Ennis High School expanded by 52 students last year to 1,799 with Nathan Moye as principal. There are four assistant principals - Teresa Dudley, Terrell Harris, Cynthia Lane and Kendall Price. Ennis Junior High (907 students) continues with Rodney McNeill as principal. AP’s are Amy Barnett and Roynal Bridgeforth.
Amtrak entering the fray to save the high-speed rail has also given renewed reasons for opponents to keep up their resistance. Ennis has strongly rejected the plans, as have other cities along the way. The proposed 240-mile bullet train, near dead twoyears ago when politicians in Austin kept it alive, is reinventing itself.
An early March, two-alarm fire that raged at a storage facility at 111 E. Lampasas Street, has had the books closed on its cause. While contained by area firefighters, all was lost of what belonged to Converters of Texas, LLC.
Ferris is nearing the start of a new school year at all five campuses in their district, two elementary schools, an intermediate as well as junior and senior high schools. Economic growth and the construction of housing developments is ongoing and increasing enrollment within the Ferris Independent School District is bearing the fruit.
