who was born and raised in Midland, where she attended public schools. She gave a warm speech on Friday and talked about the impact of teachers. She spoke fondly of her second grade teacher and of other important educators. A former public school librarian, Bush has used her public role to highlight the importance of libraries, reading and education. She taught elementary grades and served as a librarian in public schools in Dallas, Houston, and Austin from 1968 to 1977. Her focus on reading and public education
made her a logical choice for the name of the new school in Steiner in 2002, said LISD school board members. The Texas Education Agency reports that Laura Welch Bush Elementary is the first Texas school named for the U.S. First Lady. At LWBE’s 10th Anniversary Celebration on
Friday, Bush cut the ribbon for the new Outdoor Education Center. The elevated deck is built under a large live oak, I believe, with bench seating. “I hope that you’ll fall in love with the outdoors and playing outside, and that your teachers can use this space to show you how we can better take care of our beautiful state,” she said. The LWBE students waved pompoms and sang patriotic songs with the accompaniment of the Can-yon Ridge Middle School Honor
Band. Bush was escorted off stage and whisked away in her nine-car motorcade not long after that. One police officer told me it was a large motorcade so people don’t know which car she’s actually in. That didn’t stop people from trying as many were standing along the street in hopes of catch-ing the rare sight of a dignitary in Four Points.
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When former locals Christine and Chris Cook left Austin nine years ago, the couple knew they would someday return. The Cooks determined that the Central Texas area is the best location to expand their homegrown business as well as philanthropic endeavors. A few weeks ago, the Cooks held a Grand Opening celebration for their newest location at Quinlan Crossing, 5145 N. RM 620. “We tried to figure out where the best place was to open more stores,” said Chris. “There are in-credible demographics and growth out here and this center’s a perfect example of it.” The Cooks began their retail mattress corporation in Dallas in 2003 and today the company boasts 39 stores including 10 loca-
tions underway in Austin. Sleep Experts offers a selection of innerspring, foam and air mat-tresses and “gives customers a full 365 days to return or exchange their mattresses if they are not completely satisfied.” In addition to focusing on their customers, the Cooks are striving to serve the entire Austin commu-nity by partnering with SafePlace, Foundation Communities and oth-er nonprofit organizations which help those in need. The company is planning to participate in a Safeplace event on June 19 in which Sleep Experts will replace all of the beds in the emer-gency shelter and perform a make-over in the facility’s bedrooms. Additionally, the Cooks accept old beds which they refurbish at their own expense and disperse to Texas families. To date, the company has donated more than 9,000 beds to-
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Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union, which opened a branch in Four Points weeks ago, has been ranked as the top credit union among those with more than $2 billion in assets in the nation, according to IDC Financial Publish-ing. IDC reviews the overall safety and soundness of each institution and Randolph-Brooks has been consistently ranked as a superior credit union since the 1980s. RBFCU leaders credit the institution’s success to respon-sible lending and business practices, as well as member-focused strategy. “Whether we’re refinancing a member’s vehicle to save them money or giving back millions in cash back to our debit card users, we’re focused on providing members the products and services they need to make their lives better,” said Sonya McDonald, senior vice president of planning and market development for RBFCU. Established in 1952, Randolph-Brooks has more than 390,000 members in its 40-branch network that covers the Austin and San Antonio areas. RBFCU currently has more than $5 billion in assets. It is also one of the first financial institutions nationally to debut mobile deposit technology.
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Vandegrift High School se-nior and Drum Major Caitlin Hall took first place and the $300 top prize at the the Austin Flute Club’s Young Artist Com-petition, winning for the second time in three years. Hall won the same competi-tion in March of 2010 playing piccolo. “Once you've won first place, you cannot enter the contest again on the same instrument,” Hall said. Not to be deterred, she and her private lesson teacher, Ann Kjerulf-Knien, decided she should compete again on the flute. Flutists and piccoloists from all around the Austin area com-pete in the annual event. Hall competed against the largest field in the history of the event, with nearly 30 contestants in the Senior Division alone. The judg-es included private flute instruc-tors from the Austin area and
college professors. “We played a required piece and a solo of our choice within the 10 minute requirement,” she said. Later the judges had call-backs. “So five of us had to go back and play an excerpt from our solo for the judges again.” Another VHS band student, Rhea Adhikary, received Honor-able Mention in the competition. A Winner’s Recital was held last month at Concordia University Texas where the top players per-formed their chosen pieces and were awarded their prize win-nings as well as a certificate. “I competed against flutists that made it to All-State. Most flutists have heard of this compe-tition, so the win will look great on my resume, along with giving me more experience performing and interacting with fellow flute players,” she said. “The criticism the judges gave me will help me become an even better musician, helping me ex-cel as I approach college,” she added. Hall has chosen to study mu-sic performance in college next year, crediting her middle school
and high school band directors for their enthusiastic support. “Caitlin is an outstanding musician and has been a crucial force in building and developing the overall culture of the Vande-grift Band Program,” said Jeremy Spicer, Director of Bands for VHS. “Anyone who achieves some-thing that requires hard work usually has a lot of people be-hind them and I'm no exception to that rule,” Hall said.
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In their most successful season to date, Vandegrift High School boys soccer squad topped the District in play and landed a slew of honors including Coach of the Year, Chad Aldrich. Freshman Matt Woolf was named Co-Newcomer of the Year and was joined by seniors Brett Koster as Of-fensive MVP, Rand Fredrickson as Midfielder MVP and Stephen McCue as Co-Goalkeeper of the Year.
Eight Vipers received First Team All-District hon-ors including Rand Fredrickson, Brett Koster, Andrew Locasio, Stephen McCue, Ryan Porch, Collin Stobart, Grant Wilburn and Matt Woolf. Second Team All-District honors went to Vandeg-rift’s Drew Golden, Stephen Guastella, Topher Jensen and Jacob Riedel. Ruben Ramos and Jeff Willoughby were awarded Honorable Mention, All-District.
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Vandegrift High School senior and Drum Major Caitlin Hall took first place and the $300 top prize at the the Austin Flute Club’s Young Artist Competition, win-ning for the second time in three years.
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Leander ISD Reserve Officers' Training Corps members were part of the 10th anniversary events at Laura W. Bush Elementary on Friday.
900 Laura Welch Bush Elementary students joined guest of honor and school namesake Laura Welch Bush in the Pledge of Allegiance of the United States and of the Texas flag.
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