Risk Management

Murry Fly stops the traffic
The new Murry Fly Elementary School traffic plan has caused some parents to grumble, but principal Yolanda Hernandez said she hopes parents will be patient since the safety of the students is the top priority. Last year, when more than 700 students were released from school, they would flood out the doors of Murry Fly, into the parking lot and across the street. [ View Article ] Sep 2, 2010, 07:18

Abilene: Students evacuated after smoke fills classroom
Students at Allie Ward Elementary had their first fire drill of the year when a kindergarten teacher discovered smoke in her classroom shortly after the first bell rang Tuesday morning. “I checked it out, sounded the alarm, and called 911,” said Ward Principal Steve Hodges. [ View Article ] Sep 1, 2010, 07:45

Mt. Enterprise: Grass fire threatens ME athletic complex
A lit cigarette is suspected of igniting a grass fire Friday afternoon at the new athletic complex on the campus of Mount Enterprise Independent School District. Firefighters from Mount Enterprise Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched at 2 p.m. Friday to the facility and quickly brought the fire under control. [ View Article ] Sep 1, 2010, 07:45

Harris County Election Plans Unclear After Fire
FYI: Harris County — home to the largest city in Texas — will be without all 10,000 of its voting machines on Election Day after they were destroyed in a fire. County commissioners held an emergency meeting this week to figure out how to move forward. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune has this report. [ View Article ] Aug 31, 2010, 08:32

Texas school districts revisiting medication policies face unclear guidelines
School districts have started re-examining their medication policies in the face of shrinking budgets and increased abuse of over-the-counter drugs. For direction, they turn to ambiguous laws and outdated guidelines that leave some schools stocking a pharmacy and others refusing to distribute pills at all. "It's like catching a snake," said Cathy Harris, the Texas director of the National Association of School Nurses and a school nurse for more than 30 years. "Laws cover over laws and there are exceptions to almost every rule. It's health, not education, so it falls under the radar." [ View Article ] Aug 30, 2010, 08:32

Help on the way after voting machines burn
County Clerk Beverly Kaufman says calls and emails are coming in with offers of assistance after the county's voting machines went up in flames in a pre-dawn fire Friday. Fort Bend County has pledged 100 judge's booth controllers, which dispense the four-digit access codes voters receive to use the electronic voting machines, Kaufman said. The controllers also tabulate the votes. Brazoria County has also pledged to help, as has the Secretary of State's office. Kaufman said she and her staff will work over the weekend to put together a wish list of equipment they need to run this fall's elections. She said she also intends to have a specific proposal for Commissioners Court, which has scheduled an emergency meeting for 2 p.m. on Monday. [ View Article ] Aug 30, 2010, 08:31

New changes apply to Frisco ISD medication policy
Parents should be aware of a change to the Frisco ISD medication policy that begins this school year. The new policy will no longer allow the district to maintain a supply of oral nonprescription medication incase a parent forgets to provide it. [ View Article ] Aug 30, 2010, 08:20

Lubbock: Health screening let LISD employee change life
Alvin Hargers said he was a walking corpse and didn’t know it. The Estacado High School teaching assistant credits a health screening he took earlier this month as a Lubbock Independent School District employee with saving his life. The school district introduced free health screenings for employees this year to save money on the employee insurance program. When health problems are identified early, employees benefit from better health and the school district saves money on expensive health care that would be required if the problem had gotten more serious later, according to Bill Tarro, the district’s director of risk management. [ View Article ] Aug 30, 2010, 06:39

Galveston: School bus hits police car
A Galveston Independent School District bus was involved in a minor accident with a police car Wednesday. No injuries occurred to any of the 57 student riders, ages 8-13, bus driver or police officer, according to Emergency Medical Service respondents at the scene. [ View Article ] Aug 26, 2010, 07:45

Stadium lights under repair
Based on engineering recommendations, Lewisville ISD has delayed the opening of Tommy Briggs Stadium at The Colony High School in order to make adjustments to one of the 70-foot light poles such that it can withstand winds up to 90 mph. [ View Article ] Aug 26, 2010, 07:30

Shallowater point guard in ICU after suffering 'heart abnormality'
Kylee Smith, a point guard on the Shallowater girls basketball team, has been admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit at Covenant Women’s & Children’s Hospital, the hospital confirmed Wednesday night. Smith, a junior at Shallowater, suffered what stepfather Keith Shields called a “heart abnormality” during cross country practice Tuesday. [ View Article ] Aug 26, 2010, 06:47

Lubbock: Driver hits girl walking with mother in school crosswalk near Wester Elementary
Tausha Senter watched in horror as her 4-year-old daughter was hit by a car and thrown about 5 feet into the air while they were walking in a school crosswalk Tuesday morning. [ View Article ] Aug 25, 2010, 07:59

For fire safety, Leander school district cuts back on wall displays
Yes, signs proclaiming the class mission statement and goals adorn third-grade teacher Christa Snyder's walls. [ View Article ] Aug 23, 2010, 07:30

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