During a called Special Board Meeting on April 27, the Lewisville ISD (LISD) Board of Trustees unanimously approved naming LISD current Interim Superintendent and Chief Operations Officer Dr. Kevin Rogers as the lone finalist for LISD’s Superintendent to serve the district’s nearly 53,000 students and more than 6,500 staff members.
Congratulations Dr. Rogers!
The MHS College Fair is Monday evening. 7:00 – 8:30p in the Marcus cafeteria. Over 50 colleges, universities, and other schools will be represented. This is a great way for sophomores and juniors to begin the college process.
Here are the schools that will be attending.
Just a reminder that our final Membership Meeting will be next Tuesday, April 21, 2015 @ 9:30a in Marcus 9 Library Classroom (9209)! We have two main business items: election of the 2015-16 Board and setting a starting budget for next year.
Here are the nominees for the 2015-2016 Marcus HS PSTA board.
You may run from the floor if you are interested in any of these positions.
- President – Lorna Gibson
- VP 1 – Ways & Means – open
- VP 2 – Membership – Kelly Thien
- VP 3 – Publicity – open
- Secretary – Andrea Dickson
- Treasurer – Monika Brink
#justdrive
Vouchers Bills To Be Voted On In Senate Education Committee Tuesday, April 7
Write Your Senator or Call Your Senator
and Oppose Senate Bills 4, 276 and 642
BACKGROUND: Voucher bills have been debated in Texas since the mid ’90s. Texas PTA supports educational choices within public schools, while opposing voucher systems, tuition credits, and taxpayer savings grants for nonpublic school tuition and other education-related expenses.
Voucher programs use public money to fund private schools that are not accountable to taxpayers, nor are they required to teach the state’s curriculum or participate in the state’s assessment program.
School choice already exists in Texas, with transfers from one public school to another, magnet schools, and charter schools. Texas PTA supports expansion of public school choice.
SB 4 by Sen. Larry Taylor – would create Education Tuition Grants administered by TEA Commissioner. Grants are awarded to be used to pay the costs of attending private school. Grants will pay tuition costs at private school in an amount that is the lesser of tuition paid or 75% of state ADA per student. A participating private school could not be required to comply with any state law or rule regarding the school’s educational program. A taxable entity could apply for a franchise tax credit for money contributed.
SB 276 by Campbell – creates a “taxpayer savings grant program” that would reimburse a parent or legal guardian for all or part of the cost of private school tuition for their student. 60% of state ADA per student is granted. Businesses contributing to the program receive a tax credit.
SB 642 by Bettencourt – would allow a business to receive a tax credit for contributions to that would be used to partially fund the cost of private school tuition for eligible students. The bill would establish a maximum scholarship amount an organization could award a student using money contributed by an entity that receives a tax credit in return.
We urge you to write your senator or call you senator to oppose these bills that would take needed taxpayer dollars away from public schools and send them to private schools that are unaccountable to the state.
Note: The April PEP has been moved to May.
The next Parent Education Program (PEP) is scheduled for Wednesday, May 6, 2015. The topic is Creating Resilient Teens—Teaching our kids how to cope. A parent, student, and local therapist will share information on helping kids cope with stress and depression. They will also share their personal stories.
The session begins at 6:00 P.M. in the Marcus Main Library.
Free babysitting service is available during the session.
Darkness is coming for an hour on Saturday. The World Wildlife Fund’s annual Earth Hour is celebrating its 9th anniversary this weekend.
Earth Hour was famously started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia in 2007. Since then it has grown to engage more than 162 countries and territories worldwide. Earth Hour 2015 is on 28 March 2015, 8:30 pm.
Watch Live! – just not at 8:30p 🙂
The next Parent Education Program (PEP) is scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, 2015. The topic is Creating Resilient Teens—Teaching our kids how to cope. The session begins at 6:00 P.M. in the Marcus Main Library.
Free babysitting service is available during the session.
Here are the nominees for the 2015-2016 Marcus HS PSTA board. The election will take place on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 @ 9:30a at the final Membership Meeting of the year. You may run from the floor if you are interested in any of these positions. Big thanks to the nominating committee (Melanie, Andrea, & Gina)!
- President – Lorna Gibson
- VP 1 – Ways & Means – open (update 3/25)
- VP 2 – Membership – Kelly Thien
- VP 3 – Publicity – open
- Secretary – Andrea Dickson
- Treasurer – Monika Brink
Election: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 @ 9:30a in Marcus 9 Library Classroom (9209)
Alert: Call Your Senator and Urge Him or Her to Support SB 149!
SB 149 by Sen. Kel Seliger is a critical bill that was the sole focus of the Senate Education Committee hearing on Thursday, February 19.
It is urgent that this bill pass as soon as possible in order to benefit the students in the class of 2015 who have passed all of their courses but failed one or more EOC exams. SB 149 would allow school districts and charter schools to create individual graduation committees for students to determine whether a student qualifies to graduate despite failing to pass one or more EOCs.
SB 149 would allow school districts and charter schools to create individual graduation committees for students to determine whether a student qualifies to graduate despite failing to pass one or more EOCs. The committee is modeled after Grade Placement Committees in grades 5 and 8.
For this Action Alert – call your State Senator!
