Three boys. Three members of the Class of 1999. Three Round Rock ISD high schools. Joseph Fite, Steven Gill and Dustin Brisky made the ultimate sacrifice to our country during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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I ran for the school board and was fortunate enough to be elected. I served for 12 years, having served as president, VP and secretary of the Board. I was, in fact, the first Hispanic to be elected to the Board of Trustees.
Read MoreWhen I was a freshman I attended the “Fish Bowl” school. This was the last year that Round Rock HS had a 9th grade center due to the large number of students in the high school. It became Chisholm Trail MS the following year. When I was a sophomore, Westwood HS opened. I remember that the railroad tracks on 620 were the dividing line. There was nothing but open land between Round Rock HS and 183.
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A very special teacher I remember was Helen Booth who went to bat for Mitchell Wolf so he could graduate with our class. Mitchell was very smart, but missed a lot of school to help work on the family farm. Because of Miss Booth, Mitchell did graduate with us, and went on to be a very successful top construction foreman. One of his many success stories is the work he oversaw on the construction of Bergstrom Air Force Base that was completed in 1942.
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Joe Lee Johnson served students in Round Rock ISD for 36 years – from 1950 until his retirement in 1986 – as a principal, teacher and coach. Johnson has a long history with Round Rock ISD, first as a student at the Hopewell Negro School, and eventually serving as principal of the school through its desegregation in 1966. His wife, Mellownie also taught at the Hopewell Negro School and at Central (Berkman) Elementary School.
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