Zavalla Independent School District

The strategic plan for Zavalla ISD, spanning 2025-2030, is designed to empower students to thrive in a future they create, aligning with the vision of 'Where Eagles Begin Their Flight Toward Endless Possibilities.' The plan outlines specific student outcome goals focused on achieving 'Meets' performance levels on STAAR assessments across elementary, junior high, and high school in Reading/Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, and Science, alongside targets for College, Career, and Military Readiness and early childhood literacy. Key strategic pillars include ensuring academic excellence, fostering a positive culture and climate, developing and retaining a high-quality workforce, enhancing community engagement, and maintaining safety and security. The plan is guided by principles that prioritize student-centered decisions, integrity, diversity, open communication, and collaboration, while also emphasizing fiscal responsibility through accurate revenue tracking and effective resource utilization.

The Zavalla Independent School District Board of Education meeting will discuss monthly bill payments, facilities use requests, and various personnel matters, including a letter of agreement for a speech pathologist, teaching positions, student transfers, and the school calendar. The meeting will also cover the rescheduling of a future board meeting, approval of a custodial contract, and executive session discussions on personnel updates, safety and security, student information, attorney consultation, and recommendations regarding personnel employment and contract status.

The Board of Education meeting will include a public hearing to discuss the budget and proposed tax rate. Key agenda items involve action on an amended budget for 2019-2020, a proposed budget for 2020-2021, and the adoption of a tax rate for 2020-2021. Other action items include appointing investment officers, approving the purchase of catastrophic insurance, and selling school property. The meeting will also include executive sessions to discuss student information, attorney consultation, and personnel matters.

The meeting will include a public hearing to discuss the school's first rating, followed by the regular meeting. The agenda covers principal and superintendent reports, including attendance, athletics, upcoming events (Festival of Trees and Christmas Program), and a financial report. Business items include approval of the 2017-2018 financial audit and awarding a bid for a Life Skills Construction Project. An executive session will address personnel matters (new hires, resignations, reassignments, discipline), student information, safety and security, attorney consultation, and further personnel recommendations.

The meeting will include a public hearing to discuss the school's FIRST rating, followed by the regular meeting. The agenda covers principal and superintendent reports (including attendance, athletics, finances, and the ZISD Accelerated Credit Program), approval of monthly bills and previous meeting minutes, approval of the FIRST report, appointment of a district representative to the Angelina County Appraisal District, and various items to be discussed in executive session, including student information, attorney consultation, and personnel matters.