Taylor High School football season ticket packages will go on sale at 9:00 a.m. Monday, August 18th at the Taylor ISD Administration offices at 602 West 12th Street. Evening pick-up will be available on Wednesdays, August 20th and August 27th from 5-6:30 p.m.

    As a special incentive to Duck football fans, this year's season ticket football packages have been discounted to $20, if purchased by Wednesday, August 27th.  After that date, the price is $25 per ticket package.  This is a $5-$10 savings per seat over the cost of general admission, per game seating.  All tickets at the gate are $6 each.

    "We really want to offer our season ticket holders some added value," said Taylor ISD Business Manager Bill Mikulencak.  "We hope that along with the premium, reserved seating, our fans will join us to give all of the Ducks the support they deserve."

    "High school football is a great family value and along with the option of keeping their seats from year to year, Taylor fans will be able to pick out the best available seating at a discounted price," said Community Services Director Larry Robbins.  Current season ticket holders will have until Friday, August 22nd to reserve their 2008 season ticket options.

    The Taylor Ducks will open their 94th year of high school football on Saturday, August 16th with a 10:30 a.m. scrimmage at Burnet, before coming home to Memorial Field for a Friday, August 22nd 7 p.m. scrimmage vs Pflugerville Hendrickson.

     The Ducks' home games this year kick-off at 7:30 p.m. and include dates with: Elgin (Sept. 12th); Llano (Sept. 19th); Cameron (Oct. 3rd); Homecoming vs Bryan Rudder (Oct. 17th) and Senior Night vs Caldwell (Oct. 31st).

    The Ducks' road games begin Thursday, August 28th when they travel to Austin's House Park for their season opener against Austin Reagan at 7 p.m.  The Ducks also travel for 7:30 p.m. games vs Manor (Sept. 5th); Madisonville (Oct. 10th); Navasota (Oct. 24th) and Rockdale (Nov. 7th).     

    Taylor ISD coaches will be holding two more sports summer camps beginning next week for local students in Grades 1-9.  The camps run from 8-11 a.m. each day!

    Tennis Coach Vicki Hall kicks off her camp at the Murphy Park Courts on July 28th and Coach Rick Cobia and staff hold the district's annual Football Camp beginning July 30th.

    The camps are three days each and cost $40.  More information may be obtained from Athletic Secretary Megan Hanson at 512-365-3672. 

Pastor Tony Sorrells and Pastor Eddie Tealer (shown above) in association with The City of Taylor, the Taylor Ministerial Alliance, and Taylor ISD Family Services and our partners in education will be anchoring the 3rd Summer of Midnight Basketball; as well as the 3rd Summer of Under the Shade Tree Reading Camp.

These grant funded Summer activities are heavy in character education and fun and they rely on volunteer participation. To learn more or to volunteer, please call John Matthews @ 365-7114 or e-mail.

Taylor ISD Board President James "Bo" Stiles (left) and other trustees voted Monday night to pass on a proposed May 10th school board election and instead they pushed for a November vote.

    By a unanimous vote, trustees chose to go to the public in November and ask for their support for a $42.1 million bond package to build a new high school.

    The Board will continue to discuss proposed plans which call for either a three or four grade campus ... at a site yet to be determined.

     "The trustees and the Administration agreed that we needed more time to show the community the merits of the proposed bond package," said Taylor ISD Superintendent Dr. Bruce Scott. 

   One question the Board will continue to review will be the proposed building site.  Both a north (near Taylor Middle School) and a southwest (off FM 973 and next to the proposed East Williamson County Higher Education Center) have been discussed; with parents and taxpayers weighing in on both locations.

     The vote came after three Town Hall Meetings and several comments from taxpayers and parents.  In the end, the trustees agreed with a the consensus reached by a 24-member Community Facilities Committee, during their 14 months of work. 

    "We know that growth is coming and we know we have capacity issues right now at several campuses," said Stiles.  "The problem is that we need at least $40 million to address our needs. We have to add 1000 more seats and fix a number of concerns at the current high school due to its age and a State mandate for additional Science labs for senior classes."

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