News from Conroe, Magnolia and Tomball ISDs EDUCATION BRIEFS
New Conroe ISD audit manager chosen to look at savings options in district
Magnolia ISD safety upgrades, bus tracking to begin in 2020
safety cents $ HB 3 HOUSE BILL 3: The school finance reformbill allocated $11.6 billion to reform the way public school districts are funded. It also created a school safety allotment of about $9.72 per student in each district, Magnolia ISD officials said. For school safety, Magnolia ISD received approximately $125,000
TOMBALL ISD Work on security upgrades at Magnolia, Magnolia West and Magnolia Junior high schools will begin during the district’s holiday break, which begins Dec. , and be completed by the time students return to school Jan. , MISD Assistant Superintendent of Admin- istration Jason Bullock said. “The security upgrades add an extra layer of safety and security, while still allowing the entrance to the campus to be warm and welcoming,” Magnolia West Principal Ben King said in an email. At both high schools, the district plans to install a security vestibule with doors near the library and a roll-down gate, Bolluck said. At Magnolia Junior High the district will construct a new front entrance with dual-entry doors on either side of a security window, Bull- ock said. He said construction will take longer than the high school upgrades, as he anticipates needing construction permits from the city of Magnolia. “We believe this will do what we’re trying to accomplish, which is to have secure entrances at the front of these three schools,” he said. The district will also begin a , GPS tracking service for its vehicles in January, Direc- tor of Communications Denise Meyers said.
negotiate contracts by com- paring oers from various contractors. “One of the things is we’ve built enough elementary schools now, and we feel maybe the risk is a lot less,” Hayden said. “We want to really look at the numbers, do some other auditing and see if there would be savings and what that savings would be.” According to CISD’s web- site, the internal audit depart- ment helps the district with “analyses, appraisals, rec- ommendations, counsel and information concerning the activities reviewed.” Hayden said he wants the district to be “risk-focused, not fund-fo- cused.” His department will use what remains of the year to audit current activity funds as well as review high school projects.
CONROE ISD A er a suc- cessful bond election Nov. , Conroe ISD welcomed its new internal audit manager. On Nov. , the CISD Audit Committee heard from its new internal auditor, Brian Hayden, a former contractor with Houston ISD with years of auditing experience.
The safety allotment is split between improvements at:
“WEWANT TO REALLY LOOK AT THE NUMBERS ... AND SEE IF THERE WOULD BE SAVINGS.”
MAGNOLIA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
• New front entrance • Dual-entry doors • Security guard
• Center security window with
buzzer-controlled doors
— BRIAN HAYDEN, CONROE ISD INTERNAL AUDIT MANAGER
MAGNOLIA HIGH SCHOOL ANDMAGNOLIAWEST HIGH SCHOOL
Hayden said the rst thing he will look for will be con- struction risk for elementary schools, looking for potential savings by switching to a competitive sealed proposal, which means the district may
• Security vestibule at front entrances • Roll-down gates in reception areas • Buzz-in doors • New attendance windows • Thick glass around reception areas SOURCE:MAGNOLIA ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACTNEWSPAPER NOTE:SPECIFICPROJECTCOSTSNOTAVAILABLE
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