The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 93, Ed. 1 Friday, November 19, 1999 Page: 1 of 20
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XANCIRAS
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PASTOR ASKS THE
BURNING QUESTION!
Pastor Tom Lanier examines some lessons
associated with a church building burning.
See page 7A for details.
Grand opening
celebration.
Hometown of Barbara Suddaby
Page 9A
Published Since 1906
Friday, November 19, 1999
Boerne, Kendall County, Texas
BISD is
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20 pages • 5
preparing for school transition
Booster club
to have
rummage
sale
The Boerne High School
Booster Club will be holding
their annual Holiday Rum-
mage Sale on Saturday,
Nov. 20, from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. on the Main Plaza. The
BHS Choir will be providing
entertainment.
Proceeds of this sale will
help raise funds for Boerne
Middle School Choir uni-
forms. Anyone wishing to
make a donation to the sale,
please call Brie or Yvonne
Boyce at 537-4700.
By HAL BRASWELL
Staff Writer
Become a
Bulldog
The Boerne Bulldogs will be
conducting tryouts for their
seven- and eight-year-old
boys' select baseball team.
The Bulldogs are looking for
boys and parents who would
like to play competitive ball
with an emphasis on funda-
mentals and teaching the
game. The team will play in
the AABC Select Baseball
League. For more informa-
tion call Dean Long at 249-
1011.
BOERNE - Although the first con-
crete blocks have yet to be laid and
the scheduled August opening for
two new schools is about eight
months away, Boerne Independent
School District officials are making
preparations for the transition to two
additional campuses.
More than simply the opening of
two new schools, however, is the
restructuring of the school system
from a high school/middle school
concept to a high school/junior high
school system.
At present grades 9-12 are housed
at Boerne High School, with grades
6-8 at Boerne Middle School. Under
the restructuring, grades 10-12 will
be housed at Boerne High School
and grades 7-9 housed at the exist-
ing middle school and the junior
high school now under construction.
While the opening of any new
campus always means logistical
problems must be solved, restructur-
ing the way grade levels are clus- another for athletics, band and some
tered is typically one of the most electives.
fundamental changes a school dis- Officials must also decide how
trict undergoes. sports at the two junior high schools
“Around the country there are lots will be handled. At present, initially
of examples of school systems with plans call for a combined ninth
a grade 7-9 or 6-8 configuration,” grade team (rather than two separate
said Superintendent John Kelly.
“I’m hoping student achievement
will increase because of the
change.”
Some of the practical aspects of
changing to ajunior high configura-
tion include the necessity of devis-
ing bus schedules to transport stu- -
dents from the two junior high
school campus to the high school
campus for athletics, band and pos-
sibly some ninth grade electives not
offered on the junior high school
campuses.
The existing modified block sys-
tem for course schedules will con-
tinue to be used, Kelly said, but he
noted the schedules at the junior
highs and the high school must be
synchronized so that students can be
transported from one campus to
ninth-grade teams), although as
enrollment increases in future years
separate teams for the two schools
may evolve.
To ease in the transition of opening
two-new schools, principals for the
new schools have already been
determined and will become effec-
tive Jan. 4.
to take over the reins at that school
the same day.
“We picked the principals over the
summer to be assistant principal and
then principal for the second half of
the year,” Kelly said. “This way, the
principals for the new schools will
have time to devote to the new
schools as work progresses there,
while being available at the existing
schools.”
Elementary teachers are expected
to be notified before Christmas con-
cerning their school assignments for
next school year. Teachers for the
middle schools and high school will
Sandra Radtke, currently principal receive their assignments by about
at Boerne Middle School, will March 1, by which time student
become principal at the new middle course selections for next year will
school, and Dianne Kyle, currently have been made and a determination
principal at Curington Elementary, made about the staffing require-
will become principal at the new ments needed at each school,
elementary school. Kelly said he hopes that if any-
Laurel Babb, an assistant principal thing, elective course offerings will
at Curington, is slated to become increase. He noted that plans call for
principal of that school Jan. 4, while adding a required technology course
Vicki Layer, assistant principal at for the ninth grade in addition to the
Boerne Middle School, is scheduled state-required technology course in
high school.
Attendance zones for elementary
and junior high schools have already
been drawn for next year. Es-
sentially, three elementary atten-
dance zones have been reconfigured
into four zones.
Fair Oaks Ranch Elementary and
the new elementary will feed into
the new middle school, while Fabra
Elementary and Curington Elemen-
tary will feed into the existing mid-
dle school.
School officials plan to limit trans-
fer of students to a school outside
their attendance zone.
Kelly said that students who will
be sixth graders next fall and who
have attended their current school
multiple years will be allowed to
continue to attend that school if
space permits.
To a limited extent, transfers will
also be allowed if a desired elective
course is not available at a particular
junior high, although school offi-
cials are unsure at this point if this
potential problem will materialize.
No such thing as easy layups
Boerne to decide
parking issue
By Hal Braswell
Staff Writer
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theft, narcotics, auto theft, hit
and run, indecency with a
child, child abuse, shooting,
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LEAD.
HAPPY.
