General Manager's Note, August 2006

General Manager's Note, August 2006

Written by Claire Love Monday, 07 August 2006

Features focus on education as school year begins

School is back in session and in this month’s issue we’ve provided our readers with a special feature that focuses on the Leander Independent School District.

I am a product of LISD and my mother has been a teacher in the district for almost 20 years.

I started first grade at Faubion Elementary and then moved over to Cypress Elementary after it was built. I can remember how lucky I thought I was to be attending a brand new school. I went to Leander Junior High and then on to Leander High School, which were the only secondary schools in LISD at that time. Now the list has grown to six middle schools and three high schools.

One of the most important factors people take into consideration before relocating to a new city is the quality of the school system. Leander ISD deserves “extra credit” for making Cedar Park and Leander more attractive cities in which to live.

We’ve added a new feature this month, Community Icon, in which we provide the story of a person who has made a significant contribution to the community.

With the emphasis on education in this issue, we chose Charles Rouse as our icon. Mr. Rouse was the principal of Leander High School for 16 years, including the four years that I attended LHS. I know you’ll enjoy learning about him and the impact he has made on both the school district and the community.

We are glad to be adding the homes and businesses along Parmer Lane between 1431 and 620 to our distribution and coverage area beginning this month. With this addition, distribution of Community Impact newspapers is more than 100,000.

On a final note, the August issue of the Round Rock/Pflugerville edition of Community Impact marked the one-year anniversary of the paper.

The staff would like to extend a special thanks to our readers and advertisers for sharing our vision and helping us complete an exciting and successful first year.

We hope you will continue to send us feedback and story ideas. And, as always, stay tuned in to our website at www.impactnewspaper.com for breaking news and to download PDF copies of previous issues of Community Impact.

Claire M. Love, General Manager