The Suburbia News (Seagoville, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 2014 Page: 1 of 6
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INSIDE
THIS ISSUE
Meeting Recaps
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Outdoors
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COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
October 3
SYSA Board Meeting 7pm at
500 May Rd, Seagoville
October 2. 3 & 4
Seagofest 2014
C.O. Bruce Central Park
October 6
Balch Springs City Council
briefing 6:30 pm at City Hall
13503 Alexander Rd
Balch Springs, TX 75181
Seagoville City Council
Meeting, Council Chambers,
City Hall, 702 N. Hwy. 175,
7:00 p.m. (work session at
6:30 p.m.)
Crandall City Council Meeting
7:00 pm Court Chambers,
114 South Main Street,
Crandall
October 7
Sunset Lions Club Meeting
NEW LOCATION
Calvary East Baptist Church
1700 East Stark Road
Dallas, Texas 75253
6:30 p.m
National Night Out
October 11
Solid Financial Principles,
Asset-Building and Home
Ownership at
Concord Church
6808 Pastor Bailey Drive
Dallas, Texas 75237
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
October 13
Balch Springs City Council
Meeting 7:00 pm at City Hall
13503 Alexander Rd
Balch Springs, TX 75181
October 27
Combine City Council
Meeting 7:00 p.m. at Com-
bine City Hall, 123 Davis
Road
Country Gardeners
Crandall-Combine Commu-
nity Center, 400 West Lewis,
Crandall, 7:00 p.m.
4th Monday of each month
To have your event added
to our calendar, please
e-mail us at
News@SuburbiaNews.com
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C/T Prepares CISD
Students for the Future
Courtesy of Crandall ISD
CRANDALL, TX - Crandall ISD’s approved courses are off
to an excellent start! They are so excited about the new courses
and expansion in some of their existing programs.
First, their Health Science students will begin their practi-
cum at the Presbyterian Hospital in Kaufman. The students have
been working with Mrs. Cole learning Therapeutic Communica-
tion skills, safety preparedness, such as their Personal Protective
Equipment, gaining their CPR certification, getting their new
scrubs and much more. The practicum will start in early fall.
The Culinary Arts Program is already working in full gear.
They are providing the dinner for the Meet and Potatoes events.
The students will be making smoothies at the TASA/TASB con-
vention this upcoming weekend and will also be preparing meals
for the Church/School Partnership meetings. The kitchen in the
Raynes Board Room has been cleaned and is prepared for serving.
CISD’s newest STEM class, the Concepts of Engineering and
Technology class has been staying active. They are studying the
history and ethics of engineering as well as the invention and in-
novations of time keeping devices. One of their most recent activ-
ities was to construct the tallest paper structure they could within
20 minutes with only 3 sheets of newspaper, 1 yard of masking
tape, 3 paper clips, 1 straw, 1 mini post it note, and scissors! The
tallest one was 6’5” tall!
The Child Guidance and Instructional Practices students
have been traveling to Martin to work with Pre-K students. They
have made puppets, read books and other crafts with the 3 and 4
Balch Springs Police Fresh Start Janitorial
investigating Suicide Joins Chamber
BALCH SPRINGS, TX - Fresh Start Janitorial Services host-
ed a gathering on Thursday, September 25, 2014 in celebration of
joining the Balch Springs Chamber of Commerce.
DPS to Assist Medical Professionals
with Drug Change
Hydrocodoneproducts moving to more-restrictive Schedule II class
year olds at Martin.
Lastly, the Gifted and Talented Pull out program is off and
running. Mrs. Toni Gibbs is working with GT students and bring-
ing them to VIP (Vision. Inspiring. Performance.) each week.
Each week Mrs. Gibbs pulls the TEKS from the general educa-
tion classes and provides enriched learning opportunities for the
GT students. The creativity, and unique challenges provided to
the students are extending their learning each week.
You can follow CISD on Twitter and Facebook as they post
about these exciting learning experiences weekly!
BALCH SPRINS, TX -
September 29, 2014 at approxi-
mately 10:25pm, Balch Springs
911 communications received
a call of a possible body on the
shoulder of IH635 at Quail Dr..
Officers arrived and found a
Dallas Police Officer performing
CPR on a white male.
The Dallas County Medical
Examiner responded to the scene
and pronounced the individual
deceased.
After reviewing statements
and examining evidence at the
scene, this incident is being in-
vestigated as a suicide.
This is still an on-going inves-
tigations and no other information
can be released at this time.
AUSTIN - In preparation
for the rescheduling of hydro-
codone combination products
(HCPs), the Texas Department
of Public Safety (DPS) has in-
creased staffing and resources to
respond to medical practitioners
serving Texas patients who re-
quire prescriptions for HCPs.