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... BIRTHDAY
Nov. 18
Aaron Lux
Nov. 19
Bennie Wiley
Nov. 20
George Ludolf
Nov. 21
Bruno “Buster” Rust
Michelle Rech
Nov. 22
Joyce Rust
Lawrence Kung
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Volume 94 • Number 93
A small crowd gathers for the girls basketball team’s season opener against Bandera Tuesday at Greyhound
Gymnasium. See details on page 10A.
BOERNE - City officials plan to
tackle the volatile issue of down-
town parking and traffic at the Nov.
23 city council meeting after study-
ing the issue for more than a month.
City manager Ron Bowman said
the city staff is still studying alterna-
tive solutions to the issue that pits
financial concerns against safety
concerns.
Officials say they need to balance
the need for downtown parking with
safety. Traffic studies show about
20,000 vehicles daily use Main
Street just south of its intersection
with River Road.
Bowman said that in Blanco the
question of downtown parking and
traffic has gone the full circle. He
said much downtown parking had
been eliminated there and turn lanes
established in response to a major
accident but that downtown mer-
chants had complained that sales
were down substantially.
“Blanco is trying to look at bring-
ing parking back to downtown,”
Bowman said.
One of the problems faced by
Boerne and many other small cities
is that Main Street is actually a state
highway. Because it is a state high-
way, traffic signals or stop signs
must first be approved by the Texas
Department of Transportation. A
new traffic signal would cost about
$60,000.
Some of the safety concerns raised
in downtown Boerne stem from the
limited range of vision drivers have
when attempting to enter Main
Street from a side street. Parking
close to some intersections — par-
ticularly by large vehicles such as
sports utility vehicles — often
obstructs the view.
Officials said they want to move
quickly but not hastily in resolving
downtown parking and traffic prob-
Please see PARKING, page 5A
County approves contract tor courthouse study
BOERNE - Commissioners have authorized
County Judge James W. Gooden to sign a con-
tract for two UTSA architecture professors
and graduate students to develop a master plan
for renovation of the Kendall County Historic
Courthouse.
Development of a master plan is a prerequi-
site for the county to apply for a state grant. A
local 15 percent match is required for any ren-
ovation grant approved by the state and
accepted by the county.
Commissioners had been considering the
proposal for about a month but had expressed
concern both about the amount of the contract
and the amount the county would be commit-
ting itself to because of the local 15 percent
match requirement.
The vote authorized $12,850 in the contract
with the UTSA faculty members and an addi-
tional $6,000 to be used for any needed out-
side consultants.
Since the matter first came up for discussion
about one month ago, commissioners have
learned that money previously spent to reno-
vate the exterior of the courthouse — as well
as the money for the master plan — will count
towards the county's local share.
ly.. of a master plan by architecture professionals
Insufficient information about the grant pro- would be a wise investment for the future,
gram — enacted by the last session of the even if only a limited amount of actual reno-
Texas Legislature — was available at the time vation is undertaken in the near future.
the county was preparing its budget for the To obtain a state grant, Perez said a master
will come from $25,000 previously donated current fiscal year. As a result, no funds for plan to restore the interior of the courthouse
by the Boerne Area Historical Preservation renovations were included in the current coun- and the landscaping will have to be developed
Society towards courthouse renovation. Ap- ty budget. quickly.
proval of the master plan development came The legislature established a $50 million Perez has been involved with historical
after commissioners received a letter from the fund for courthouse renovations during its last restoration projects in San Antonio.
group authorizing expenditure of the donation session. “One of the important findings from some
for development of the master plan. Commissioners said maintaining the func- studies is that most Texans regard San Antonio
Deadline for filing a grant application is Feb. tionality of the historic courthouse is more as their second home because of its historical
1, with master plan approval notification by important in some ways than renovations importance,” Perez said. “What we have done
March 1. Grants are to be announced April 1. being historically correct. with a master plan of historical buildings in
Commissioners discussed parameters of the Within the past five years, the exterior of the San Antonio is to turn them into functioning,
master plan with Dr. Andrew Perez of the historic courthouse — including the roof — working buildings of historical significance.
UTSA School of Architecture prior to voting has been renovated. Courthouses in particular, Perez said, are
to proceed with development of the master Kight previously had questioned spending important historical buildings.
plan. money to pay for development of a master “They contain court records and are where
Perez. Dr. Richard Tangum and a team of plan for renovation of the courthouse interior, the day-to-day life of the county takes place,
two or three architectural students plan to preferring instead for county officials to devel- Perez said.
assess the building and compile a list of items op a master plan and to spend the $25,000 Given Boerne’s sense of history with
needing to be restored and the estimated cost. donation on actual renovations instead of pay- antiques, historic places and links to the past
From the list, the county can then decide ing consultants to develop a master plan. such as its German heritage, Perez said
what aspects of renovation it wishes to pursue Most commissioners, however, agreed with restoration of the Historic Kendall County
and configure its grant application according- Gooden that spending money for development Courthouse could be a boon to the area.
In practical terms what that means is the
county apparently will not have to spend any
additional local funds regardless of the size of
the state grant.
Funding for development of the master plan
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