Hudson superintendent Webb announces intent to retire

Hudson ISD Superintendent Donny Webb has announced his intent to retire at the end of the 2024-2025 school year, ending 32 years in public education. “I am publicly announcing my intent to retire as superintendent after this year. Having served in public education for what will be 32 years, it has been such a pleasure and joy,” Webb said in the notice. He added that his career in education began unexpectedly when his former high school physics teacher asked him to take over his teaching role. Webb’s journey at Hudson ISD began in 1997 when he moved to the district from Jasper ISD. He started off as a high school math teacher, moved up the ranks and became an assistant principal, principal, assistant superintendent and eventually superintendent, a role that he’s held for eight years. In the notice, Webb emphasized how special of a district Hudson ISD has been, calling it a “great place,” while praising the teachers, staff and administrators.
Arrow Educational Services Inc: GRANBURY ISD HIRES ARROW EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO CONDUCT SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH

The board of trustees of the Granbury Independent School District has contracted with Arrow Educational Services, Inc. to assist them in their search for a new superintendent. Arrow President/CEO Dr. Russell Marshall and Lead Consultant/COO Jim Dunlap will conduct the search. More information including timeline and the application process will be available on arrowsearchinc.com, Texas ISD.com and the TASA job center after the board meets on September 30 to finalize the calendar.
Texas education board signals support for first state-developed elementary curriculum

The Texas State Board of Education gave preliminary approval to new state-developed reading and math textbooks Nov. 19. Members are poised to green-light them later this week. The debate: Supporters of the proposed state curriculum say it would provide students with rigorous, age-appropriate content and help close achievement gaps, while critics argue frequent biblical references in the materials verge on proselytizing and could isolate students with different religious beliefs.
San Antonio ISD swings for fences in Missions stadium land deal, denies playing ‘hardball’

SAISD trustees voted 7-0 Monday night on a hefty set of terms for handing over the district's property, which sits in the middle of the proposed site for a new downtown minor league baseball stadium. The terms include: Funding for a $45 million building for the Advanced Learning Academy.1 day ago
Can Democrats Keep the Texas House Anti-Voucher?

In the last presidential election cycle, four distant years ago, Texas Democrats pursued an ambitious campaign to take control of the state House. Bolstered by millions of dollars that flooded in from the national party apparatus, Dems targeted as many as 22 GOP-held seats across the Texas suburbs. The strategy was built upon Beto O’Rourke’s near-victorious U.S. Senate campaign in 2018, in which he carried a narrow majority of the state’s 154 state House districts. All they needed to do was flip nine seats that O’Rourke had carried. Democrats were so optimistic heading into Election Day 2020 that multiple state reps, having suffered in the minority for years, announced bids for the speakership in anticipation of their party taking control of the lower chamber for the first time in nearly 20 years. With the potency of the GOP’s gerrymandered maps having waned, and the next round of redistricting on the horizon, it was now or (possibly) never. What happened instead was, of course, a failure of disastrous proportions as Democrats failed to net a single seat. Then, a few months later in the 2021 legislative session, Republicans redrew the state’s political maps to extend their single-party control of the statehouse for another decade. Their gerrymandering this time opted for maximum protection of their current majority of red seats. Without fear of electoral backlash, the GOP-controlled House and Senate has marched a long line of extreme conservative legislation into law.
Speaker-hopeful Tom Oliverson Promises to Give Voters Republican Representation

Oliverson said he will end the practice of awarding Democrats powerful committee chairmanships in the Texas House. In an interview with the Luke Macias Show, Republican State Rep. Tom Oliverson of Cypress explained how he would use the speakership to change the structure and culture of the House. Oliverson, who announced his candidacy for House Speaker last month, said he will “give the voters what they voted for, which is actual representation.” He described the results of the March GOP Primary as Texans “calling for a change.” Oliverson also explained there is a “pattern of behavior” in House leadership that he doesn’t support—namely, lording power over members, pushing them around, and telling them how they have to vote.

