🌱 How Tomball ISD is handling a 68% jump in special education.
Tomball, Texas Patch AM: a 3 min readWhat's up Tomball! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Tomball ISD is handling a 68% jump in special education.
- Can Tomball baseball turn another state trip into a championship?
Also on today's calendar: Hip Hop Bingo.
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 83, low: 72.
- Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 83 and low of 73 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Tomball ISD sees 68% growth in special education enrollment (communityimpact.com) — Tomball ISD’s special education enrollment has surged 68% since 2021, reaching 3,200 students even as key IDEA-B funding increases have lagged behind. Despite that strain, the district earned top state accountability marks and plans new activity centers at Tomball Memorial, Tomball, and future Tomball West high schools with indoor turf fields and multi-sport, fine-arts space. 
• State baseball: Tomball, Memorial, Lake Creek playing for championships (houstonchronicle.com) — Tomball High’s baseball team is headed back to the UIL state championship game this Saturday, chasing its third state title after a dominant 38-game unbeaten streak. The preview breaks down key Cougar standouts, including Texas A&M signee C.J. Sampson, and also highlights Memorial and Lake Creek’s title bids, giving local fans plenty to watch in Round Rock.
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🗞 Nearby News
The Woodlands
- The Woodlands Children's Museum offers ‘Quiet Discovery Hours' to support Neurodiverse Families (hellowoodlands.com)
- Trinity Episcopal Church announces New Rector (hellowoodlands.com)
- The Woodlands' New Wine Bar Started With a Personality Test — Inside Turquoise Wine Bar's Unexpected Origin Story (papercitymag.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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