Modern food hall Wonder will open in Spring off of the Grand Parkway, according to a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations filing.

What's on the menu: Partnering with 20 restaurants, including chefs such as Bobby Flay and Marcus Samuelsson, Wonder offers a wide variety of foods for dine-in, takeout and delivery.

Wonder's cuisine options include, but are not limited to:

• Mexican

• Mediterranean

• Thai

• Italian

• BBQ

• New American

• Chinese

• Greek

• Southern

Their offerings are not limited to savory, as their menu includes dessert picks as well. Per the website, customers are able to combine cuisines from any of their partnered restaurants when placing an order through Wonder.

In case you missed it: Wonder is opening an additional location in the Heights and plans to expand throughout Texas, as previously reported by Community Impact.

• Opening TBD

• 6625 Spring Stuebner Road, Spring

This article is based on a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations filing. Community Impact will update this story when more information is available.

Health food franchise Smoothie King is opening a new location on Cypress Rose Hill Road, according to a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing.

What's on the menu: Smoothing King serves fresh-blended smoothies and health-oriented retail products, such as:

• Sports beverages

• Energy Bars

• Snacks

• Vitamin supplements

• Herbs

• Minerals

Their smoothies are customizable by blend, flavor and enhancers to best fit each persons needs, per the website.

• Opening TBD

• 20024 Cypress Rose Hill Road, Tomball

As extreme weather events become more frequent, CenterPoint Energy announced June 1 that it is expanding its storm preparedness efforts through a partnership with Technosylva, a provider of weather, wildfire and flood modeling software.

Quote of note: “Preparing for extreme weather today requires earlier insight and better coordination than ever before,” said Jason Wells, chair, president and chief executive officer of CenterPoint Energy. “Our goal is to build the most resilient coastal grid in the nation to benefit our customers and communities.”

The overview: Technosylva's platform combines outage forecasting, storm modeling, flood risk analysis and wildfire monitoring into a single system. According to a news release from CenterPoint, the platform helps teams track weather conditions several days in advance, position crews and equipment before storms arrive and improve restoration planning. The National Weather Service forecasts eight to 14 named storms in the Atlantic basin this season, including three to six hurricanes, according to CenterPoint.

Nearly $8.4 billion in new state funding was not enough to save Texas public school districts from budget shortfalls and campus closures, school administrators said June 1.

What happened: During a 10-hour public hearing at the state Capitol, school district leaders spoke of efforts to stretch their budgets amid high inflationary costs as teachers explained their decisions to leave the classroom due to pay cuts and large class sizes.

The big picture: Last year, Texas lawmakers passed House Bill 2, a $8.4 billion school finance bill designed to increase educator salaries, create a new pot of money for fixed costs, provide more training for teachers and boost special education resources.

Roughly one year later, districts across Community Impact’s coverage areas are cutting staff and closing campuses, citing enrollment declines and budget shortfalls. 

Quote of note: "This funding deficit is the final straw for me, and it will be for countless other educators across the state who must leave or who lose their jobs," Austin ISD French teacher Rachel Preston told lawmakers June 1.