Northeast San Antonio Metrocom Edition | January 2023

EDUCATION

OTHER STORIES TO FOLLOW IN 2023

Comal ISD plans for bond election The board of trustees plan to put forward a bond package in May. The district put together the Comal Forward Committee, which oversees funding selections for the May 2023 bond package. During board of trustees meetings, the committee has brought forward plans to purchase buses, technology and campus improvements. The total cost of the bond package and exact bond items have not been nalized. The last day to call for an election is Feb. 17.

BY TRICIA SCHWENNESEN

SCHERTZCIBOLOUNIVERSAL CITY & JUDSON ISDs District ocials for Judson and Schertz-Cibo- lo-Universal City ISDs said just before the winter holiday break they are still short-staed, but each district began 2023 with fewer vacancies and plans in place to recruit additional teach- ers, bus drivers and other sta. Both districts raised salaries and oered incentives; hosted job fairs, and meet-and-greet events; and used social media and marketing campaigns to boost stang numbers, district communications ocers said. As of late December, Judson ISD reported 82 vacancies for profes- sional sta, down from 250, and another 75 vacancies for auxiliary sta, down from 204 vacancies at the beginning of the school year, said Joseph Guidry, JISD’s assistant superintendent of human resources. “We’re still short teachers,” Guidry said. “For [kindergarten] through

Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD hosted a student teacher meet-and-greet Nov. 29 where students could mix and mingle with teachers and principals to get to know the district better.

COURTESY SCHERTZCIBOLOUNIVERSAL CITY ISD

“Overall, I think we’re in pretty good shape,” Cannon said. “We’re really trying to be innovative. We’re really trying to nd ways to build a pipeline of teachers.” HELP WANTED Open positions can be found online. To apply for a job in Judson ISD, visit https://judsonisd.tedk12.com/ hire/index.aspx. To apply for a job in Schertz- Cibolo-Universal City ISD, visit www.scuc.txed.net/domain/39.

[fth grade] we’re okay. We’re not where we want to be, but I think we are better o at the elementary level.” Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City also faced stang shortages at the start of the 2022-23 school year, Chief Human Resources Ocer Linda Cannon said, but things were looking better by the end of the rst semester. Heading into 2023 there were 12 teaching positions open, down from 13 at the start of the school year, and another 62 open auxiliary posi- tions, down from 90, Cannon said.

PREVIOUS BONDS

Plans progress on Judson ISD school The board of trustees on Dec. 15 approved the rankings for the selection of an architectural rm to complete the design of the new elementary school, which will be located in Selma for a cost of up to $62 million. With a design, the district will bid out the project and begin work on the new school building. This project is part of the bond package voters approved in November. • 2015: $147.4 million • 2017: $263.5 million • 2021: $411.3 million SOURCE: COMAL ISDCOMMUNITY IMPACT

Judson ISD begins work with rm to hire superintendent

SEARCH TIMELINE

BY JARRETT WHITENER

appointed interim superin- tendent, and a request for qualications was issued to nd a search rm. After hearing presen- tations from three rms, the board unanimously decided to begin negotia- tions with Hazard Young Attea and Associates. District 6 Trustee Renée A. Paschall recommended

trustees oer a more competitive rate.

OAKMONT BEND

Board trustees are moving quickly to hire a new superintendent. Nov. 21: Superintendent Jeanette Ball resigns. Jan. 3: Trustees approve a search rm. March 30*: Trustees aim to receive job candidates. *DATE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

JUDSON ISD The board of trustees Jan. 3 approved a rm to help with the search for a new superintendent. The move came in the wake of former Super- intendent Jeanette Ball’s resignation in November. At a meeting Dec. 1, Milton “Rob” Fields III was

“HYA had that schedule of fees 50% to be invoiced at one particular time and 25% at another time,” Paschall said, with another 25% still due. “That is something that, if we were to choose them, that we would talk with them about.”

RETAMA PKWY.

The new elementary school will be located in Selma, o of Retama Parkway.

SOURCE: JUDSON ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT

NORTHEAST SAN ANTONIO METROCOM EDITION • JANUARY 2023