EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Judson, Comal & Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISDs
Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD will meet March 15 at 6 p.m. 1060 Elbel Road, Schertz 210-945-6200. www.scuc.txed.net/scucisd Judson ISD will meet March 17 at 6 p.m. 8205 Palisades Drive, Live Oak 210-945-5100. www.judsonisd.org Comal ISD will meet March 31 at 6 p.m. 1404 N. I-35, New Braunfels 830-221-2000. www.comalisd.org MEETINGSWE COVER DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS JUDSON ISD On Feb. 17, the Judson ISD board of trustees approved the design cost for the Veterans Memorial High School parking lot addition. The project will cost about $867,827 that will be paid through bonds approved in 2017. SCUC ISD On Feb. 15, Chris Douglas, CEO of Communities in Schools of South Central Texas, which serves Comal and Schertz-Cibolo- Universal City independent school district schools, shared that the nonprofit had been gifted more than $3 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott at the Chamber’s (Schertz-Cibolo-Selma Area) annual State of the Cities luncheon. SCUC ISD Superintendent Clark Ealy reported to the board of trustees Feb. 15 that school enrollment has continued to climb. As of the Feb. 15 meeting, the district had 15,942 students. NUMBER TOKNOW $400M This is Comal ISD’s bond capacity without raising the tax rate. A potential 2023 bond, including new schools, athletics projects and more, would likely surpass that total, said Steve Stanford, CISD’s assistant superintendent of communications and organizational alignment.
Judson ISD increases pay for some employees
NEWHOURLY RATES The Judson ISD board of trustees increased the hourly rates of 19 select positions to incentivize employment.
BY JARRETT WHITENER
JUDSON ISD During the Feb. 17 board meeting, trustees voted unanimously to increase employment compensation and set the compensation for summer school employees. The amendment to the 2021-22 compensation plan changed pay for 19 jobs, 11 of which are for summer school. Superintendent Jeanette Ball explained the district needed to raise salaries for certain positions to offer competitive pay and encourage employment in otherwise difficult to fill roles. “One of the things that our district is needing is a plumber journeyman,” Ball said. “So, we are looking at taking this to a different pay grade to be able to fill this position. Plumber positions are something that have been difficult to fill.” The increase in summer position pay will help incen- tivize employees to take the extra work, which will better meet the needs of students, Ball said. Trustees set minimum, mid-level and maximum rates for each position. For example, a plumber-journeyman will make a minimum of $22.69 per hour and a maximum of $32.04.
Minimum Mid-level
Maximum
30 35 0 5 10 15 20 25
Plumber- journeyman
Clerk, academic programs and Administrative Assistant II
Secretary, senior staff
SOURCE: JUDSON ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
SCUC ISD retains UIL geographic designation for student athletics, academic competitions
Comal ISDbacks away fromMay 2022 bond
BY TRICIA SCHWENNESEN
BY LAUREN CANTERBERRY
UIL District 27 High Schools
SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-UNIVERSAL CITY ISD The University Interscho- lastic League underwent its two- year realignment and SCUC ISD will remain in UIL District 27 6A, officials said at a Feb. 15 board meeting. San Antonio-Wagner, South San Antonio and Smithson Valley high schools all dropped to 5A, Superin- tendent Clark Ealy said. “So we had eight [schools], we lost three, and that left us five. Our five got to stay together, and we welcome back San
COMAL ISD After several months of discussion, officials with Comal ISD during a Feb. 15 board workshop officially postponed a proposed May bond election. The board of trustees previously considered calling a May bond to cover items that failed to pass in the November 2021 bond; however, several board members and district staff voiced concerns that there is not enough time to inform voters about the proposed projects.
Every two years the University Interscholastic League realigns the high school districts.
• San Antonio E. Central • San Marcos • Schertz Clemens
• Cibolo Steele • Converse Judson • New Braunfels
SOURCE: UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Marcos into our [UIL] district,” Ealy said.
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NORTHEAST SAN ANTONIO METROCOM EDITION • MARCH 2022
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