EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Coppell & Lewisville ISDs
COMPILED BY SAMANTHA DOUTY
HIGHLIGHT LEWISVILLE ISD The board of trustees approved two budget amendments during its Nov. 14 board meeting. One of the approved budget amendments added $3.22 million to the general fund budget to provide for goods and services that were authorized in the previous scal year, according to the agenda, but were not received until scal year 2022-23. The board also approved the addition of $588,538 to the child nutrition fund budget to provide goods and services that were authorized in the previous budget but were not received until FY 2022-23, according to the agenda. This is an annual administrative function needed to recognize those purchase orders. Lewisville ISD board of trustees Meets at 6 p.m. Dec. 12 and Jan. 9 at 1565 W. Main St., Lewisville. www.lisd.net Coppell ISD board of trustees Meets at 6 p.m. Dec. 12 and Jan. 23 at 200 S. Denton Tap Road, Coppell. www.coppellisd.com MEETINGS WE COVER
New member joins Coppell board
Lewisville ISD board discusses 2023 24 academic calendar LEWISVILLE ISD The board discussed four academic calendar options during its Nov. 14 meeting. The board did not vote on the calen- dar during the meeting. It will vote on an o cial 2023-24 academic calendar during its Dec. 12 board meeting. There are four calendar options a committee of students, parents and sta developed over the course of several meetings in October. The calendar must account for 75,600 instructional minutes.
COPPELL ISD The board of trustees swore in Jobby Mathew to serve as the Place 7 representative during a Nov. 14 special meeting. The need to ll Place 7 came after former Board Member Tracy Fisher resigned to run for the State Board of Education District 14 seat. She resigned Oct. 17, and it was e ective Oct. 23. The application for Place 7 was open until Nov. 1, and the board voted to appoint Mathew during a Nov. 7 meeting after receiving 14 applications, according to district o cials. Board Member Neena Biswas said during the Nov. 14 meeting she was disappointed with the board lling the position. The community wanted to vote on this candidate and did not want the board to ll this position, she said. She noted the time to le an application was also short. “I don’t believe it was a fair process,” Biswas said.
The board had three options to ll the vacancy. It could have left the spot vacant until the May 6 elec-
tion, appointed a new candidate for the spot or held a special election. Place 7 will be on the May 6 ballot even with the board replace- ment. The election will determine the person to ll the spot for the remainder of the term through May 2024; at that point, another election will be held for its full three-year term. Mathew is the principal cor- porate counsel for the Microsoft Corp. His CISD service includes being the president of the Coppell ISD Education Foundation and a current member of the 2023 CISD Bond Committee. “I am so honored to be a part of this,” Mathew said. Jobby Mathew
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The 2023-24 calendars have two potential start dates. Calendars A and B START AUG. 9 START AUG. 16 Calendars C and D
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