Lewisville - Coppell | January 2023

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ACADEMIC CALENDAR The calendar the board approved will be for the 2023-24 school year.

Coppell ISD board talks potential bond The Coppell ISD board of trustees and its bond steering committee continue to discuss a potential May 2023 bond package. The district created a bond steering committee to discuss priorities and potential proposed bonds for the May election. The committee started meeting Sept. 8. It consists of community members, district employees, students and parents. The committee has given routine updates to the board. It will likely give a recommendation to the board during its Jan. 23 board meeting. The board will have until 21 days before the election to place it on the ballot. Lewisville ISD board of trustees Meets at 6 p.m. Feb. 13 at 1565 W. Main St., Lewisville. www.lisd.net Coppell ISD board of trustees Meets at 6 p.m. Jan. 23 and Feb. 13 at 200 S. Denton Tap Road, Coppell. www.coppellisd.com MEETINGS WE COVER

Start date : Aug. 9

BY DESTINE GIBSON

Students will have March 11-15 o for spring break. Classes will end before Memorial Day on May 23. The calendar approval comes after the board discussed calendar options in November, and the district gathered input through two community surveys. Based on feedback, Option A was favored by 63% of the estimated 11,000 survey respondents, LISD Chief of Sta Shawna Miller said.

The Lewisville ISD board of trust- ees approved the district’s 2023-24 academic calendar, which includes 177 instructional days. The 2023-24 calendar, which was approved during the Dec. 12 board meeting, will have an Aug. 9 start date with exams for the rst semester to be completed before winter break, which will run from Dec. 16, 2023-Jan. 3, 2024, according to the calendar.

Winter break: Dec. 16-Jan. 3

Spring break: March 11-15

Last day of school: May 23

SOURCE: LEWISVILLE ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT

Lewisville renews contract with ESS

district for the 2019-20 school year was 86.3%, and the 2020-21 school year ll rate was 75.4%, according to district data. The 2021-22 school year ll rate was at 57.1%. Since the inception of the contract, the ll rate average is 71%. The contract is estimated to cost $6 million for 2023.

BY SAMANTHA DOUTY

ESS was initially hired by the dis- trict on Dec. 13, 2021, to provide the district with substitute teachers. This was a shift from the district providing the substitutes. The substitute ll rate at the

The Lewisville ISD board of trust- ees approved renewal of its contract with ESS South Central, which is a third-party company that supplies the district with substitute teachers.