Education
BY HALEY VELASCO
Applications open for language program Clear Creek ISD has opened applications for the dual language two-way program, which will be available to select schools across the district. What you need to know The program is for incoming kindergarten students for the 2024-25 school year, and will be o ered at ve elementary schools and three intermediate schools, according to the district’s website. It o ers students the opportunity to learn Spanish or English, depending on the student’s home language. Parents must attend a parent meeting prior to submitting the application, which is due by 3:45 p.m. on May 3, according to the district’s website. The application for the program can be found on CCISD’s website.
Clear Creek ISD’s board extends superintendent Clear Creek ISD’s board of trustees unanimously approved an extension to Superintendent Karen Engle’s contract from three years to ve years at its March 26 meeting. The gist In February, the board conducted Engle’s rst-year superintendent performance evaluation and awarded her an overall outstanding rating, according to agenda documents. After receiving this rating, the board further requested to extend Engle’s contract from three to ve years, board trustee Arturo Sanchez said at the meeting. Sanchez said that a raise would typically be rewarded to the superintendent from a positive performance rating, but Engle declined a raise “due to the nancial constraints facing the district,” Sanchez said.
"From the board and from our district, I can’t say thank you enough to Dr. Engle for everything that she’s done from her service and dedication to our students. Every decision she makes I feel like truly is for the students."
JESSICA CEJKA, BOARD TRUSTEE
Engle was originally named CCISD’s superin- tendent at the board’s meeting in December 2022, according to district documents. Before that, Engle was named the interim superintendent, following the former Superintendent Eric Williams’ leave of absence and announcement of voluntary retire- ment in July 2022. While Engle’s contract was set to end in 2025, this extension will allow Engle to remain superin- tendent through December 2027, Sanchez said at the meeting.
Clear Creek ISD approves additional pre-K sta ng
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applied for the 2024-25 school year, according to district documents. The program provides “foundational learning” in several areas, including language, math, science and social studies, documents show. This expansion will cost a little more than $1.6 million and will be funded using the $6,000 tuition rate charged to families who attend, documents show.
To help keep up with the growth of its tui- tion-based pre-K program, Clear Creek ISD’s board of trustees on March 26 approved additional sta ng of 16 teachers and 16 paraprofessionals. The overview After CCISD o cials opted to expand the district’s tuition-based pre-K program last year to all the district’s campuses, more than 400 students
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SOURCE: CLEAR CREEK ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
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