Sade Shanice Barkley

The Board of Trustees meeting included presentations by the C. E. King High School Varsity Mixed Choir and Sheldon Spotlights. New business primarily focused on expenditure approvals: authorizing Follett Content to supply new library books and supplies for the C. E. King 9th & 10th Grade Campus, approving Lincoln Electric to upgrade Welding Fume Control Systems at C. E. King High School, and approving Johnson Controls, Inc. for the installation of an Air Handling Unit in the Chiller Plant at C. E. King High School. The Board also approved the 2024-2025 Single Audit for Federal Programs and a Memorandum of Understanding with iTeach to support teacher certification efforts. Information items covered tax collection, investments, expenditures, discipline reports, and bond updates. The session included an executive session to discuss real property, personnel matters, and security devices, concluding with the approval of personnel recommendations for the 2025-2026 school year.

The board meeting involved an appeal hearing under Board Policy FOD (LOCAL), which the board voted to deny. The agenda also included various reports and discussions, such as a school board self-evaluation update, grants, pre-K3 programs, SB 546 regarding school buses, a demographic study, facility naming, a budget update, and a safety report. The board reviewed and approved final retention payments for various facility sustainment and construction projects at elementary and high schools. Additionally, the board approved supplemental pay and discussed future organizational information updates including technology.

The document presents a comprehensive Proficiency Plan focusing on Elementary Language Arts, Elementary Mathematics, and College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR). It details district-wide and campus-specific outcome goals and yearly targets designed to significantly increase student proficiency percentages in these areas across Kindergarten through third grade, and for graduates meeting CCMR criteria, by June/August 2027. The plan includes various progress measures to monitor achievement against these targets.

This Proficiency Plan for Sheldon Independent School District addresses state requirements for student achievement, outlining district and campus goals across Elementary Language Arts, Elementary Math, and College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR). The plan aims to increase the percentage of 3rd-grade students scoring at or above grade level on STAAR Reading to 46% by June 2027, and on STAAR Math to 49% by June 2027. Additionally, it targets an increase in graduates meeting CCMR criteria to 88% by August 2027. The plan includes detailed professional learning and support strategies to achieve these objectives.

The board meeting included a public hearing for the annual report and presentations regarding CTE month and fall athletics. New business items included the approval of playground equipment replacement, transportation radio system upgrades, and districtwide HVAC control upgrades. The board also adopted a resolution regarding the Texas Education Code, approved an employee waiver due to severe weather, authorized the 2026-2027 school calendar, and approved the issuance of school building and refunding bonds. Additionally, the board accepted a grant from The Mary H. Cain Foundation for the sports medicine program, adopted travel reimbursement rates, and approved personnel contract recommendations.