Hutto ISD will use Hwy. 79 as the boundary for high school attendance zones starting in the 2027-28 school year, officials said during an Oct. 22 board meeting.

Students south of Hwy. 79 will be zoned to attend Hutto High School, while those north of the highway will be zoned for the upcoming Creekside High School.

At a glance: CHS will open to ninth and 10th grade students in August, assistant superintendent of Operations Dustin Barton said. Rising 11th and 12th grade students will remain at HHS.

“The community primarily favored wanting those juniors and seniors to stay at their campus,” Barton said of surveys conducted by the district to inform its proposal.

Barton said these students will remain to preserve academic continuity, manage operating costs and complete multiyear programs, such as those offered through career and technical education courses. Having these students remain at HHS will also allow students to remain eligible for University Interscholastic League sports and academic competition, he said.

Mariscos el Jaguar food truck opened in Hutto in October.

The details: The food truck offers Mexican seafood dishes, including aguachile verde, ceviche, tostadas and shrimp tacos. The menu also features drinks such as mangonadas, fresh juices and horchata.

Mariscos el Jaguar also has a location in Round Rock.

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Editor's note: This story has been updated to include the new timeline for the median removal.

Demolition of the island median at the intersection of FM 685 and Main Street, near H-E-B, will take place Oct. 26-30, according to city information.

The why: As part of the city’s Downtown East project, a new traffic light is being installed at the intersection, and Main Street is being extended from its current terminus at N. Railroad Avenue.

The light will be set to flash mode in late October, city officials said.

The median currently at the intersection will be removed. One northbound and one southbound lane from Pecan Street to Applewood Drive will be closed from 9 p.m.-5 a.m. during construction. The outside lanes will remain open.

Zooming out: Downtown East is nearing completion, with city staff set to move into the new City Hall in late December.

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In July, Texas' top elected officials directed most state agencies, appellate courts and public universities to cut spending by 3% in their base budget requests for the next two years.

The overview: Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows said those reductions will help Texas hold a "strong fiscal position" by expanding property tax relief and maintaining public education funding when the legislature returns to Austin next year.

The issue: Dozens of agency leaders have warned that the cuts, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars, are not sustainable. They would cause Texas residents to lose "essential" services and lead to losses in state revenue, leaders said at the capitol and in budget documents.

Government institutions protesting the budget reductions include the comptroller's office, the attorney general, Texas' Cancer Prevention and Research Institute, state criminal justice agencies and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.