ATX-SBK: Impact 11/6/2025

Check out these three trending education stories for the San Marcos, Buda and Kyle areas.

Bowie Elementary to undergo turnaround plan: A turnaround plan for Bowie Elementary School is making progress after officials gave a presentation to the San Marcos CISD board of trustees.

HCISD makes headway on bond projects: All six Hays CISD middle schools will undergo renovations for the installation of turf fields and new running tracks by August. Although the project is expected to come in more than $5 million over budget, the bond still has $45 million in contingency.

TXST course links interior design, mental health: The recently launched program, called architectural psychopathology, focuses on designing therapeutic environments for people with conditions such as autism, dementia, depression and more.

San Marcos residents are poised to get a third H-E-B grocery store and its first True Texas BBQ restaurant.

The update: Officials broke ground on construction of the 114,000-square-foot store Nov. 4, according to a news release.

What else? During the ceremony, H-E-B officials donated $5,000 each to the Hays County Food Bank, The Meadows City for Water and the Environment and the San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance.

One more thing: The store will also feature a True Texas BBQ restaurant with indoor seating, officials said in the release, noting that True Texas BBQ serves all-natural, smoked-in-house meats, as well as sides such as brisket beans, creamed corn, homestyle potato salad and more.

• 1074 E. McCarty Lane, San Marcos

Since Nov. 7, 2000, at least one person has died on Texas roads every day, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. As the Lone Star State nears 25 years of daily traffic deaths, officials at all levels of government are investing in new roadway safety projects and encouraging Texas drivers to do their part to curb deadly crashes.

The big picture: In the past 25 years, over 91,000 people have died on Texas roads. That is enough people to fill Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, according to TxDOT.

On average, 11 people died daily on Texas roads last year. In 2025, an average of 10 people had died per day as of Sept. 24.

Zooming in: State and local leaders found that the top factors in severe crashes include:

• Impaired driving
• High speeds
• Distracted driving
• Pedestrian and cyclist safety
• Lack of seatbelt use
• Roadway or lane departures
• Wrong-way driving