Education
BY HALEY VELASCO
Two new principals will be joining Alvin ISD for the 2024-25 school year at Hood-Case and Don Jeter elementary schools after the board approved the new positions at its March 5 board meeting. The gist The principal for Hood-Case Elementary School will be Johanna Ramírez, who has 10 years of experience at AISD and is the current assistant principal for Bel Nafegar Sanchez Elementary School, according to district documents. The principal for Don Jeter Elementary will be Victor Martinez, who has seven years of experience at AISD and is the assistant principal at Fairview Junior High School, according to district documents. Alvin ISD welcomes 2 new principals
Friendswood ISD to place SROs throughout district Schools in Friendswood ISD will have multiple school resource officers, or SROs, and armed aux- iliary officers after the board of trustees approved the additions at its March 4 meeting. What you need to know The changes are to meet the requirements for the state’s House Bill 3, which—among a number of safety requirements—calls for districts to have armed officers at all campuses during school hours, according to the bill. The bill was passed in 2023 during the state’s legislative session. FISD will hire armed auxiliary officers for each campus, according to district agenda documents. They will be hired through TABI, a company that provides certified and trained law enforcement officers to schools across the state. While some officers will be coming right out of the academy with less experience, they will have
School resource officers FISD will have four SROs across the district. The SROs will be dispersed as follows:
2 SROs at Friendswood High School
1 SRO at Friendswood Junior High
1 SRO roving through all elementary schools, which are Westwood, Windsong, C.W. Cline and Zue S. Bales
SOURCE: FRIENDSWOOD ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
all of the certifications required to be an armed auxiliary officer for the district, Superintendent Thad Roher said at the meeting. The costs for this service will be between $156,000 and $200,000, according to district documents. The estimated cost for the SROs, as well as vehi- cles and equipment, is $463,942 per year, accord- ing to district documents. This will be reduced by $80,143 after the city of Friendswood voted March 4 to pay for the fourth officer and vehicle.
Pearland ISD improves in academic performance Pearland ISD’s student academic performance in the 2022-23 school year surpassed its 2021-22 results, as well as the region and state averages. What you need to know
Percentage of students meeting grade level 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0 Pearland ISD Region 4 State 67% 68%
The performance report heavily factors in the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readi- ness, or STAAR, results. Officials said PISD looks at the “meeting grade level” percentage, which is the category above passing, as a key indicator. What else? PISD sits in Region 4, which contains close to 50 other area school districts.
49% 48% 50% 49%
The Texas Academic Performance Report, or TAPR, highlights student performance in each school and district in Texas annually, according to the Texas Education Agency, or TEA.
2021-22
2022-23
SOURCE: PEARLAND ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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