Eric Schilling

This plan outlines Nazareth Independent School District's commitment to fostering a climate of high expectations and providing quality, equitable instruction. It focuses on achieving high academic and physical fitness standards, recruiting and retaining excellent educators, ensuring a safe and drug-free learning environment, and preparing students for future careers. The plan also emphasizes strong partnerships with parents and the community, supporting the unique learning needs of all students, and promoting active citizenship through service and extracurricular involvement. Strategies detail student progress monitoring, teacher quality, comprehensive schoolwide programs, and support for homeless students and early childhood transitions.

The 2026-2031 District of Innovation Plan for Nazareth Independent School District aims to enhance local control and flexibility by utilizing exemptions from specific Texas Education Code provisions. Key areas of innovation include modifying school-based decision-making (SBDM) processes, district improvement planning, teacher and administrator employment and appraisal policies, instructional time, class size regulations, and various operational aspects. The plan's objectives are to tailor educational practices to meet local student and community needs, ensure fiscal responsibility, retain high-quality educators, and provide a quality and safe education.

The Nazareth Independent School District's Improvement Plan outlines a strategic direction focused on providing quality and equitable instruction to prepare students for a changing future. Key strategic goals include achieving academic and physical fitness standards, recruiting and retaining excellent educators and staff, maintaining a safe and drug-free learning environment, preparing students for transitions to careers and higher education, fostering partnerships with parents and community members, supporting the unique needs of all students, and promoting active citizenship through service and extracurricular involvement.

The agenda includes a public hearing on ESSA funding, reports from the principal and superintendent, and various financial and operational items such as bank reconciliations, tax collection reports, facilities, transportation, and personnel matters. Key topics include student transfers, the District of Innovation Plan renewal, school calendar updates, construction project status, policy manual updates, insurance renewals for workers' compensation and student athletics, and an interlocal agreement with Hale County. The board will also consider potential scheduling for summer meetings.

The board conducted an emergency meeting to address community concerns regarding mask requirements and school procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussion items included a review of the Student Handbook Special Addendum for COVID-19, which was tabled for a future meeting, and the approval of the Student Handbook with the removal of the mask requirement from the dress code.