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DISTRICT HIGHLIGHT COMAL ISD The district has formed a mental health task force composed of counselors, teachers, nurses, administrators and parents that will meet to identify mental health- related stressors among students. In January the group shared a survey with students, teachers and parents to identify key stressors. Comal ISD Meets Feb. 24 and March 31 at 6 p.m. at the CISD District Office, 1404 N. I-35, New Braunfels. 830-221-2000 • www.comalisd.org New Braunfels ISD Meets Feb. 7 and March 7 at 7 p.m. at the NBISD Administration Center, 1000 N. Walnut Ave., New Braunfels. 830-643-5705 • www.nbisd.org MEETINGSWE COVER NUMBER TOKNOW in grant awarded to 18 Comal ISD teachers through the Comal Education Foundation’s fall prize program. The funding will benefit initiatives at 12 campuses across the district. $56,000 funding was
Early childhood center named finalist in education award NEWBRAUNFELS ISD The dis- trict’s Lone Star Early Childhood Center has been named a finalist in the annual H-E-B Excellence in Education Early Childhood Award. The school is one of five finalists and will receive $5,000 for being named a finalist, according to an NBISD press release. “Lone Star is so honored to have been selected as one of the state finalists for this award,” Lone Star Principal Heather Salas said in the release. “I couldn’t be more proud of the staff here at Lone Star for the work they do each day to shape the minds and hearts of our little Unicorns!” Winners of the competition will be announced April 30 in Austin, and the winning school will receive $25,000. A panel of judges will visit each school to tour the campuses and talk
Districts tackling bus driver shortage COMAL&NEWBRAUNFELS ISDS On Jan. 4, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced a plan to temporarily waive part of the com- mercial driver’s license skills test in an effort to alleviate labor shortages among school bus drivers. If the waivers are approved by the Texas Department of Public Safety, the test that requires applicants to identify engine components will be temporarily waived while all other components of the written and road test will remain. Comal and New Braunfels ISDs have been experiencing bus driver shortages throughout the year, according to district officials, and CISD staff are developing a plan to address the issue. CISD tests its own drivers, said Steve Stanford, assistant superin- tendent of communications and organizational alignment for CISD, though the district reportedly has not had any applicants recently.
EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FINALISTS Each year, H-E-B awards one school $25,000 through the Excellence in Education Early Childhood Award. Below are the statewide finalists. Austin Achieve Public Schools Austin Bryan’s House Dallas Lone Star Early Childhood Center New Braunfels Melinda Webb School Houston Small Steps Nurturing Center Houston
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with administration, staff, parents and community members in order to determine the overall winner. The award program began in 2002, and H-E-B has since awarded more than $12 million in funding to benefit prekindergarten Texas public schools and to enhance readiness programs for children entering kindergarten.
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