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PREVIEW: Klein ISD to adopt FY 2026-27 budget June 8

The Klein ISD board of trustees is scheduled to conduct a public hearing regarding the proposed fiscal year 2026-27 general budget on June 8.

At a glance: Following the public hearing, the board of trustees will continue to discuss the FY 2026-27 proposed budget. With the upcoming fiscal year starting July 1, the board of trustees will consider adoption of the FY 2026-27 budget later in the meeting.

KISD’s FY 2025-26 general fund has a projected $20 million surplus, which will go towards the FY 2026-27 projected shortfall, as previously reported by Community Impact.

At the May 11 regular meeting, KISD Chief Financial Officer Daniel Shaefer said with the surplus, the district will have a balanced budget over both fiscal years.

Before you go: The regular meeting will be held June 8 at 6 p.m. in the Boardroom of the Frank A. Lemmon Administration Building.
 
In Your Area
St. Luke's Health, Lifepoint Rehabilitation break ground on new Spring facility

Officials with St. Luke's Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new facility in City Place in Spring on June 2.

The details: As previously reported by Community Impact, the new 58,000-square-foot facility is being built on the campus of St. Luke's Springwoods Village Hospital, located off the Grand Parkway in Spring.

The free-standing rehabilitation center will include 40 private rooms and provide care to patients recovering from conditions including stroke, neurological disease, and brain and spinal cord injuries.

Quote of note: “This expansion will enable St. Luke’s Health to deliver excellent inpatient rehabilitation services with humankindness to a rapidly growing part of Greater Houston,” Jim Parisi, president of St. Luke’s Health Springwoods Village Hospital, said.

What's next? The new facility is expected to open in summer 2027, and Lifepoint Rehabilitation will manage the day-to-day operations of the facility upon completion.

 

Your Weekend To-Do List

Check out these weekend events across the metro area.

Screen on the Green

Pride Houston Festival and Parade

June 5, 7-9 p.m.
Houston

June 6, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
Houston

Learn more.

Learn more.

 

World Ocean Day

KimoKawaii Anime Convention

June 6, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Galveston

June 6-7, times vary
Conroe

Learn more.

Learn more.

 
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CI Texas
ERCOT forecasts record electric demand this summer amid data center boom; says grid will hold up

Texans are on track to use more electricity this summer than ever before, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas announced during a board meeting this week.

The details: ERCOT, which operates the power grid for the majority of Texas, is forecasting high temperatures and moderate rainfall this summer. Coupled with the proliferation of data centers and other large projects, demand on the grid could surpass 92 gigawatts, officials estimated June 2.

This would break ERCOT’s current demand record of 85.5 gigawatts, which was set during an August 2023 heat wave.

What it means: However, ERCOT officials said a grid emergency or blackout is unlikely this summer. State officials have said this is due to:

  • The addition of nearly 11 gigawatts of power capacity to the grid in the last few months
  • The agency's ability to require large facilities to reduce their energy use in tight times

Zooming in: There is a 0.09% chance of a grid emergency this June and a 0.21% chance of an emergency in July, ERCOT found in recent reports.

 

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