BY SAMANTHA DOUTY, HANNAH JOHNSON & SAM PONTIUS
Frisco ISD hires new elementary principal Frisco ISD unanimously approved Valerie Bearden as Shawnee Trail Elementary School’s principal during an Oct. 10 board meeting. The details Bearden was most recently the assistant principal at Tadlock Elementary, a district official said. Her previous roles include teaching second, third and fourth grades, and instructional coach.
Prosper ISD joins lawsuit against TEA standards Prosper ISD officials joined more than 50 Texas school districts in a lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency. “I’m thankful for all the districts in the state of Texas who have taken this stand on behalf of Texas public schools,” Prosper ISD Superintendent Holly Ferguson said at the Sept. 18 board meeting. What’s happening? The district’s board of trustees unanimously voted to join a lawsuit against the TEA over its failure to adequately notify school districts on the changes made to the way accountability ratings are calculated as well as the lack of transparency in making the changes, according to the board’s resolution. The TEA’s failure to provide advance notice to school districts of the changes made to the A-F accountability system violated state law,
“I wish the state of Texas would ask us what the true experience of a child is in Prosper ISD. It has nothing to do with a STAAR test.” HOLLY FERGUSON, PROSPER ISD SUPERINTENDENT
the resolution stated. Per Texas Education Code 39.0542, the education commissioner is required to provide school districts with a “simple, acces- sible” document explaining the accountability performance measures, methods and procedures that will be applied to their campus performance ratings. The lack of advanced notice harmed the district, the board’s resolution stated. Other districts signing onto the lawsuit include: • Frisco ISD
“I wanted to give a shout-out to the incredible talent pool that’s coming to our district,” RENÉ ARCHAMBAULT, FRISCO ISD TRUSTEE
• McKinney ISD • Richardson ISD
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