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(See sidebar.) the fate of the Champion The law was in- As school began tor of counseling services tract on RM 2222, may have spired by the death of Da- in the fall of 2017, Leander for LISD, does not think nally found a hero in en- vid Molak, a San Antonio Independent School District that the law will signi cant- trepreneur Jonathan Coon, sophomore, who took his sent an email to parents ly impact LISD students and the founder of 1-800 Con- own life as the result of re- making them aware of the sta , due especially to an tacts. lentless cyberbullying ac- new law and its impact on existing emphasis on good Coon has taken cording to his family. students. citizenship. an option on the tract and Motivated by grief LISD teachers and “In our guid- promised far less develop- Entrepreneur Jonathan Coon may be able to o er a solution, which will result in less tra c, for the Champion tract at 6409 City Park Rd. o of RM and the desire to prevent counselors were educated ing documents, many of ment, far less traffic and 2222. more undue su ering, the about the law’s new require- the topics they discuss considerably greater envi- family lobbied countless ment during back-to-school are not about academics. ronmental protection than Champion tract on the Camelback compromise. lawmakers, resulting in the training in August 2017. o ered under the plan City night of Feb. 14, the night On Feb. 1, the day new law. Steve Clark, direc- BULLYING, 5 Council approved on Feb. before Council voted to al- Council postponed action 15. low the development sought on the Champion tract, Coon is the owner by the current owner, Slate which is located at 6409 of a nearby area of land Real Estate Partners. Coun- City Park Rd., Mark Steven- known as the Camelback cil approved the zoning on a son of Slate Real Estate Part- tract, a 145-acre tract on vote of 6-5 the next day. ners urged Council to stand Lake Austin. The Austin On the day Coon by the decision it made in Business Journal reported signed the option, the Lake 2016 granting the zoning last summer that the prop- Austin Collective sent a let- and variances that would erty had been appraised for ter to Council urging it to allow development of ap- tax purposes at $33.7 mil- reject the proposed zoning proximately 300,000 square that has been the subject of feet. He said the only reason Student bullying cases from Leander ISD and the schools in Four Points. lion. He told the Aus- so much debate, bitterness Council had an opportunity tin Monitor on Feb. 19 that and legal bills, and to move to vote on the matter again RP teen places in Miss he signed an option on the quickly on what is called the CHAMPION, 5 Texas Teen USA top 15 River Place OB/GYN named By SARAH DOOLITTLE Four Points News in Austin’s Top Doctors River Place By MADISON PHARIS Connolly Medical Ltd., a trician gynecologist, he al- 16-year-old Sydney Palm- Four Points News healthcare research and in- ready has quite a number of ieri placed in the top 15 in formation company. ey academic, professional and the Miss Texas Teen USA Dr. John oppil look at how well the doc- patient-drive awards. pageant recently, follow- of River Place OB/GYN has tors perform their practices Originally oppil ing in the footsteps of her been named one of Austin and how they treat their pa- worked in Cedar Park as a mom, who was crowned Monthly’s Top Austin Doc- tients, choosing those who hospital employed doctor, Miss Georgia USA in 1996 tors 2018. exceed in both. but felt that there needed to and Mrs. Texas America in “It is very validat- “I was shocked be more done in the terms 2004. ing to be recognized for when they asked me to do of women’s health services. As a junior at Hyde what you do,” oppil said. the cover,” he said. He started River Place OB/ Park High School and one This annual rec- Following in GYN three years ago with of 104 girls competing for ognition is an e ort to let the footsteps of his par- a goal of helping the com- the title of Miss Texas Teen locals know who they can ents, oppil, who is from munity and caring for oth- USA in Houston Nov. 25- trust to handle their health Killeen, chose to pursue a ers. He wishes to provide a 26, Sydney was thrilled for needs. The doctors cho- career in medicine. Becom- more personal experience the opportunity to partici- sen are selected by Castle ing a board certi ed obste- DOCTOR, 4 pate in the pageant — her rst — despite initial reser- vations. “I actually used Jenny Palmieri with her husband (then boyfriend) Cosmo after winning to be against (pageants)... Miss Georgia in 1996. Why would you put your- the title Miss Travis County “The guys that self through that?... It’s Teen USA 2017. I sing with are dads,” she something you have to go “Having some said of the band for which through yourself to under- practice… would have ben- Sydney is the lead singer. stand it really,” said Sydney. e ted me,” explained Syd- ey perform at the Stein- e pageant world ney. She decided, though, er Ranch Steakhouse one is one Sydney grew up fa- to skip the local pageant and night a week and are, “re- miliar with through her to enter at the state level. Or ally cool and have really mom, Jenny, who is origi- as Sydney put it, “Just jump good insights for me.” (One nally from Atlanta. right in.” member of the band is the Rather than par- Jumping right in is songwriter of “God Bless ticipate in a smaller, local Sydney’s strength, one she’s the Broken Road” and plans pageant for the chance to cultivated through her other to use Sydney to record new attend the Miss Texas Teen passion, singing. songs this spring.) pageant, Sydney applied “at “She’s been sing- Performing live large” to the statewide pag- ing for as long as she could eant and competed under make sound,” Jenny said. MS TEEN, 2 Dr. John Thoppil, resident of Steiner Ranch and founder of River Place OB/GYN, has been named one of Austin Monthly’s Top Austin Doctors 2018. HOLLY DEES BROKER-MBA, SRS, ABR The whole family was thrilled with Sydney’s placement in the top 15 even though it was her rst time to compete. 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I think there’s a com- mon misconception that it’s just a beauty pageant.” Her mindset en- tering the pageant: Hope to win. Still, she had no real expectation of winning, “because it’s a very unrea- sonable goal to go into your rst pageant and win.” Instead she fo- cused on the bene ts of the in-depth process. “You re- ally learn a lot more about yourself,” said Sydney, in ad- dition to working with, “an interview coach, a walking coach, a makeup coach.” Sydney Palmieri on stage at the 2017 Miss Teen Texas pag- “One of the hard- Vandegrift art teacher Thao Phan in front of her textile art. eant in Houston. Sydney placed in the top 15 out of 104 est things for me,” she said girls. (Photo credit: Select Studios) By ALAINA MALONE to be shown. I remember of ber, which are like fab- wasn’t applying perfect eye- tion: pageants.