Education
BY MARK FADDEN
Education Edition
2024
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Education Edition! This guide features the latest updates and resources about local K-12 public school options in the community, ranging from education Q&As to budgets details to informational graphics. All of the stories were written by our team of local journalists, and all of the advertisements are from nearby businesses that support our mission to provide free, useful news to bene t the community—show them your gratitude by supporting them. In this year’s education guide, we take a deep look into how career and technical education programs are gaining speed in our public schools and the bene ts these courses provide students looking for their rst career step after high school. We show how a group of Northwest ISD students are serving as ambassadors to advanced academics for the rst time this year. This issue also dives into in the student enrollment rates at Northwest ISD and Keller ISD by comparing and contrasting those numbers. On behalf of your local Community Impact team, we wish all our students, teachers and professional sta a wonderful year ahead!
What's inside
Breaking down Keller ISD, Northwest ISD student numbers (Page 12)
Lexi Canivel General Manager lcanivel@ communityimpact.com
Learn how Education Service Center Region 11 helps local schools (Page 13)
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NISD creates student Advanced Academics Ambassador program The Northwest ISD Advanced Academics Ambassadors program begins in the 2024-25 school year and includes 40 students who will serve as “the face” of advanced academics in the district, according to a news release. The details Advanced academics teachers at each of the district’s three comprehensive high schools can nominate up to two students in their course. Ambassadors are nominated to begin their junior year and may choose to serve a two-year term. The news release states the inaugural group of ambassadors met for the rst time this sum- mer to complete training and team building. As ambassadors, they will represent the many faces of advanced academics in Northwest ISD and be
KISD board approves $3.34M recapture The Keller ISD board of trustees approved the purchase of $3.34 million in attendance credits despite expressing opposition. Zooming out The TEA has determined that Keller ISD must reduce its excess local revenue level by $3.34 million. The district will do that by purchasing average daily attendance credits from the state, according to district documents. Recapture mandates “property-rich” districts such as KISD give funds to the state to be redistributed among “property-poor” districts. “The decision we have to make here is unpalatable,” board President Charles Randklev said.
Northwest ISD’s new Advanced Academics Ambassador program started meeting this year.
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the voice of advanced academic opportunities throughout the district. A closer look The newly named ambassadors have also gained a working knowledge of the following programs: • Advanced placement • OnRamps • Dual credit • Honors courses
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