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Conroe ISD approves 5 new principals at June 2 regular board meeting.

At its June 2 special board meeting, the Conroe ISD board finalized the hiring of five new principals to serve the district for the 2026-27 school year.

Meeting highlights
1. Gordon Reed Elementary
Amy Barber originally served at Giesinger Elementary School in multiple roles, including classroom teacher, coach and assistant principal.

2. Giesinger Elementary
Angela Akin Fonville has nearly two decades of experience in educational leadership. She's worked as a summer school principal, trainer, data analyst and classroom teacher through her work at Cy-Fair and Conroe ISDs.

3. San Jacinto Elementary
Lara Vasquez has over 29 years of experience in the education field, serving as a teacher, literacy coach, educational diagnostician and assistant principal at Runyan Elementary School.

4. Oak Ridge Ninth-Grade campus
Barbara Solberg formerly served as the associate principal at Conroe High School. She has over 31 years of educational experience with 19 years at the administrative level.

5. Birnham Woods Elementary
Tonya Smith is a former principal of Buckalew Elementary School, where she also served as assistant principal for over a decade.
 
Coming Soon
Sweetwaters Coffee and Tea opening along Honea Egypt Road

Operator Heather Martin confirmed that the locally owned coffeehouse will open a second location on Honea Egypt Road in mid- to late July.

What's special about it: The sister spot will be drive-thru only and offer items from its classic cafe menu, as well as globally influenced coffees.

  • 923 Honea Egypt Road, Magnolia
 

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

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World Ocean Day

KimoKawaii Anime Convention

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

June 6-7, times vary
Conroe

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Learn more.

 
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Statewide News
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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