EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Conroe, Magnolia & Tomball ISDs
Board members restricted from book review
2023-24 calendar set for Magnolia ISD
BY CASSANDRA JENKINS
Other discussion surrounding the amendment of the district policy included a motion to remove the parental opt-in form allowing parents to choose whether their children can access a book labeled as “mature.” A second motion included making an amendment to strike the categorization and rating of books altogether, and a third motion offered to take no action and adopt the policy as is. All three motions failed. Students will still have access to any book under review unless it is in violation of district policies. POLICY DEBATES Conroe ISD rejected three proposed changes to library and book policies and accepted one.
CONROE ISD The board of trustees for Conroe ISD amended its procedure for the policy on instructional materials and library books at a regularly scheduled meeting Feb. 21. The amendment states CISD board members will not be able to serve on the library book reconsider- ation committees, which are charged with review- ing requests for books to be removed from the shelves and submitting a report to administrators based on their findings. The vote passed 4-3. Skeeter Hubert, Datren Williams, Theresa Wagaman and Stacey Chase voted in favor of the amendment. Hubert said a board member sitting on the reconsideration meeting could result in a potential conflict of interest. “I know that there have been books submitted for reconsideration by board members,” he said. “It just seems silly to me that those board members want to serve on that committee to challenge a book that they submitted.” Board Member Misty Odenweller, who voted against the motion, said despite the vote she would like for the board to at least be notified of changes from the reconsideration committee.
BY PEYTON MACKENZIE
MAGNOLIA ISD The district calendar for the upcoming 2023-24 school year in Magnolia ISD was approved at its Feb. 13 meeting with the first day of school for students being Aug. 9. The calendar was approved by the board 7-1 with Trustee Jay Michals opposing the motion. Deputy Superintendent Jason Bullock said the 2023-24 calendar includes a weeklong fall break in October to match other districts and improve teacher retention rates. Bullock said to execute this longer fall break, the calendar will add five minutes to the school day and set aside three days for bad weather. Therefore, according to Executive Director of Communications Denise Meyers, dismissal for high school and junior high students will be at 2:30 p.m.; intermediate students will be dis- missed at 3:15 p.m.; and elementary students will be dismissed at 3:45 p.m. The last day of school is May 24. Nov. 7-8 will be professional development days, and Columbus Day will not be observed.
Board of trustee members will not serve on book reconsideration committees
Remove parental opt-in form for “mature” books
Remove book ratings
Make no changes to policy
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