🌱 How student complaints brought $370,000 in new water fountains to UCISD
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In today's newsletter:
- How student complaints brought $370,000 in new water fountains to UCISD
- How Texas’ post‑Uvalde school police surge is really playing out
- How a nearby Hill Country ranch could soon become Texas’ next giant park
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 87 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 84, low: 71.
- Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 71 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Uvalde second-graders celebrate cold, clean water (uvaldeleadernews.com) — Newly donated filtered water stations are being installed across Uvalde schools, replacing decades-old fountains and giving students cleaner, colder drinking water. A $370,000 gift from Zurn Elkay will add bottle-filling stations and filtration kits at multiple UCISD campuses, addressing student concerns and improving hydration without any current city water violations reported. 
• 5 takeaways from The New York Times' investigation into Texas school police (ksat.com) — State lawmakers massively expanded school policing across Texas after the Robb Elementary tragedy in Uvalde, pouring money into campus officers but leaving big gaps in oversight. Reporters found at least 2,600 uses of force on students since 2022, often over relatively minor misbehavior. The investigation raises questions about how well this post‑Uvalde security push is protecting, rather than harming, kids.
• Paxton hopes to unify Republicans after runoff (wilsoncountynews.com) — A massive former Hill Country ranch between Rocksprings and Uvalde is set to become Texas’ second-largest state park, preserving canyons, hills, and a spring-fed lake within driving distance of town. The statewide news roundup also covers tuition freezes at Texas colleges, the Paxton–Cornyn Senate race fallout, a SpaceX Starship grounding, storm research, and a Railroad Commission runoff.
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