GISD officially cancels board election

GONZALES — Now that flu season has ended, Gonzales Independent School District is back up to 96 percent enrollment just in time for Spring Break and spring testing, GISD Superintendent Dr. Kimberly Strozier reported to GISD Board of Trustees Monday night.

The GISD Board of Trustees met for a short regularly-scheduled monthly meeting to hear Strozier's report and to go over GISD business, such as the approval of Certification of Unopposed Candidates for District 3, Dist. 5 and Dist. 6., for the May 6 Trustee Elections.

With the seats unopposed, the next item for approval was the Cancelation of the May Election, declaring Glenn Menking, Dist.3; Ross Hendershot III, Dist. 5; and Sue Gottwald Dist. 6 elected.

The board approved the annually-required Texas Essential Knowledge and Skill (TEKS) Certification for the 2017-18 Instructional Material Allotment. TEKS is Texas' State Board of Education adopted curriculum and requires a guarantee that all materials purchased will be for the teaching of the TEKS curriculum.

The Board approved the ISD calendar for the 2017-18 school year, Strozier said the calendar will include 176 instructional days, 187 teacher work days and one bad weather day – which is traditionally used for the annual stock show.

The board approved the 2017-18 annual agreement with Nixon-Smiley Consolidated ISD to continue with the Interlocal Cooperative Arrangement with the Cooperative Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP) and the Level III DAEP. Strozier said the agreement was made last year and has worked well with GISD. The level III DAEP is in line with the Floresville ISD JJEAP, so parents with students in need of DAEP will have a shorter drive to Smiley, rather than all the way to Floresville and save the district $4,000.

Trustees also approved: Gonzales High School Visual Design and Graphic Animation getting an equipment upgrade; Texas Association of School Boards Media Honor Roll, naming recipients Kathryn Penrose, from The Gonzales Inquirer and Janet Grojean, from Texas Public Radio.