Effective Oct. 6, 2014, HCPs
will move from the classifica-
tion of a Schedule III drug to the
more-restrictive Schedule II. The
U.S. Drug Enforcement Admin-
istration’s rescheduling of HCPs
as Schedule II controlled sub-
stances will increase the restric-
tions on prescribing and dispens-
ing practices for hydrocodone
combination drugs.
Physicians who prescribe
HCPs will be required to use pre-
scription pads provided by DPS.
To accommodate these changes
and to assist medical profession-
als, DPS is offering the following
customer service enhancements:
• Extended customer service
availability from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.;
• An automated call-back
system allowing customers to
make an appointment for an
agent’s return call;
• Increased staff to help pro-
cess registration modifications
to allow practitioners to change
their approved schedules; and
• Extended work hours for
staff in both the customer contact
center and order fulfillment areas.
In addition, medical prac-
titioners needing assistance can
either call (512) 424-7293 or visit
the customer contact center at
https://www.txdps.state.tx.us/
rsd/contact/default.aspx and then
select “Texas Prescription Pro-
gram” from the drop-down menu.
For answers to common
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National Night
Out 2014
SEAGOVILLE, TX - The
Seagoville Police Department
will be hosting the National Night
Out Against Crime Program on
Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Na-
tional Night Out is a program
designed to promote community
involvement in crime preven-
tion activities, police community
partnerships, and neighborhood
camaraderie. “Getting to know
your neighbors is a big part in
the fight against crime,” said
Officer Kenny Dickerson of the
S.P.D. Officer Dickerson stated
“it sends a message to criminals
letting them know that neighbor-
hoods are organized and will re-
port activities that appear out of
the ordinary.”
There are several neighbor-
hoods within the City that are
participating in this year’s event.
If you would like to participate
in National Night Out, or if you
want more information on crime
prevention, you are encouraged
to contact Officer Kenny Dick-
erson at 972-287-2999 or email
him a kdickerson@seagoville.us.
Council Seeks
Citizens to Serve
on City Boards &
Commissions
Application deadline:
October 31, 2014
The Seagoville City Coun-
cil is currently accepting appli-
cations from citizens interested
in volunteering their service on
several of the City’s boards.
To be eligible to serve, one
must be a resident and qualified
voter of the City of Seagoville.
According to City Secretary
Dara Crabtree, mid-year vacan-
cies will be filled on the follow-
ing boards: Planning & Zoning
Commission, Park and Recre-
ation Advisory Board, and the
Library Advisory Board.
“Applications will be ac-
cepted until October 31st. Fol-
lowing the application deadline,
the City Council will conduct a
brief interview with each appli-
cant and consider appointments
at a future meeting,” she added.
Anyone interested in serv-
ing is encouraged to forward a
completed application to Dara
Crabtree, City Secretary, 702 N.
Highway 175, Seagoville, Texas
75159. An application form
can be downloaded from the
City website www.seagoville.us
or obtained by contacting Ms.
Crabtree at (972) 287-6819.
DEADLINE:
for next week’s edition is
Monday
Oct 6th
at noon
for all
calendar, article and
advertising submissions.
Academic needs drive work of
Facilities Task Force
DALLAS, TX— Members of Dallas ISD’s newly formed Future
Facilities Task Force are thinking differently about how to prioritize
the district’s future facility needs. The group will take a non-tradi-
tional approach to facility planning.
Superintendent Mike Miles charged the 25-member citizen task
force to embrace thinking differently and acting courageously as
they deliberate about the district’s future. “Let’s start with the big
ideas about what we want our kids to have,” Miles said. “Let’s think
about programs and facilities for the year 2020 and beyond. Let’s not
just solve the facility condition and maintenance issues we have now,
or the space problems that exist in some areas.”
Task Force members will spend the first few months of their
work examining early childhood education, personalized learning,
school choice and career pathway programs. These areas of focus
will form the backbone of the task force’s research and recommenda-
tions for the future growth of the district. Discussions and planning
about facility needs will only occur after this work is completed.
Ultimately, any major facility initiative recommended by the com-
mittee will go to the voters for approval.
While the Future Facilities Task Force is meeting, Dallas ISD
is asking community members to contribute to the work of the task-
force and the district as a whole by completing the Dallas ISD Public
School Choice Community Survey.
“We deeply value community input as we begin planning the
types of schools that Dallas ISD will open in the coming years,” said
Mike Koprowski, Dallas ISD’s Chief of Transformation and Innova-
tion. “By completing the survey, community members, whether or not
they are Dallas ISD parents, will help determine the types of schools
the district launches as part of our public school choice initiative.”
The Task Force, which first met in mid-September, will contin-
ue meeting through the end of the school year. Once fully briefed on
Destination 2020 and the district’s program-oriented goals, the Task
Force will review the current state of Dallas ISD facilities before
making recommendations. To view an extensive report on the condi-
tions of existing district facilities that was presented to the Board of
Trustees this past spring, click here.
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