Austin Public Health names Myles manager of office of violence prevention

AUSTIN

Head of violence prevention named

Austin Public Health has announced that Michelle Myles will serve as the city’s new office of violence prevention program manager. She will be responsible for shaping policy and coordination of violence reduction and community safety strategies throughout the city.

Myles has held diverse positions in the human services field, including managing homelessness contracts for Austin Public Health as a program coordinator.

In August 2019, the City Council established a Task Force on Gun Violence to advise on potential actions the city can take to reduce gun violence and to make recommendations for enhancing existing resources and campaigns, such as safe storage education, community and domestic violence intervention, and also gun surrender programs. The task force’s key suggestion was to create an appropriately resourced office of violence prevention.

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AUSTIN

School district creates new office

The Austin school district has created a new office to enhance enrollment and family support.

Alejandro Delgado will lead the new office, which is charged with improving families’ experiences with registration and reaching out to draw families back into the district. He will also be responsible for the parent engagement support office and enhancing its work with families.

For the past three years, Delgado was the deputy chief of staff to Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath. His experience includes serving as a principal and project director for Foundation Communities, where he created programs and services from birth to college for children and families living within the South Austin neighborhood of St. Elmo.

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SOUTHWEST AUSTIN

ACC to lease Pinnacle property 

The Austin Community College District board of trustees has passed a motion to grant the chancellor the authority to execute an agreement for the use of the Pinnacle Campus property as a staging and office site for the Oakhill Parkway project.

The new Texas Department of Transportation improvement project is happening near the campus along the YMCA in Oak Hill. The permitted use would not include a cement batch plant on the property.   

For more information: oakhillparkway.com.

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WWII VETERANS' BIRTHDAYS

World War II veteran Floyd W. Sellstrom of Blanco turned 94 on Wednesday.

We print birthdays for World War II veterans from Central Texas on Sundays. Email the name, birth date and current hometown to communitynews@statesman.com.