December 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

Description:  Action Required

Description:  Mr. Hinton and I visited with the school attorney and this is the recommended legal revision to BED (LOCAL) for your review.

Description:  Snyder ISD does not have an educational need for Travis Gym. We plan to solicit bids to see if there is any interest in purchasing the property. Any bids will be presented to the Board for consideration at a future meeting.

Description:  After considering the options, the potential partnership opportunities have been narrowed down to UTPB and Texas Tech. Both offer financially competitive programs, high levels of support, and are regionally located. A second round of meetings have been scheduled with both, and we will present information at the board meeting.

Description:  During the compensation and stipend review process last summer, the GT stipend was inadvertently left off of the stipend schedule. This $500 stipend has been on the stipend schedule for the last 10+ years. We are requesting to add it back to the stipend schedule.

The Board recently approved adding PLC Lead Stipends for RLA and Math to the stipend schedule. We are requesting the PLC Lead Stipend to also include Science. 

Description:  This agreement authorizes data sharing with Texas Tech University as we continue our research partnership. 

Description:  I recommend the attached list of certified personnel for approval. Both employees are pursuing Principal certification, and are being offered a 12-month classroom teaching contract, moving from a 10-month teaching contract to align with all Assistant Principals.

Description:  The TEA has rebranded the Amplify, Eureka, and Carnegie curricula and named it Bluebonnet Learning. The State Board of Education recently approved the Bluebonnet Learning curriculum. Snyder ISD has engaged in the Amplify, Eureka, and Carnegie curricula over the last three years through the Learning Acceleration Support Opportunities (LASO) Program and received around $1,000,000 in grant funds through Cycle 1 and Cycle 2. The LASO Cycle 3 grant application is due on Friday, December 13th, but, LASO Cycle 3 no longer supports Amplify, Eureka, and Carnegie curricula. If Snyder ISD continues with the Amplify, Eureka, and Carnegie curricula, we will not receive LASO Cycle 3 funding and we will fund the curricula on our own. However, LASO Cycle 3 does support and provide significant funding for the Bluebonnet Learning curriculum. In review of the Bluebonnet Learning curriculum, most of the lessons are identical to the Amplify, Eureka, and Carnegie lessons and should not create a significant change in instructional implementation. I am in full support of the Bluebonnet Learning curriculum as it mirrors Amplify, Eureka, and Carnegie and continues the curriculum stability and consistency we have been working toward over the past three years. 

Description:  May 3, 2025, Election-Deadline to File Applications for Place on the Ballot-January 15, 2025-February 14, 2025.

2 At-Large Places up for election - Haley Leatherwood and Lauren Collier

Description:  You will receive a packet with instructions and forms to complete the Superintendent's Evaluation for the January 2025 Board meeting.