The Killeen City Council unanimously approved a Memorandum of Agreement for the Committee for Crime Solutions at a regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday night.
The committee was proposed by Councilmember Ken Wilkerson and would include members from Killeen, Bell County, the Killeen Independent School District and Fort Hood.
Harker Heights has pulled out of the committee due to being involved in other programs, according to Wilkerson.
Wilkerson said the goal of the committee is to study crime with data provided by Texas A&M University-Central Texas, decrease crime around the area and provide solutions to prevent it.
Wilkerson gave a more in-depth look at the prospective impact of the proposed committee during an interview prior to Tuesdayâs meeting.
Latisha Williams is the current principal of Charles E. Patterson Middle School. Author: 6 News Digital (6News) Published: 1:20 PM CDT May 24, 2021 Updated: 1:20 PM CDT May 24, 2021
KILLEEN, Texas On Monday, Killeen ISD named Latisha Williams, the current principal of Charles E. Patterson Middle School, as the newest principal of Robert M. Shoemaker High School. Throughout her 22-year career in Killeen ISD, Ms. Williams has built a strong rapport with her students, staff, and community. Always full of energy, the former Killeen High Girls Basketball coach believes in building a strong team from the ground up and always placing students at the forefront of every decision, the district s superintendent Dr. John Craft said in a release.
The Killeen Independent School District has reported a total of 1,800 positive cases of the coronavirus among both students and staff since March 2020 as of Saturday.
The Killeen Independent School District board of trustees will officially vote on doing away with the districtâs online coronavirus tracking dashboard, mandatory face masks, and the potential for virtual learning â part of the districtâs revised public health guide â during Tuesdayâs upcoming board meeting.
During the district’s daytime workshop meeting May 18, Superintendent John Craft laid out the reasoning behind getting rid of the online coronavirus dashboard which keeps track of weekly positive cases of coronavirus at each KISD school as well as the total number of positive cases to date since March 2020. View the dashboard here: www.killeenisd.org/dashboard.