RRISD to invest in recruitment, training ROUND ROCK ISD Board members are reallocating roughly $1 million in budget funds for recruiting students, professional development and other student services. Round Rock ISD officials approved the budget amendment Jan. 19. Just over $1 million from Round Rock ISD was approved for student recruitment and staff training. MOVING MONEY BY BROOKE SJOBERG
$797,000: • Professional development • Student recruitment services • Community education classes • Increased Juvenile Justice Alternative Education costs $104,000: to fund campus support for bilingual assessments and AVID program travel $100,000: moved to general services for recruitment Total: $1M
Chief Financial Officer Dennis Cov- ington said some of funds will pay to recruit 424 students back to the district for the 2022-23 school year. The budget amendment included reallocating almost $800,000 to cover professional development, student recruitment services, community education classes and increased Juvenile Justice Alternative Educa- tion costs. The remaining funds will be used for programs, including bilingual assessments and a college prepara- tion course.
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Dessau Elementary faces potential closure
Pflugerville elementary schools. This is partially due to the school’s con- sistent academic underperformance, Superintendent Doug Killian said in a message to parents Feb. 3. Boundary changes in the proposal would also result in some Delco students moving to Copperfield Elementary. The second proposal would adjust high school attendance boundaries, moving some Weiss High School stu- dents to Pflugerville and Connally high schools. A decision on the proposals could be made at the Feb. 23 meeting, after press time. Austin Community College board of trustees will meet March 6 at 3 p.m. at 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin 512-223-7613. www.austincc.edu Austin ISD board of trustees Will meet March 23 at 6 p.m. at 4000 S. I-35, Austin 512-414-1700. www.austinisd.org Pflugerville ISD board of trustees will meet March 23 at 7 p.m. at 1401 W. Pecan St., Pflugerville 512-594-0000. www.pfisd.net Round Rock ISD board of trustees will meet March 23 at 5:30 p.m. at 300 Lake Creek Drive, Round Rock 512-464-5000. www.roundrockisd.org MEETINGS WE COVER
BY CARSON GANONG
PFLUGERVILLE ISD At a Feb. 6 board workshop, PfISD trustees reviewed and discussed the two plans for attendance boundary adjustment proposals. Previous elementary plans have been refined to a single proposal. Under the plan, Dessau Elementary School would close, and students would move to Wieland, Delco and
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HIGHLIGHTS AUSTIN ISD During a Jan. 26 meeting, the Austin ISD board of trustees approved executive search firm GR Recruiting for $42,000 to find the district’s next superintendent. The last superintendent search cost $45,000 and resulted in the hiring of former AISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde, who served the district for less than two years. ROUND ROCK ISD Action taken by the board Jan. 19 shifted the 2023-24 spring break dates to align with local colleges. The dates were moved to March 18-23 to align with local colleges. Spring break dates for 2022-23 remain unchanged, running from March 13-17.
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