During Conroe City Council’s June 11 meeting, Conroe Police Chief Jon Buckholtz discussed Flock cameras, which are automated license plate recognition cameras, and addressed concerns regarding privacy and facial recognition.

In a nutshell: Buckholtz said the cameras are designed to identify vehicles involved in criminal activity and are not used for traffic enforcement, to issue speeding tickets or for facial recognition. Information that the camera does collect includes:

• License plate number
• Vehicle make, model and color
• Date, time and location of detection

• The identification of vehicle occupants
• Audio or video recording
• Continuous video surveillance
• Monitoring of private property
• Collection of personal information

• 14.4 million camera reads
• 480,880 average daily reads
• 1,733 CPD searches
• 60 average daily searches

A Texas Department of Licensing Regulation filing from Third Gen Coffee, which has a location on 25136 Grogans Park Drive, The Woodlands, shows work was planned to start on a location on FM 2978 in May to conclude in August.

What you need to know: The coffee shop serves a variety of beverages such as espresso, cold brew, coffees and teas.

• 32615 FM 2978, Magnolia

The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County released the results of the 2026 Point-in-Time Count & Survey, which involves volunteers counting the number of individuals experiencing homelessness over three days across Fort Bend, Harris, and Montgomery counties.

This year's count took place in mid-February, with the results being released June 12.

The results are in: The report found that a total of 3,321 people were experiencing homelessness on a single night in February, with 2,051 being sheltered individuals and 1,270 being unsheltered individuals.

The majority of homeless individuals were accounted for in Harris County, with 53.9% of sheltered individuals and 35.8% of unsheltered individuals coming from the most populous county in Texas.

The numbers are consistent with the figures from the 2025 report, which showed that approximately 3,325 individuals were homeless across the three counties.

More information: Officials with the coalition also pointed out that this year's report expands beyond the PIT Count to include additional indicators such as year-round interactions with the homeless response system, housing stability outcomes and inflow.

The Conroe ISD board of trustees will meet on June 16 to discuss approving the new employee compensation plan as well as provide an update on the district's special education program.

In a nutshell: As in previous years, the Conroe ISD board will review its employee compensation plan at the upcoming regular board meeting. Previously, at the July 16 board meeting, the board voted unanimously to approve the current compensation plan. 

The 2025-26 compensation plan provided a salary increase of: 

• $2,100 for first- and second-year teachers
• $2,500 for third- and fourth-year teachers
• $5,000 for fifth-year teachers and up

As the 2026-27 school year nears, the number of people selected to participate in Texas’ education savings account program has topped 100,000.

The overview: To date, just over 102,000 students have been accepted into the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program, which gives families state funds to send their children to private schools or homeschool them.

However, being awarded funds does not mean a student is guaranteed to be able to use that money at a participating private school this fall.

Zooming in: Over 2,600 private schools have been approved to accept TEFA funding, per the state comptroller's office. State law does not require schools participating in the program to accept all interested families.

Next steps: Families accepted into the program have until July 15 to do one of the following:

• Confirm enrollment at a private school involved in the program
• Notify the state of their homeschooling plans
• Opt out of the program