EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Carroll, Grapevine-Carroll ISDs
HIGHLIGHTS GRAPEVINE COLLEYVILLE ISD The district posted a tentative schedule for the superintendent search timeline on its website. The application deadline was Feb. 6, and the trustees will review applications Feb. 10-13. Best quali ed applicants will be selected Feb. 14, and the initial round of interviews will be Feb. 20-22. Follow up interviews are planned for Feb. 26-March 1, and the board expects to name the lone nalist March 2. The board will vote to hire the nalist March 23 with a preferred start date on April 1. CARROLL ISD Two facilities were renamed during the Carroll ISD board of trustees meeting Jan. 23. The football eld at Dragon Stadium will now be called The Bob Ledbetter Field, while the Carroll ISD Aquatic Center is renamed the Elise Cerami Aquatic Center. Ledbetter was the Dragons’ football coach from 1979-1996 and won three state titles. Cerami was slated to join the varsity swim team but died in an accidental drowning in June 2016 at the pool that will bear her name. CARROLL ISD Fourth graders will be getting new iPads with keyboard cases, and the district is updating its network/server storage for a little more than $1 million. The funding will come from 2017 Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds. The iPads will be needed for State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness this spring. Carroll ISD Will meet at 5 p.m. Feb. 27 Carroll ISD Administration Center, 2400 N. Carroll Ave. www.southlakecarroll.edu Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 27 Grapevine-Colleyville ISD MEETINGS WE COVER
Three board of trustees spots up for election in May
BY CODY THORN
can be found on the district’s website, www.gcisd.net. CISD’s spots up for election include places 1, 2 and 3, held by Michelle Moore, Eric Lannen and Sheri Mills, respectively. All three ran unopposed in 2020 and won spots. To learn more about quali cations to le in CISD, infor- mation can be found at www.southlakecarroll.edu. DATES TO KNOW Learn more about the upcoming local election.
GRAPEVINE COLLEYVILLE ISD & CARROLL ISD The districts will each have three spots on the board of trustees that expire this spring and will be up for election. Residents could begin ling to run for those positions on either school board of trustees Jan. 18, and lings will run through Feb. 17. Early voting begins April 24 and runs through May 2. The general election will be May 6. The GCISD elections will be for places 5, 6 and 7. These spots are held by Coley Canter, Casey Ford and Jose Rodriguez, respectively. Canter and Ford, who is the board president this school year, were rst elected in 2020. Rodriguez has been on the board since 2008 and the board president three times. More information on the quali cations to run in GCISD
Feb. 17 School board lings close
April 24 Early voting begins
May 2 Early voting ends
May 6 Election day
SOURCE: TARRANT COUNTY ELECTIONS COMMUNITY IMPACT
Budget shortfall projected to be more than $6.3 million
BY CODY THORN
Carroll ISD trustees discussed priorities. (Hannah Johnson/Community Impact)
GRAPEVINE COLLEYVILLE ISD Interim Chief Financial O cer Rich- ard Matkin presented information during the Jan. 23 meeting showing the district is looking at an estimated shortfall of $6.3 million. Revenues are projected to be $4.5 million less, and expenditures are $2.5 million more than budgeted. Lower-than-expected attendance is part of the issue, according to Matkin. The budget was made with an average daily attendance projection of 13,293 students, but the average has been around 12,772, according to district documents. This metric is used to determine state funding for the district.
School safety, nance key for 88th session
BY HANNAH JOHNSON
The change in student allotment would come from changing the funding formula to be based on enrollment, rather than average daily attendance. During the meet- ing, Trustee Hannah Smith said the district is facing a $6 million shortfall next scal year. “As a district we are certainly in a situation where we could utilize those dollars to continue the success that we have on a regular basis,” Superintendent Lane Ledbetter said.
CARROLL ISD Getting more funding per student is a main goal for Carroll ISD in the 88th Texas Legislature that started Jan. 10 in Austin. The CISD board of trustees unanimously approved legislative priorities for the session at its Jan. 23 meeting. These priorities covered school safety, student services, nance and funding, special programs, and curriculum and instruction.
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GRAPEVINE COLLEYVILLE SOUTHLAKE EDITION • FEBRUARY 2023
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