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Grand Prairie ISD cancels Wednesday, Thursday classes due to water supply issue

September 0508:18 AM

Grand Prairie ISD will stay closed on Thursday due to the uncertainty of the city's water supply issue. The school district announced the decision Wednesday afternoon. "Based on current information regarding the city’s water issue, we feel it's in the best interest of our students and staff to close tomorrow, Thursday, September 5, 2024. We will continue to monitor this situation in anticipation of reopening Friday," the district's email said. view article

Seguin ISD students to wear SMART tags

September 0508:17 AM

Books, backpacks and SMART tags. That’s the list of items that kids will want to have as they head off to school each morning. Seguin ISD is expanding its use of the SMART tag™ program for the 2024-2025 school year. Middle school students were previously enrolled in the program during the spring 2024 semester. Schools this week have started distributing cards to students who did not previously participate in the program. view article

Investigation into Silsbee ISD employee sparks concern over student online safety

September 0508:16 AM

Silsbee Independent School District says that employee remains on leave despite an investigation by the sheriff's office finding no criminal wrong-doing. view article

Castleberry ISD becomes first Fort Worth-area district to release unofficial A-F ratings

September 0508:15 AM

All but one Castleberry ISD campus performed better during the 2023-24 school year than it did during the 2022-23 school year, according to the district’s self-reported accountability ratings certified by the Texas Education Agency. As the TEA faces ongoing legal battles preventing the release of A-F ratings across the state, some districts, including Castleberry ISD, have opted to disclose their results independently. view article

Humphrey’s Highland Kristi Leff named finalist for Texas Teacher of the Year

September 0508:15 AM

Kristi Leff, Humphrey’s Highland fifth-grade science and English/language arts teacher with the Amarillo Independent School District, has been named as a finalist for Texas Teacher of the Year. AISD said the Texas Association of School Administrators announced the finalists this week. Leff is one of six finalists - three elementary and three secondary - for the state title, AISD said. She has taught at Humphrey’s Highland since 2015 and has previously taught at schools in Florida, Calallen and Mathis ISD in her 21-year career. view article

Conroe ISD parents worried over meal policy that may leave hungry students without food

September 0508:14 AM

Parents in Conroe ISD are expressing outrage online after the district sent out a text informing them of the district’s meal policy that limits the number of days students can charge for meals before they are denied food. The district clarified that the text was not sent out district-wide but was a campus-specific communication where the school name was accidentally left off. The text message sent states that secondary students cannot be charged more than 15 meals, including breakfast and lunch. view article

Clint ISD homeowners likely to see tax increase

September 0508:13 AM

Homeowners in the Clint Independent School District boundaries likely will see a significant increase in the district’s portion of their 2024 tax bills after the board adopted the highest tax rate possible without having to go to voters. The Clint ISD board on August 28 unanimously approved the voter-approval rate of $1.13 per $100 property valuation – the highest it could adopt without triggering an election. This will cause a $166 a year increase on the district’s tax bill on the average $196,814 home, Jessie Cline, the district’s chief financial officer told El Paso Matters. view article

Brownsville ISD tax rate decreases slightly

September 0508:12 AM

The Brownsville Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a tax rate of $1.028664 per $100 valuation for 2024-2025, a slight decrease from the 2023-2024 rate of $1.030964. The approval came after a public hearing at a BISD board meeting Tuesday night and marked the final step to fully enact the district’s $490 million budget for the current school year. The budget for last year was $465 million. view article

Dripping Springs ISD prioritizes attendance, approves credit agreement

September 0508:11 AM

In order to reduce recapture, now known as excess local revenue, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved an agreement for the purchase of attendance credits at its Aug. 26 meeting. Recapture — the process in which school districts send some of their local property tax revenue to the state — payments had grown so large that the state used those dollars to support a considerable amount of the state’s funding obligation for education, therefore freeing up state funds to help balance the rest of the state budget, according to DSISD Chief Financial Officer Gina Mitschke. The intent of recapture is to help all school districts have roughly similar amounts of money to spend per child, Mitschke said. view article

Design for Montgomery ISD stadium remodel to debut in October

September 0508:11 AM

The design for Montgomery ISD’s stadium revamp is tentatively expected to be complete by October, according to an Aug. 28 email from district leaders. The total cost for renovations to MISD’s stadium have not been announced, but the project will be funded by the district’s $326.9 million bond, which was passed by voters in May 2022. view article

Jennifer Akins aims to support McKinney ISD’s strategic plan through new role

September 0508:11 AM

As chief school improvement and federal programs officer of McKinney ISD, Jennifer Akins said she is looking at the big picture, both for MISD and its students. view article

Alamo Heights ISD trustee resigns, adding to year of board shake-ups

September 0508:11 AM

Stacy Sharp, president of the Alamo Heights Independent School District Board of Trustees has resigned from the board to focus on serving as a judge in the new Texas Business Court after being appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this summer. The departure adds to a growing list of shake-ups to the governing bodies overseeing hundreds of thousands of children across San Antonio over the last year. view article

