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District reopens Lamar site as Peter E. Hyland Empower Academy; childcare expansion and community services planned
Summary
Trustees received a progress report on renovations converting the former Lamar Elementary into the Peter E. Hyland Empower Academy, including a childcare center expansion, technology upgrades and a proposed partnership with the Houston Food Bank; administrators said roughly $2.8 million has been encumbered for the project.
Goose Creek CISD administrators updated the board on renovations at the former Lamar Elementary campus, now the Peter E. Hyland Empower Academy, describing completed work, additional planned phases and community programming hosted at the site.
Brenda Garcia, the district’s facilities lead, told trustees the largest immediate accomplishment was readying a licensed childcare center. "The capacity went from being licensed at the old campus, from 70 students to a 189 students," Garcia said, describing inspections, playground relocation, fencing and food‑service…
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