Education
BY MARK FADDEN & COLBY FARR
Education Edition
2024
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Education Edition! This guide features the latest updates and resources about local K-12 public school options in your community, ranging from new campuses to budget details to bond elections. All of the stories were written by our team of local journalists, and all of the advertisements are from nearby businesses who support our mission to provide free, useful news—show them your gratitude by supporting them. In this year’s education guide, we take a deeper look into enrollment statistics, STAAR Results and the Tarrant County Appraisal District’s revisions and its e ects on Grapevine- Colleyville ISD and Carroll ISD. This issue also discusses the career and technical education (CTE) programs in our school districts and their invaluable worth for students, businesses and communities. On behalf of your local Community Impact team, we wish all our students, teachers and professional sta a wonderful year ahead!
What's inside
Tarrant Appraisal District board approves reappraisal plan (Page 11)
Lexi Canivel General Manager lcanivel@ communityimpact.com
STAAR passage rates decrease for grades 3 8 over last year (Page 13)
Get to know new GCISD board member Dalia Begin (Page 15)
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GCISD extends o cer agreements with Colleyville, Grapevine School resource o cers have been locked in for Grapevine-Colleyville ISD’s 2024-25 school year and beyond after the board of trustees took action July 29. In a nutshell The amendments guarantee eight school resources o cers from Colleyville and 12 school resource o cers, including a sergeant to over- see operations, from Grapevine, according to the meeting agenda. The district’s agreement with Colleyville will automatically renew each year through the 2027-28 school year under the amendment. Meanwhile, the district’s agreement with Grapevine should carry through to 2030, Chief Operations O cer Paula Barbaroux said. The
Carroll ISD approves new superintendent The Carroll ISD board of trustees unani- mously approved hiring Jeremy Glenn as the district’s new superintendent Aug. 26. What you need to know Carroll ISD board members named Glenn as the lone nalist in the district’s superin- tendent search Aug. 5. During his president’s report at the board’s regular meeting June 24, board President Cameron Bryan said the job posting for the superintendent position closed June 15, and the district received 25 applications. Current Carroll ISD Superintendent Lane Ledbetter announced his plans to retire, which goes into e ect Dec. 31, in a commu- nity email April 26. Glenn will o cially begin his role as superintendent Sept. 1.
School Resource O cer Trey Toney walks Heritage Elementary School’s hallways during class hours Aug. 14.
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amendment does not specify the length of time the agreement will be in place, according to the meeting agenda. Grapevine will also provide a roving SRO to cover for any absences as well as a sergeant to supervise. “We have such amazing partners in our city entities, and we’re excited to continue that SRO partnership,” Superintendent Brad Schnautz said.
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