Northside ISD, Celebrating 75 Years

September 0507:18 AM

With over 75 years of tradition and excellence, Dr. John Craft is here to share how Northside ISD is celebrating their big anniversary. view article

Georgia School Shooting

September 0408:30 AM

Apalachee High School -A 14-year-old shooter killed four people—two students and two teachers—and wounded at least nine others at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, yesterday, roughly 50 miles northeast of Atlanta. The attack is the deadliest school shooting in Georgia's history. The shooter, a student at the school, was taken into custody alive. Authorities have not publicly identified a motive, though the Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the shooter will be charged with murder and tried as an adult. The attack began before 10:20 am local time and came after a phone call warning to Apalachee and four other schools. Barrow County schools will be closed for the remainder of the week as the investigation continues. See live updates here. Explore a database of mass killings—defined as at least four deaths, excluding the offender, regardless of the type of attack—since 2006 here.

Somerville ISD considering increasing security measures at football games following threat

September 0408:25 AM

Somerville ISD is considering increasing security measures at future football games after receiving positive feedback from the community about the action taken after the school received a threat Friday. view article

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Kress ISD employee under investigation for improper conduct involving student

September 0408:25 AM

A Kress ISD employee is under investigation for improper conduct involving a student. Kress ISD Superintendent Leah Zeigler addressed the incident in a press release. view article

Beaumont ISD talks spending, transparency after backlash on convocation speaker’s fee

September 0408:21 AM

Beaumont ISD is looking to clear what it calls "confusion" afteran overwhelming negative response to a previous KFDM report that revealed the district paid its convocation speaker $73,000 total. We previously reported that the district paid its convocation speaker $25,000 and planned to pay him $48,000 more for additional consulting work. While those figures are correct, District 1 Board Trustee Joe Evans says the district could've been more transparent and will be moving forward. view article

Grand Prairie ISD closed Wednesday after “foaming agent” found in city water supply

September 0408:21 AM

The City of Grand Prairie warned residents living north of I-20 not to use city drinking water after a foaming agent was found in the water supply Tuesday evening. Grand Prairie ISD closed all schools on Wednesday due to the water issue and said it would resume the regular schedule on Thursday. view article

Llano ISD closed Wednesday due to weather conditions; LCRA partially opens 2 floodgates

September 0408:21 AM

The Llano Independent School District is closed on Wednesday due to “road and weather conditions,” the district said in an email. Two floodgates along the Llano River were also partially opened as a result of the flooding. Llano ISD was initially under a two-hour delay for school Wednesday, but the district sent an email Wednesday morning saying it will be closed “out of an abundance of caution and safety due to road and weather conditions.” view article

Juvenile arrested after threat against New Summerfield ISD

September 0408:19 AM

The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office reports a Jacksonville teen has been arrested for making a threat against a school campus. On Tuesday, New Summerfield ISD notified law enforcement of a possible threat against one of their campuses. After an investigation, law enforcement arrested a 15-year-old Jacksonville boy for making a terroristic threat. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s office confirmed the teen was not a student of New Summerfield ISD. view article

Marshall ISD shares high school construction progress

September 0408:18 AM

Marshall ISD has shared several progress photos of the ongoing construction at the high school campus. The district took to social media to share pictures of the construction progress in different areas of the high school including the cafeteria, band hall, and more. The construction progress update comes after the MISD Board of Trustees were given an update during a regularly held agenda review meeting. The presentation was given by Assistant Superintendent Auxiliary Services Andy Chilcoat, who said the projects underway included the high school cafeteria, fine arts department, library and continued classroom phases. view article

Ryan Urrutia named new Chief of Police for Round Rock ISD

September 0408:17 AM

The Round Rock ISD Police Department will soon welcome a new chief of police. Ryan Urrutia will join the district on Sept. 17 and is charged with leading the police department’s officers and support staff and ensuring student and staff safety throughout the district. Urrutia currently serves as the assistant chief deputy of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, overseeing nearly 260 officers and support staff and a nearly $26 million budget. view article

Houston ISD teacher claims discrimination after contract termination

September 0408:15 AM

This educator says she believes this is more fallout from those terminations. Linda Fay Scott says she taught English and Journalism at HISD's Jane Long High School the last couple of years, but was with the district for 15 years. She says her contract was suddenly not renewed, and she was let go. view article

Silsbee ISD places employee on leave, opens investigation

September 0408:11 AM

Silsbee Independent School District has placed an employee on administrative leave while it investigates the staff member's actions. view article

