IC ISD Board April 19 2026
Agenda Analysis | Meeting Review | Meeting Documents | Commentary | Last Meeting This blog, GovernmentintheSun, got its start 3 years ago in March as a protest against the closure of 4th Street and alley, shown here in red arrows, for the construction of the IC ISD gymnasium. The gym, along with the earlier construction of the tennis courts in the upper left, have created an inverse condemnation of my 1910 home by stormwater running off the impervious cover on campus. My
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IC ISD Board April 14 2026
IC ISD Superintendent interviews…
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IC ISD Board April 8 2026
Paying down bonds is top of the list for this meeting …
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Mertzon City Council April 6 2026
Agenda Analysis | Meeting Review | Meeting Documents | Commentary | Last Meeting This is an aerial of the IC ISD campus on April 1, 2026. The lower half is the new flood detention area at 4th and W. Fleming. Technically it is still under construction since the street component is going to be redone during the summer so that more water flows off the street into the detention area. Mertzon City Council Agenda A. Agenda Analysis 2nd Street drainage, item 5 : This item has b
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Ten years on March 18 2026
Ten years have passed since I first started trying to get relief from the flooding...
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Mertzon City Council March 16 2026
Agenda Analysis | Meeting Review | Meeting Documents | Commentary | Last Meeting The engineers for IC ISD have to contend with rainwater runoff from 4 different sources in order to make good use of the new detention pond at 4th and W. Fleming. The arrows show the direction of the flow from those sources. The detention pond on 2nd street has multiple sources as well. The school sits on a hill between two different basins. A. Agenda Analysis 2nd Street Drainage, item 5: I
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Irion County ISD Board March 11 2026
Agenda Analysis | Meeting Review | Meeting Documents | Commentary | Last Meeting On March 5 cement trucks on 4th Street started pouring the area that will direct the water into the detention pond. A. Agenda Analysis Redemption of bonds, item 12: This is the most important item on this agenda. See my Meeting Review at B.2. for last month's meeting . Paying off the 2019 bonds will also make the District a more attractive draw for new superintendent candidates. If accomplis
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