The Cy-Fair ISD board of trustees met on Oct. 19 to approve several policy revisions and instructional materials. During the meeting, Superintendent Doug Killian highlighted National Principals Month and reminded the community about early voting and what is on the ballot for the district.

The board took action on several items:

• Unanimously approved consent items, including meeting minutes from Sept. 14, additions and revisions to academic achievement class ranking policies, and the acquisition of donated or obtained library materials.
• Approved an addendum to an agreement between Harris County and the district regarding a vocational training site for special education students, in a 6-0 vote with Trustee Kendra Camarena abstaining.
• Unanimously approved HMH Reading Version 2 and HMH ¡Arriba la Lectura! as the K-5 language arts and reading instructional materials.

The board's next meeting is scheduled for Nov. 5 at the Mark Henry Administrative Building.

Unofficial county data shows that 415,730 voters cast their ballots in Harris County during the first week of early voting. According to the Harris County Clerk’s Office, about 15% of the county’s more than 2.7 million registered voters have turned out for the midterm election as of Oct. 22.

Stay tuned: Key details from the election turnout and schedule include:

• Early voting and mail-in ballot totals set a record for first-day midterm turnout Oct. 19, with more than 104,000 in-person votes counted.

• Early voting continues through Oct. 30 at any of the county’s 75 early voting locations.

• Polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. most days, except Oct. 25, when they are open noon-7 p.m.

• Voters can cast ballots in local races for county attorney, county judge and district clerk.

• In-person voting is also available on Election Day, Nov. 3.

A guide to haunted houses and ghost tours throughout the Greater Houston area offers several spooky activities ahead of Halloween. The non-comprehensive list features eight haunted houses and four ghost tours:

• Creepy Hollow Haunted House in Rosharon, featuring multiple themed scary attractions and a Lights Out with Krampus scare.

• Haunted Drive in Cleveland, a drive-thru haunted house with optional hay rides and a haunted maze.

• Houston Terror Dome Haunted House in Channelview, offering themed haunted houses, paintball, escape rooms, a pumpkin patch and axe throwing.

• Purgatory Scream Park in Kingwood, featuring four attractions including Hysteria and Deadwood.

• Redrum Fear Park in Richmond, which offers a twisted circus, a haunted movie theater, a defunct asylum and laser tag.

• The Thirteenth Floor in Houston, geared for guests 13 and older.

• Voodoo Bayou Haunted Trail in New Caney, featuring PG-13 entertainment.

• Woods of Kaos in Cleveland, a 30,000-square-foot haunted house.

• Houston Ghost Tour, The Last Stop Ghost Tour, Lizzy Borden Ghost Tours and Old Town Spring/Tomball Ghost Walk, which all offer guided walking tours.

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