BY HALEY VELASCO
Clear Creek ISD launches communication app for parents, guardians Parents and guardians at Clear Creek ISD can now download a new communications app that district officials launched in late August. What you need to know The app, named connectCCISD, was designed to keep parents, guardians and staff informed at both the district and campus levels, according to CCISD’s website. The new app is powered by communication software system ParentSquare, which the district already uses for other school communication, primarily with email, voicemail, text and mobile app notifications. The app automatically generates an account for each parent, using their preferred email address
San Jacinto College receives $1.5M grant The San Jacinto College Foundation has received an anonymous $1.5 million grant to support the college’s Promise campaign, according to a Sept. 18 news release. The Promise campaign supports the Promise @ San Jac Scholarship, which allows graduating high school seniors that live in the college’s taxing district to not have debt while earning a certificate or associate degree at San Jacinto College, the news release reads. The overview The $1.5 million grant is a two-part gift, in which $500,000 was an initial outright gift made upon grant approval. The remaining $1 million will be provided depending on the foundation’s chances of raising match- ing funds from additional private donors, according to the news release.
App features
Up-to-date CCISD news, announcements and emergency notifications Upcoming events App notifications of all district, school and classroom communications Photos and videos posted by the campus Fill out and complete forms online, and sign permission slips View the school calendar and RSVP for events Sign up for volunteer opportunities and/ or bring items Receive attendance notices
SOURCE: CLEAR CREEK ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
and phone number. It is downloadable through Apple and Android devices, according to the district’s website.
Bus drivers in Clear Creek ISD to see bump in pay Bus drivers at Clear Creek ISD received a raise in their starting pay of nearly $1.50 an hour, according to a Sept. 6 news release from the district. The details Prior to the increase, the starting pay for bus drivers was $20.56 per hour, according to the news release. New bus drivers for CCISD who currently hold a commercial driver’s license, or CDL, are also eligible for a $3,000 signing bonus, the news release states. What else? CCISD also raised the minimum guaranteed work hours per day from 5.5 to 6.5 hours, accord- ing to the news release. More opportunities with mid-day trips and field trips will also be available.
Paying CCISD bus drivers
$1.44 more per hour
$22 per hour total
$3,000 eligible signing bonus for new drivers 1 hour increase in guaranteed hours of work per day
SOURCE: CLEAR CREEK ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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