EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Keller & Northwest ISDs
Keller ISD board of trustees will meet May 22 at 6 p.m. 350 Keller Parkway, Keller www.kellerisd.net Northwest ISD board of trustees will meet May 10 and 22 at 6 p.m. 2001 Texan Drive, Fort Worth www.nisdtx.org MEETINGS WE COVER HIGHLIGHTS KELLER ISD The Keller ISD board of trustees approved a contract for new computer technology for students in a special meeting March 9. The contract calls for the district to enter into a four-year lease agreement with Microsoft to provide new Microsoft Surface devices for students in grades fth to 12th for four equal payments of $5.1 million. The district will receive 23,000 new devices in July. The contract was brought up during the Feb. 27 meeting but was tabled due to cost concerns from several trustees. That initial discussion called for the district to pay $2.1 million this school year, but the deal called for $8 million payments the second and third years. O cials said the district will continue to work on the 2023-24 school year budget to help reduce the cost to the general fund.
Keller ISD names new principals
Northwest ISD board against state-funded school vouchers
BY MARK FADDEN
according to the press release. Over- all, Nunn brings to Sunset Valley more than 13 years of experience in school leadership and 22 years of experience education. He began his administrative career in KISD as an assistant principal at Parkwood Hill Intermediate School and Chisholm Trail Intermediate School before moving to Decatur. Indian Springs Middle School will welcome Phillip Daurio as its next principal. According to the press release, Daurio is serving as an assistant principal at Timberview Middle School. He also served as an assistant principal at Timber Creek High School. He began teaching at a KISD middle school.
KELLER ISD The Keller ISD board of trustees approved the administrative recommendations for the next principals at Freedom Elementary School, Sunset Valley Elementary School and Indian Springs Middle School on March 27. According to a Keller ISD press release, Jason Snyder has been selected to serve as the next principal at Freedom Elementary. He will join Freedom after spending four years as assistant principal at Parkview Elementary. He taught at Keller High School for 13 years. Sunset Valley Elementary’s next principal will be Roby Nunn, who returns to KISD after working in campus administrative roles in Decatur ISD,
BY MARK FADDEN
NORTHWEST ISD Members of the Northwest ISD board of trustees unanimously approved a resolution opposing school vouchers during their regular meeting April 10. School vouchers use public tax dollars to pay private school tuition. Funds would be allocated to pay par- tial or full tuition for private school. Anne Simpson, the president of the NISD board of trustees, read the resolution voicing concerns with academic standards, public account- ability of tax dollars and protections for students receiving special education services. Superintendent Mark Foust issued his view on the state of vouchers. “Public school systems do not support taxpayer dollars going to private schools for tuition,” Foust said, who started on Jan. 10.
NEW ROLES Keller ISD hired three new principals for the 2023-24 school year.
Jason Snyder Freedom Elementary
Roby Nunn Sunset Valley Elementary
Phillip Daurio Indian Springs Middle School
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KELLER ROANOKE NORTHEAST FORT WORTH EDITION • APRIL 2023
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