New Braunfels Edition | October 2022

EDUCATION BRIEFS

News from Comal and New Braunfels ISDs

COMPILED BY SIERRA MARTIN

QUOTE OF NOTE

New Braunfels ISD board of trustees fills vacancy

Comal ISD Meets Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. at the CISD District Oce, 1404 N. I-35, New Braunfels. 830-221-2000. www.comalisd.org New Braunfels ISD Meets Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. at the NBISD Administration Center, 1000 N. Walnut Ave., New Braunfels. 830-643-5705. www.nbisd.org MEETINGS WE COVER HIGHLIGHTS COMAL ISD The district will host a job fair Oct. 25 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Johnson Ranch Elementary School for positions other than full- time teachers. COMAL ISD The district’s new planning committee, Comal Forward, met for its inaugural meeting Sept. 12 to discuss a potential May 2023 bond package. The committee is expected to meet monthly, according to the district. NEW BRAUNFELS ISD The board of trustees on Sept. 12 approved the schematic designs of Long Creek High School and New Braunfels High School. A rm was acquired to complete renovations for Carl Schurz Elementary School, and new furniture was approved for Walnut Springs and County Line elementary schools. “THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FINALIST FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT POSITION AT COMAL ISD IS ONE THAT THIS BOARD TOOK EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY.” COMAL ISD BOARD PRESIDENT JASON YORK ON DETERMINING WHO WILL BE THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT

NEW BRAUNFELS ISD The board of trustees met Sept. 12 to consider appointing a trustee to ll the vacancy left by former board Presi- dent Wes Clark, who resigned from his position Aug. 6. Former NBISD Trustee David Heefner was appointed to fulll the open trustee position. New board President Eric Bergquist said the decision was made to appoint Heefner due to his previous experience on the board. “We decided No. 1 that the candi- date would not be running for school board in May of 2023, as we would

like this decision to be made by the citizens of New Braunfels Indepen- dent School District by an election as opposed to an appointment,” Bergquist said. “And No. 2, knowing that this appointment was going to be short-term, we felt it was necessary to appoint someone with prior board experience who can hit the ground running with all the big decisions in front of us that we’ll be facing in the next nine months.” Heefner was rst elected in 2016 but did not to run for a third term in May 2022.

BOARD BREAKDOWN

Due to the resignation of former board of trustees President Wes Clark, the New Braunfels ISD board of trustees has had to restructure. • PRESIDENT: Eric Bergquist • VICE PRESIDENT: Nancy York • SECRETARY: Steve Minus • TRUSTEE: John E. Tucker • TRUSTEE: Morgan Renaud • TRUSTEE: Megan Stratemann-Willis • TRUSTEE: David Heefner SOURCE: NEW BRAUNFELS ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT

Lone finalist for superintendent announced after summer search

NEW SCHOOLS The following names have been determined for the new schools being constructed in Comal ISD. SOURCE: COMAL ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT

Bulverde Middle

Farias-Spitzer Elementary

COMAL ISD The board of trustees announced the lone nalist in their search to ll the superintendent position during their Sept. 19

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regular meeting. John Chapman III, previously the superintendent for Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD near Dallas, was chosen as the lone nalist for superintendent. Comal ISD board President Jason York said the board is condent they made the correct decision. “The announcement of the nalist for the superinten- dent position at Comal ISD is one that this board took extremely seriously,” York said. “We asked for commu- nity feedback, parental feedback, sta feedback, and we got it and we listened.” Chapman holds a Bachelor of Science in education from McMurry University, a Master of Education from Wayland Baptist University in mid-management and a Ph.D in Education in educational leadership from Texas Tech University, according to CFBISD. John Chapman III

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Comal Creek Elementary

Three future Comal ISD school names revealed to the public COMAL ISD The board of trustees approved naming three new campuses Sept. 19. Elementary School No. 19 was named Farias-Spitzer Elementary School after former students Marine Sgt. Thomas Spitzer and Marine Lance Cpl. John Farias, both killed in action in Afghanistan. Elementary School No. 20 was named Comal Creek Elementary School. In the western part of the district, Middle School No. 8 was named Bulverde Middle School.

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