The Tomball ISD board approved the replacement of Tomball High School’s gym bleachers and the expansion of the TISD transportation facility’s parking lot at its June 2 meeting.

Meeting highlights: The total cost to replace the bleachers at Tomball High School will be $461,000. TISD will use funds from the 2025 bond to help cover the project.

TISD Superintendent Martha Salazar-Zamora said construction would have begun this summer, but the school was worried about the current athletic teams and clubs that would be affected and lose access to the gym facilities.

The board decided to push back the date to a more favorable timeline for the athletics program. Construction is now set to begin next
summer, but will be finished before school is back in session in August, Salazar-Zamora said.

One more thing: Along with the new bleachers, TISD trustees also voted to approve a parking lot expansion for the transportation facility. Gamma Construction will be leading the $5.7 million construction project funded by the 2025 bond, board President Mark Lewandowski said.

Grace + Goodness Cookie Co. is an at-home bakery and pop-up that specializes in fresh homemade cookies in a variety of flavors.

From the oven: Ashton Wilson is the founder and baker behind Grace + Goodness Cookie Co. The company began after Wilson won a KitchenAid stand mixer, which she said rekindled her love for baking.

Quote of note: “My hope for Grace + Goodness Cookie Co. is that every cookie brings a little joy to those who indulge in them. ... I’m so grateful for the opportunity to share that with others,” Wilson said.

Diving in deeper: The bakery menu is currently comprised of six different flavors, including:

• Cookie butter chocolate chip
• Peanut butter cup
• Almond toffee oatmeal raisin
• White chocolate macadamia
• Sugar
• Snickerdoodle

Three Lone Star College System seats are slated to go before voters in November after the college system's trustees called the election during the June 4 board meeting.

The gist: LSCS trustees for Districts 3, 4 and 9 are scheduled to be up for election Nov. 3, according to June 4 meeting documents for the college system. Trustee terms last six years for LSCS.

According to the LSCS website, the trustees up for election in November are:

• Board Secretary Iesheia Wilson for District 3
• Art Murillo for District 4
• Jim Cain for District 9

• District 3 covers parts of south-central Cy-Fair and northwest portions of central Houston
• District 4 includes portions of north-central Houston
• District 9 covers pieces of Tomball, north Klein and Cypress

Need to catch up on Community Impact’s coverage from last week? Check out five trending stories in the Greater Houston area from May 29-June 5.

1. New bakery opens in Pearland

2. Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office talks Flock cameras

3. Legacy Park at Katy Court to bring 56-acre park

4. Missouri City updates thoroughfare plan for Sienna circulation

5. Conroe ISD approves 5 new principals

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed June 3 that a case of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly, was detected on a cattle ranch in South Texas.

The overview: The case marks the first domestic detection of screwworm in a decade and the first Texas case in approximately 50 years. The flesh-eating parasite is a threat to the state’s $15.5 billion cattle industry.

Zooming in: No additional infestations have been identified, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins told reporters. Federal and state officials have emphasized that they do not anticipate issues with the food supply chain, as the screwworm only targets live animals and does not infest meat, fruit or vegetables.

However, experts have warned that a larger, prolonged screwworm outbreak could cause a spike in beef prices.

A widespread infestation is estimated to cost Texas at least $1.8 billion per year in damages, according to a USDA analysis of a 1976 screwworm outbreak. Texas cattle, sheep and goat producers would face about $732 million in annual losses.