HIGHLIGHTS LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM Trustees approved the expansion of the LifePATH program March 2 to provide students with more internship opportunities. The program is a four-year class offered at the Montgomery and Tomball campuses that provides academic, social and career skills to students with cognitive disabilities. The expansion of the program will allow students enrolled at LSC- Montgomery to work with Family Promise, Margaritaville on Lake Conroe, Adventure Begins, Interfaith of the Woodlands, The Repair Mob and the Spring Creek Nature Preserve. Students who complete the LifePATH program receive an occupational and life skills associate degree and a Business Operations Certificate. The application deadline to enroll for the fall is May 12. Conroe ISD board of trustees will meet at 6 p.m. May 16 at 3205 W. Davis St., Conroe. 936-709-7752. www.conroeisd.net Montgomery ISD board of trustees will meet at 6 p.m. May 16 at 20774 Eva St., Montgomery. 936-276-2000. www.misd.org MEETINGS WE COVER
INVESTING IN SAFETY Montgomery ISD approved $137,431 for the purchase of the SMART Tag bus monitoring system and estimates recurring costs to be $42,915 annually.
Null to temporarily lead teacher hiring process in CISD
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Montgomery ISD approves SMART Tag bus monitoring system to improve security
BY CASSANDRA JENKINS
CONROE ISD The Conroe ISD board of trustees approved in March temporarily handing over hiring power to Superintendent Curtis Null for the next four months to speed up the hiring process. Null said the unprecedented request was brought to the board to help address the teacher shortage in the district. The previous policy included waiting for trustees to approve all position hires under the level of principal as part of the consent agenda. The process could take up to six weeks, Null said. Null will be able to approve new hires and promotions from April to July. Hiring will return to the board after the four-month trial in August, according to information at the meeting.
BY ANNA LOTZ
the release. As such, parents will be provided bus arrival notifica- tions, Trustee Linda Porten said in the release. The alert system will go into effect in the fall when bus routes have been finalized, according to the release. “This technology will enhance communication between our trans- portation department and parents,” Porten said in a statement. “In addition to providing real-time GPS information about where our buses are and the students on those buses, parents may subscribe to text notifications to know when the bus is preparing for pickup and drop-off.”
MONTGOMERY ISD Heading into the 2023-24 school year, Mont- gomery ISD families will be able to receive bus arrival notifications via the SMART Tag bus monitoring sys- tem the board of trustees approved March 21. According to a March 21 release from the district, the system is designed to increase safety and security of students using school transportation and add efficiencies to MISD operations. The system provides ID cards to all students using bus transpor- tation, which will be read via an on-board tablet as students enter and exit their buses, according to
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