The students entangled in Southlake’s school politics

September 0408:08 AM

Southlake's Carroll ISD is fighting with the Biden administration again — and the district's LGBTQ+ students are caught in the middle. Why it matters: The affluent Tarrant County district has for years been at the center of school culture wars. view article

Shawn Miller named Cedar Ridge High School Principal

September 0408:06 AM

Dr. Shawn Miller is the new Principal of Cedar Ridge High School, starting Sept. 9. Miller brings more than 16 years of experience in education. Most recently, he has served the students and staff in Leander ISD, providing leadership support in administrative services and strategic planning while partnering with campuses and district leaders. He was the Glenn High School principal in Leander ISD, where he created a positive school climate and culture through professional learning, management, support, and data-informed decision-making. view article

Preventive Law: You’ve Been Served… Or Have You? Avoiding the Pitfalls Associated with Subpoenas

September 0308:35 AM

For anyone working in public schools, the category of “things I didn’t sign up for” seems to be expanding rapidly. It is increasingly routine, for example, to receive a subpoena for either testimony or documents in conjunction with your work as an educator. While no one would recommend that you ignore a subpoena, there are rules that must be followed by anyone seeking to issue and serve a subpoena. School staff are often unaware of these rules and can inadvertently make it easier to be subpoenaed, which can create a distraction from school-related duties and place school staff in the middle of legal disputes having nothing to do with them. More problematic is how frequently districts are asked to produce student or employee records via subpoena. If the subpoena is not properly served under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, this can impact a district’s ability to lawfully produce otherwise protected records.

Flowers to retire as Huntington ISD superintendent

September 0308:29 AM

Huntington ISD superintendent David Flowers describes it as a 30/60/40 start as he is beginning his 30th year in education while turning 60 and just celebrating his 40th anniversary with his wife Sandy. His own landmark year will also be his last as superintendent for Huntington ISD as he announced his retirement, which will go into effect Aug. 31. view article

Fort Bend ISD’s top earners made nearly $5 million in 2023-24

September 0308:23 AM

Fort Bend Independent School District’s top 25 earners collected base salaries totaling almost $5 million in the 2023-24 school year, according to staffing data from the Texas Education Agency. Two superintendents occupied the top-paid spots for the 80,000-student district last school year: Christie Whitbeck, who served as superintendent for the first half of the 2023-24 school year until her sudden departure from the district in December 2023, and her successor, Marcell Smith, who took over in January 2024. Smith’s starting base salary of $410,000 exceeded Whitbeck’s salary at the time of her departure by over $30,000. view article

First full school year for Eanes ISD police department

September 0308:19 AM

As students and teachers return to the classroom, Eanes Independent School District police officers are reporting for their first full school year since the department was formed in 2023. Chief of Police Matt Greer said 11 officers are on the force — enough for each campus to have one officer on site and more than one at Westlake High School. view article

O’Bara: Denton ISD kicks off school year with new schools and commitment to student success

September 0308:18 AM

The first day of school has always been one of my favorite times of the year – filled with hope and new opportunities. I have so many fond memories from childhood that took place in our schools! My incredible experiences were made possible by teachers, leaders and a community that cared deeply about my hopes and dreams. view article

G-P ISD’s new ‘Cats Cupboards’ help set students up for success

September 0308:17 AM

The new district-wide initiative aims to make sure students in need of food, supplies or clothes can focus on being a kid and on their studies. view article

Two Southwest ISD school buses involved in minor crash

September 0308:17 AM

Two Southwest ISD school buses were involved in a minor crash on the city's West side. The crash happened around 3 pm near Marbach Road and Loop 1604. According to the San Antonio Police Department, two fully occupied school buses were driving at a low speed when they collided. No injuries were reported and no students were transported to the hospital. view article

Silsbee ISD staff member on admin leave pending investigation of ‘incident’

September 0308:17 AM

A staff member with the Silsbee Independent School District is on leave while the district investigates an "incident." The staff member, who was not identified by name or job title, is on administrative leave while the incident is investigated, according to statement to parents released by the district on Monday. view article

Search for next Waco ISD superintendent continues

September 0308:15 AM

The search continues for the next Waco Independent School District superintendent, as Dr. Susan Kincannon is expected to retire at the end of September. The district’s Board of Trustees unanimously voted to have the Texas Association of School Boards help them in the search. Waco ISD Board President Stephanie Korteweg says the Trustees chose this association because of its integrity in the field of education. view article

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