EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Comal, Judson & Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISDs
DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS JUDSON ISD During the Jan. 24 meeting, board trustees reviewed the district’s Dyslexia program and found it to be in compliance with all areas required by the program. The district hopes to improve the program with additional staff and support. SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-UNIVERSAL CITY ISD The 2022-26 strategic planning process for the district will begin in February and will include a newly-hired chief financial officer. The district’s current CFO, Wayne Pruski, is retiring at the end of the semester after serving for 28 years. SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-UNIVERSAL CITY ISD The Teacher Incentive Allotment Committee continues to work on its final incentive plan and is weighing the effects on staff morale, student success, and the validity and reliability of survey data. JUDSON ISD Officials recently announced administration changes across the district. Miller’s Point Elementary School named its new principal, Joshua Ellis. Judson Early College Academy and Veterans Memorial High School have named new principals, Greg Brauer and Sue Arredondo, respectively. The school district, located on San Antonio’s North Side, also named its new director of athletics, Carl Pointer. Scherts-Cibolo-Universal City ISD will meet Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. 1060 Elbel Road, Schertz 210-945-6200 www.scuc.txed.net/scucisd Judson ISD will meet Feb. 17 at 6 p.m. 8205 Palisades Drive, Live Oak 210-945-5100 • www.judsonisd.org Comal ISD will meet Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. 1404 N. I-35, New Braunfels 830-221-2000 • www.comalisd.org MEETINGSWE COVER
Judson ISD reviews 2021-22 district improvement plan
STRIVING FOR SUCCESS Judson ISD’s improvement plan guides improvement of student performance and meeting state standards. Goal 1: Students meet or exceed grade-level standards and are college, career or military ready. Goal 2: Students and staff will feel involved, connected, supported, safe and valued in their pursuit of excellence. Goal 3: Families and the community will be involved. Goal 4: Judson ISD will grow leaders and sustain the growth of outstanding leaders over time. Goal 5: Judson ISD will model kindness and empathy when interacting with students, families and the community. are critically behind, and then— when we look at it again in February—determining if we are on track to meet that goal,” Diaz Martinez said. Chief Innovation Officer Cecilia Davis explained that goals vary by department, and lower percentages could still be considered on track. “There might be some goals set by an outside entity,” Davis said. “The outside entity would determine where we are during the goal.” To better monitor meeting goals, trustees requested that the plan be brought back quarterly rather than annually.
BY JARRETT WHITENER
JUDSON ISD During a Jan. 24 board of trustees meeting, Judson ISD reviewed the 2021-22 district improvement plan. This plan helps guide district departments and cam- puses to improve student performance to meet required state standards. In the plan, JISD has five goals laid out, each with different strategies that are given a percentage value based on a formative review. Superintendent Jeanette Ball said goals and strategies are created by working with departments and using cam- pus improvement plans to feed into the district plan. “Each of the departments work on their specific area, and we also take it to our site-based management commit- tee to look at those goals,” Ball said. “It is a process that we go through from the departments, the site-based manage- ment and then the board.” Trustee Rafael Diaz Martinez, Jr. asked about the percentage breakdown and whether the lower percentages are critical enough to be addressed. “At what point do we start identifying that some of these
SCUCISD temporarily raises substitute pay Comal ISD considers May bond proposal BY TRICIA SCHWENNESEN
IS YOUR BUSINESS HIRING? ADVERTISE IN COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER’S MARKETPLACE . day of the school year. Certified teachers, registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses will earn $125 per day. Degreed professionals will earn $115, and non-certified profession- als with 60 or more college credits will earn $105, and paraprofession- als will earn $80 per day. Teacher and nurse substitutes who accept assignments on Mondays and Fridays will earn $25 extra those days. Paraprofes- sionals will be paid an extra $10 on Mondays and Fridays.
SCHERTZ-CIBOLO- UNIVERSALCITY ISD Clark Ealy, superintendent for Schertz-Cibo- lo-Universal City ISD, told trustees at a Jan. 18 meeting that COVID-19 continues to have a negative effect on staffing at area schools. Teaching positions remain unfilled and there is also a short- age of substitutes but the district rolled out a new plan to attract more help. The temporary rate increase took effect Jan. 24 and will remain in place until the last
BY LAUREN CANTERBERRY
COMAL ISD The Comal ISD board discussed at its Jan. 25 meeting a possible May bond that would consist almost entirely of projects that failed to get voters’ approval in November 2021. The total cost would fall between $67.1 and $105.65 million. If plans move forward, the district must call for the bond election by Feb. 18. The board is slated to hold a special meeting Feb. 15 to make a final decision.
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