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Judson ISD strategizing after failed bond election
Highlights COMAL ISD On Dec. 14, the board of trustees approved the creation of a professional services pool, which will include architects, engineers, environmental consultants, technology consultants and more. COMAL ISD The board trustees on Dec. 14 approved the purchase of 30 new school buses equipped with air conditioning and seat belts to replace buses that are more than 15 years old. demographic survey, Ealy said. The district will begin setting the stage for budgeting and sta ng reviews and proposals for the next school year, he said. them,” said Superintendent Clark Ealy. “So it’s winding down a little bit, but it will ramp up ... when we get back after the rst of the year,” Ealy said. Heading into the new year, the district trustees will begin to hold interviews in its e orts to hire a new chief nancial o cer, and a committee will be selected to begin the nearly yearlong strategic planning process, he said. Trustees will also undergo training in Georgetown in January, and the district will begin work on updating the enrollment and campus capacity projections based on its annual At its Dec. 14 meeting the Schertz- Cibolo-Universal City ISD board of trustees was wrapping up the end of 2021 and heard a brief overview from the superintendent of things to come in the new year. “December is usually a month where the pace slows down heading into the holidays, and it’s going to be great later on this week doing some celebrations here in the district of the holidays as we pause and celebrate
BY JARRETT WHITENER JUDSON ISD During a Dec. 9 special meeting, the Judson ISD board of trustees discussed election results in which three separate propositions making up a $302.5 million bond all failed to gain support from voters. The district then formed a bond re ection committee that includes the senior team, executive director of athletics and executive director of facilities to review what happened. According to Milton Fields III, deputy superintendent of administration and operations, strategic and early pro- motion and information regarding the bond propositions, communication with stakeholders and municipalities, assessment of current facilities by an architectural rm and improving relationships with the community and stakeholders are among the major takeaways for how the process could have been better. “We focused on the people that we had communication with,” Fields said. “The sta , the students, their parents, but it was that older population that doesn’t come up to the schools that we needed to get in touch with.” According to Fields, there was a disconnect in
communication, especially with Proposal B, which more of the community voted against. Board member Jose Macias expressed a desire to com- municate better with the community and stakeholders, and to readdress the bond. “We have to readdress this bond,” Macias said. “We have a need in this district, but we have a hill to climb in terms of distrust.” FAILEDMEASURES Voters rejected all three propositions contained in the district’s $302.5 million bond Nov. 2. Proposition A: 54% said no to one new elementary school and one new middle school in the far northern part of the district. Prop A also would have funded air conditioning in 16 existing school gymnasiums and the creation of student makerspace labs at 23 campuses. Proposition B: Nearly 60% of the voters said no to athletic facility and eld improvements at secondary campuses. Proposition C: Some 51% of voters said no to districtwide technology upgrades. SOURCE: JUDSON ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Judson ISDhires alum, JohnsonHigh coach to lead JudsonHigh athletics
BY EDMOND ORTIZ
JUDSON ISD Johnson High School’s head football coach is returning to his alma mater to lead athletics at Judson High School, and an assistant coach at Veterans Memorial High School has been promoted to lead athletics at that campus. The Judson ISD school board on Dec. 16 approved hiring Mark Soto as athletic coordinator/head football coach at Judson High, where he was a member of the class of 1991.
JISD trustees also approved the selection of Robert Irvin, assistant football/baseball coach at Veterans Memorial High, as athletic coordina- tor and head football coach. “I am bringing all my energies to bear on this one thing—winning a state championship. It will take a complete positive community buy-in along with faith, e ort and under- standing,” Soto said. Soto spent the last two years as
CoachMark Soto
athletic coordinator and head football coach at Johnson in North East ISD. Irvin replaces RichardMendoza, who now serves as Judson’s principal.
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