Education
BY SIERRA MARTIN
New Braunfels ISD considers $313M bond New Braunfels ISD will potentially call a $313 million bond election in May, if approved by the board of trustees. The bond election will include funding for Phase 2 of the New Braunfels High School redesign, a stadium and track at Long Creek High School, and various other projects throughout the district. If the May bond remains under $315 million, there will be no increase in the tax rate for taxpay- ers in the district, according to NBISD o cials. The backstory In September, over 80 members who made up the bond planning committee were tasked with considering potential projects to recommend to the board of trustees for a future bond election. “There’s no facility in the district that is not ben- e ting from this proposal, and it gives us two high schools to be proud of versus having a brand-new
Update to sexuality curriculum approved A new human sexuality curriculum for New Braunfels ISD students in grades 6-8 was approved by the board of trustees on Dec. 11. The new human sexuality curricu- lum will be delivered to middle school stu- dents whose parents choose to opt into the instruction, according to district o cials. The details In April 2022, the board adopted a reso- lution to assemble the local School Health Advisory Council to recommend a new curriculum, due to the course being out of date, according to NBISD o cials. According to NBISD o cials, instructional materials are required by law to teach absti- nence as the only method of birth control that is 100% e ective.
New Braunfels High School will have an academic wing wrapping around Unicorn Stadium.
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one and one that needs lots of help,” Committee Chair Brandon Dietert said. Based on the recommendation made by the NBISD Bond Planning Committee, the bond would be split into three propositions: • Proposition A: high school campus major projects, $267 million • Proposition B: technology, $3 million • Proposition C: athletic facility projects, $42.5 million
Comal ISD considers 2024 25 academic calendar Guidance from the state along with feedback from the District Educational Improvement Council, sta and stakeholders is helping shape the 2024-25 academic calendar in Comal ISD. The proposed calendars are based on multiple guidelines that are trying to be met, including not starting the school year on a Monday, having a full-week break for Thanksgiving and having the last day of school before Memorial Day. Zooming in
Comparing options
Option 1
Option 2
Teachers start Students start Calendar days
Aug. 5 Aug. 15 May 21 May 22 Two bad weather days
Aug. 8 Aug. 20 May 22 May 23 No bad weather days
Some survey participants’ feedback was that the school year started too early and they did not like spring break placed in the third week of March. “We may come up with a new calendar for Jan. 25 [at the next school board meeting]; that could be a possibility,” CISD Superintendent John Chapman III said.
Last day of school Teacher workday Weather days
SOURCE: COMAL ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
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