Gerri Butler

The Sabinal Independent School District's PK High-Quality Family Engagement Plan outlines a strategy to foster robust family and community partnerships, emphasizing the mutual responsibility of families, schools, and communities to support student learning and achievement. The plan focuses on six core components: facilitating family-to-family support, establishing a network of community resources, increasing family participation in decision-making, equipping families with tools to enhance and extend learning, developing staff skills in evidence-based practices that support families, and continuously evaluating family engagement efforts. Its primary goal is to accelerate literacy acquisition, improve attendance, and position Pre-K students for a successful educational trajectory, aligning with the district's mission of 'Making Excellence an Everyday Event'.

The board meeting agenda includes the canvassing of election returns, the swearing-in of new board members, and the reorganization of board officers. Recognitions will be presented to a state qualifier and recipients of the Teacher Incentive Allotment, along with a presentation on a child nutrition conference. The board will review a technology work order report and an investment report, receive an announcement regarding school board training hours, consider a seatbelt resolution, and hear the superintendent's report covering attendance, enrollment, and graduation details.

The board meeting agenda includes discussion items on investment reports, a technology work order report, the 2025-2026 instructional material allotment and TEKS certification, the district of innovation plan, and superintendent hiring authority. Key information items cover enrollment and attendance updates, election return canvassing, vacancy reports, and upcoming board training. Further topics include textbook adoption, Ideal Impact, TASB policy updates, health services, and the creation of a special education self-contained position. A closed session will be held for the deliberation of personnel matters, including contracts for teachers, professional support staff, and new hires, followed by potential action in open session.

The agenda includes a workshop for the 2025-2026 proposed budget and public commentary. Items for consideration involve investment reports, a review of technology work orders, and the approval of the 2025-2026 board meeting calendar. Informational topics cover enrollment and attendance updates, staff vacancy reports, board goal status, student assessment scores, the Save the Children literacy grant, and nominations for the financial audit committee. Action items include the reorganization of the board and the establishment of a depository contract. Additionally, the board will deliberate on personnel matters, specifically the elementary principal contract, during a closed session, followed by potential action in open session.

This document outlines the Sabinal Independent School District's Cybersecurity Plan, designed to ensure the secure use and handling of all district data, computer systems, and equipment by students, patrons, and employees. The plan focuses on technology security, physical security, network security, access control, incident management, malicious software protection, internet content filtering, and data privacy. It emphasizes the protection of personally identifiable information, adherence to state and federal privacy laws, and includes provisions for a Cybersecurity Coordinator, annual IT security training, and disciplinary actions for policy violations.