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News from Lone Star College and Tomball & Magnolia ISDs
Tomball ISD board of trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. March 7 at 310 S. Cherry St., Tomball. 281-357-3100. www.tomballisd.net Magnolia ISD board of trustees will meet at 6:30 p.m. March 20 at 11659 FM 1488, Magnolia. 281-356-3571. www.magnoliaisd.org MEETINGS WE COVER HIGHLIGHTS TOMBALL ISD During its Feb. 7 regular meeting, the Tomball ISD board of trustees unanimously approved the 2024-25 instructional calendar. In the 2024-25 school year, the rst day of school will be Aug. 14, 2024, with the last day of school set for May 22, 2025. LONE STAR COLLEGE Stephen Head, the chancellor of the Lone Star College System, announced in a Jan. 10 news release that he will retire Aug. 1. Head started at LSCS in 1984, serving as president of three campuses and executive vice chancellor before becoming chancellor in 2014. The LSCS board of trustees will begin conducting a search for its fth chancellor by forming a search committee and selecting a search consultant.
2023 24 calendar set in Magnolia
LSCS records 3% spring enrollment increase
and improve teacher retention rates. “I think this is a great answer to attracting and keeping great talent,” Trustee Dacia Owens said. Bullock said to execute this longer fall break, the calendar will add ve minutes to the school day and set aside three days for bad weather. Therefore, according to Execu- tive Director of Communications Denise Meyers, dismissal for high school and junior high students will be at 2:30 p.m.; intermediate students will be dismissed at 3:15 p.m.; and elementary students will be dismissed at 3:45 p.m. The last day of school is May 24.
BY PEYTON MACKENZIE
BY CASSANDRA JENKINS
MAGNOLIA ISD The board of trustees approved the district’s calendar for the upcoming 2023-24 school year at its Feb. 13 meeting with the rst day of school for students being Aug. 9. The calen- dar was approved by the board 7-1 with Trustee Jay Michals opposing the motion. Deputy Superintendent Jason Bullock said the 2023-24 calendar includes a weeklong fall break in October to match other districts
LONE STAR COLLEGE The Lone Star College System recorded 3% enrollment growth this spring over spring 2022, LSCS announced Feb. 2. According to a news release, enroll- ment climbed from 78,463 to 80,595 students year over year. However, according to a report by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, spring enrollment in most Texas two-year public colleges fell 6% from 2021 to 2022. The LSC CyFair campus saw one of the largest increases in spring enrollment, data shows, growing from 20,220 to 20,643 students year over year. The launch of LSCS’ eighth campus, LSC Online, also boosted spring enrollment with 4,291 stu- dents enrolled. However, enrollment decreased at the other ve campuses: Montgom- ery, North Harris, University Park, Tomball and Houston North.
DATES TO KNOW The 2023-24 calendar for Magnolia ISD adds ve minutes to the school day to accommodate a weeklong fall break.
AUG. 9
OCT. 9 13
NOV. 20 24
DEC. 21 JAN. 3
MARCH 11 15
MAY 24
First day of school
Fall break
Thanksgiving break
Christmas break
Spring break
Last day of school
SOURCE: MAGNOLIA ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
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