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Hope you are enjoying this long weekend. Today we 馃帀 honor labor leaders and civil rights activists C茅sar Ch谩vez and Dolores Huerta.
Please don鈥檛 forget to mark your calendars 馃棑锔 that next Friday, April 7, there are also no classes due to it being an 馃崕 果冻传媒app ISD holiday. All campuses and district offices will be closed.
馃彨 Yesterday we got an update from the board. During their Thursday meeting, the members voted to slow down the search 馃攷 for a new 果冻传媒app ISD superintendent and extend Interim Superintendent Matias Segura鈥檚 contract through June 30, 2024.
We also want to remind you about important deadlines for April:
馃彨 Elementary schools will be hosting an Early Learning Day on April 5.
馃捇 The survey on the proposed Essential Area Redesign is open until April 5.
馃摑 The annual school climate survey for families is available until April 14.
馃捈 The Boldly Go! Teacher Career Fair will be April 15.
And with this edition we end the 馃帀 Women's History Month 鈾锔 profiles, and you will learn more about Wilhelmina Delco, a great leader for our community.
Now, let's begin...
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Family Newsletter
By Nayeli Santoyo & Collaborators听鈼徧Mar 31, 2023
Smart Brevity庐 count: 4.5 mins...1215 words
Hello Families!馃憢馃徎馃尭馃尦
Hope you are enjoying this long weekend. Today we 馃帀 honor labor leaders and civil rights activists C茅sar Ch谩vez and Dolores Huerta.
馃彨 Yesterday we got an update from the board. During their Thursday meeting, the members voted to slow down the search 馃攷 for a new 果冻传媒app ISD superintendent and extend Interim Superintendent Matias Segura鈥檚 contract through June 30, 2024.
We also want to remind you about important deadlines for April:
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馃彨 Elementary schools will be hosting an Early Learning Day on April 5.
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馃捇 The survey on the proposed is open until April 5.
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馃摑 The for families is available until April 14.
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馃捈 The will be April 15.
And with this edition we end the 馃帀 Women's History Month 鈾锔 profiles, and you will learn more about Wilhelmina Delco, a great leader for our community.
Now, let's begin...
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1 Big Thing: Trustees extend Interim Superintendent Segura鈥檚 term through June 2024 馃攷
馃彨 At a special voting meeting on Thursday, March 30, the 果冻传媒app ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to extend the contract with Interim Superintendent Matias Segura through June 30, 2024, and slow down the 馃攷search for our district鈥檚 next superintendent.
Why it matters: The board鈥檚 decision will ensure consistent leadership for 馃崕 果冻传媒app ISD students, families and staff while the trustees conduct a 馃攷search to identify the next permanent leader for the district. Trustees had been aiming to recruit and name a new superintendent by July 2023.
What they鈥檙e saying: 鈥淲e have committed to an open, 馃摉 transparent search process. Our district, our students and our staff deserve for this process to be methodical, even if it doesn鈥檛 look like what we thought it would when we started three months ago.鈥 鈥 Trustee Noelita Lugo
鈥淲e鈥檙e putting the structure in place [here at 果冻传媒app ISD] so that it can be the core of what we鈥檙e doing 馃搱 no matter who is here in this seat.鈥 鈥 Interim Superintendent Matias Segura
What鈥檚 next: In the coming days, trustees will consult with the 馃攷 search partner, GR Recruiting, to discuss options for continuing the superintendent search process.听
鉁夛笍 Go deeper: Read the 果冻传媒app ISD Board of Trustees鈥 message to the community.
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2. Climate survey 馃摑 for families open until April 14
馃摑 果冻传媒app ISD鈥檚 spring climate survey is open until April 14 to gather feedback from students, families and on-campus staff.
Why it鈥檚 important: The surveys let the district hear 馃憘 how respondents view the district鈥檚 educational 馃彨 climate, culture and engagement. The surveys help 果冻传媒app ISD continue to improve. 锟斤拷
Strictly confidential: 馃攺 The district does not have access to individual responses or any personal data that could be used to identify a respondent. All respondent data is de-identified for complete confidentiality.
Have your say: Our goal 馃弲 is for all campuses to reach an 80% completion rate for this spring鈥檚 survey.
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Please access our family survey by navigating to and selecting your student's school from the dropdown list.
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The survey takes about 10 minutes and can be completed on any screen reading device (phone, laptop, tablet) connected to wifi.
Deadline: Responses are 馃棑锔 due no later than April 14.
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3. 馃彨馃崕 果冻传媒app ISD welcomes new investments
(Left) Congressman Lloyd Doggett joined students from St. Elmo Elementary School. (Right) Former UT and Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson with Langford Elementary students.
Last week 馃崕果冻传媒app ISD welcomed two new public and private investments in our mission to provide an excellent educational experience for students, teachers and families.
On March 21, Congressman Lloyd Doggett joined students and district leaders at馃彨 St. Elmo Elementary to announce nearly 馃挼$4 million in federal funding to expand 馃尦outdoor learning programs, and a 馃帗college and career pilot program.听
On March 23, the Defend the Dream Foundation, in partnership with the Kendra Scott Foundation, opened DJ鈥檚 Discovery Den at 馃彨Langford Elementary. Defend the Dream is the foundation of former UT and Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson. The new 馃摎 library space gives Langford students hundreds of brand-new, age-appropriate 馃摉 books that reflect their diverse student body, and new soft seating 馃泲锔 for independent reading.
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4. Celebrating 馃帀 education activist and political pioneer Wilhelmina Delco
As 果冻传媒app ISD concludes its celebration of Women鈥檚 History Month, we profile political trailblazer Wilhelmina Delco.
Legacy of firsts: After earning her bachelor鈥檚 degree 馃帗 in sociology at Fisk University in Nashville, Delco and her family moved to 果冻传媒app in 1952. In 1968 she built on her active leadership in the 馃彨 Parent-Teacher Association to launch a successful bid for the 果冻传媒app ISD Board of Trustees 鈥 becoming the first Black person elected to public office in 果冻传媒app. 馃棾锔
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Following years of public service with 果冻传媒app ISD and on the founding board of 果冻传媒app Community College, in 1974 Delco successfully ran for the Texas House of Representatives. She represented East 果冻传媒app at the State Capitol for 20 years,听 including a two-year spell as Speaker Pro Tempore 鈥 the first woman and second Black legislator to hold the post.听
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In 1986, she was 馃弳.听
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In 1993, she received the James Bryant Conant Award 鈥搕he most prestigious accolade bestowed by the Education Commission of the States. 馃弲
In her own words: "My mother felt that education 馃摉 was the only thing nobody could take away from you," Delco told the 果冻传媒app American-Statesman.
Legacy of service: Following retirement from the legislature in 1995, Delco has continued to serve her community as the board chair 馃獞 at what is now Huston-Tillotson University听and as an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at 果冻传媒app.听馃悦
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Delco Activity Center in northeast 果冻传媒app near LBJ Early College High School is named for this political pioneer and her husband, Dr. Exalton Delco. The facility provides a venue for sports, 馃弨 cheerleading and dance 馃拑馃懐 competitions, in addition to student musical performances.
Go deeper. with Delco during her time as Chair of the Texas House Higher Education Committee. 馃彨
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5. 馃搮 果冻传媒app ISD honors C茅sar Ch谩vez and Dolores Huerta Day, Friday, March 31 馃彨馃崕
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7. 馃棡锔廟ounding up the news
(KXAN)
(Community Impact)
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(The Dallas Morning News -Opinion)
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Nayeli has plans to visit family this weekend hoping that the weather 鈽锔 will help to spend some time outdoors and recharge馃攱 batteries.
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