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College Station ISD School Board Takes Next Step Towards Starting New High School Construction Projects

The College Station ISD school board held a special meeting Tuesday (August 27), in part to approve taking the next step towards starting $40 million dollars of improvements at the football stadiums at Consolidated and College Station High Schools and the Consolidated fieldhouse. Board members voted 6-0 to adopt the administration’s recommendation to pursue a construction manager at risk (CMAR) to oversee the project. A memo to the superintendent did not give a timeline to the voter approved “Proposition A” bond issue in May 2024. Click HERE to read and download the memo administrators composed for the August 27, 2024 College Station ISD school board meeting. Additional information about what CSISD’s “Proposition A” covers comes from CSISD’s website. A&M Consolidated High School Field House Addition of approximately 8,000 square feet to accommodate the growing population of student-athletes, as well as renovate the interior of the existing structure. The building addition would be located in the small parking lot due west of the current building and include a new and enlarged Sports Medicine facility (currently inadequate to treat all AMCHS athletes), baseball locker rooms and offices, concessions and restrooms for the baseball facility, and two classrooms. Interior renovations to the existing structure would create a freshman football locker room, relocation of the coach’s office area to be able to monitor the weight room, weight room expansion and upgrades, and interior finish upgrades (paint, floors, etc.) Site improvements in the area will also be included in this project due to the field house addition and access between it and the baseball stadium. A&M Consolidated Tiger Stadium Renovations/Expansion This project will increase the stadium capacity from 5,238 to 6,300 by adding additional seating on both the home and visitor side of the stadium, which will be needed with the increased student capacity of the school. New press box, concessions, and restroom structures will be constructed on the home side of the stadium to resemble those at College Station High School. The current concessions building, and other old structures will be removed. New home and visitor ticket booths will be constructed and both entrances will be renovated. This project also includes removal of the bleachers at the south end of the stadium, turfing of the north “D-Zone,” resurfacing of the track, and adding a digital scoreboard. College Station Cougar Stadium Renovations/Expansion This project will increase the stadium capacity from 4,573 to 6,300 by adding additional seating on both the home and visitor side of the stadium, which will be needed with the increased student capacity of the school. Due to code requirements, additional restrooms will be added to accommodate the increased stadium capacity. Due to chronic water intrusion, this project includes funds to repair existing press box exterior walls and to replace the roof of the press box. Concrete around the visitor’s baseball and softball concessions area will be replaced due to extensive heaving. This project also includes turfing of the north “D-Zone,” resurfacing of the track, and adding a digital scoreboard.

College Station Man Arrested For Continuous Sexual Abuse Of Three Children Is Also Awaiting Three Felony Trials On Property Crime Charges

A College Station man arrested for continuous sexual abuse of three children is also awaiting three felony trials on property crime charges. College Station police arrest reports say 23 year old Stelton Govan II is accused of abusing the children, all the under the age of 17, between March 2018 and January 2023. CSPD’s investigation, which began in January 2023, also accuses an unidentified relative of Govan of abusing the children. Online court records show at the time Govan’s latest arrest on Monday (August 26), he was out on bond awaiting trials for credit/debit card abuse in April 2021 and May 2021, fraudulent use of a credit card in June 2021, and misdemeanor drug charges in November 2019 and July 2020. Govan remains jailed as of August 28 in lieu of bonds totaling $564,000 dollars.

Bryan Firefighters Rescue And Resuscitate A Pup Caught In An Apartment Fire

The Bryan fire department posts on its Facebook page, a photo of an oxygen mask being used by a small dog. Firefighter Chris Lamb says a pup was resuscitated after being rescued from an apartment fire Tuesday morning (August 27) just after three a.m. One of three people who were displaced was transported to a hospital for evaluation. The cause of the fire at the apartment on Finfeather Road is under investigation. The fire started in a first floor unit and there was smoke damage to a second floor unit. Lamb said the call came in at 3:17 a.m. The first units arrived at 3:23 a.m. The fire was declared under control at 3:26 a.m. A total of ten Bryan fire units responded. Click below to hear comments from Chris Lamb, visiting with WTAW’s Bill Oliver.