{"id":3527,"date":"2015-04-24T16:45:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T16:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3527"},"modified":"2015-04-24T16:45:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T16:45:48","slug":"lfcisd-board-meeting-highlights-2015-16-calendar-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3527","title":{"rendered":"LFCISD Board Meeting Highlights: 2015-16 Calendar Approved"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Los

Los Fresnos FFA students who placed in the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show and teams that qualified for the State Career Development competition were recognized.<\/p><\/div>\n

The 2015-16 Academic Calendar was approved by the Los Fresnos CISD Board of Trustees at its regular monthly meeting Monday evening.<\/p>\n

District employees chose between two calendar options during voting held in March, and Option 1 received more votes.<\/p>\n

Features of the calendar include:
\nAug. 17-21: Teacher Staff Development and Preparation (Workday); 24: First day of class<\/p>\n

Oct. 12: Columbus Day holiday; 30: Parent Academic Conference Day\/Early dismissal<\/p>\n

Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving holiday<\/p>\n

Dec. 21-Jan 1: Christmas holidays<\/p>\n

Jan. 18: Teacher Preparation\/Student holiday<\/p>\n

Feb. 15: Teacher In-Service\/Student holiday; 26: Holiday<\/p>\n

March 14-18: Spring Break; 25: Good Friday holiday<\/p>\n

June 2: : Last day of class\/Early dismissal; 3: Teacher Preparation (workday); 4: LFHS Commencement<\/p>\n

Stumbaugh Named CTE Director<\/strong><\/p>\n

Justin Stumbaugh, Los Fresnos High School assistant principal, was approved to become director of the Career, Technology and Education (CTE) program.<\/p>\n

Two LFHS teachers were approved by trustees: Laurel Ellison, English\/Language Arts and Physical Education and Jimmy Luke Howard, History<\/p>\n

\"Members

Members of the Los Fresnos state champion girls\u2019 Powerlifting team and members of the boys\u2019 team that placed fourth in state were recognized as well.<\/p><\/div>\n

Student Achievement Recognized<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three Los Fresnos High School students groups were presented to the board for their achievements. They included:<\/p>\n

FFA: Lead Teacher Sidney Carter introduced students who placed in the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show, and teams that qualified for the State Career Development competition.<\/p>\n

Powerlifting: Head Coach Mike Evans introduced members of the state champion girls\u2019 Powerlifting team, and members of the boys\u2019 team that placed fourth in state.<\/p>\n

Chief Jose Marquez introduced six Cadets who serve as officers for the NJROTC program, which has qualified for state finals for the 13th straight year.<\/p>\n

To see photos of the groups recognized, visit the district\u2019s Flickr photo album website at www.flickr.com\/photos\/losfresnos\/sets\/<\/p>\n

District Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following district reports were presented to trustees:
\n\u2022 Financial Reports
\n\u2022 Portfolio Report
\n\u2022 Tax Collection Report
\n\u2022 Summary Revenue and Expenditure Status Reports
\n\u2022 Monthly Disbursements
\n\u2022 Budget Adjustments
\n\u2022 Budget & Tax Calendar 2015-2016
\n\u2022 2015 Summer School Programs<\/p>\n

Consent Agenda<\/strong>
\nThe following Consent Agenda items were approved:<\/p>\n

Minutes for Meeting\/s held on March 9, 2015<\/p>\n

Budget Amendment #9 for Fiscal Year 2014-2015.<\/p>\n

Ad-Valorem Tax Refunds for the Month of March, 2015.<\/p>\n

Agreements\/Contracts for Property Insurance, CSP #13-14-35, with Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London, Shepard Walton King, Agent, and Equipment Breakdown Insurance, Travelers Insurance, Shepard Walton King, Agent, Effective May 15, 2015.<\/p>\n

\"Justin

Justin Stumbaugh, Los Fresnos High School assistant principal, was approved to become director of the Career, Technology and Education (CTE) program.<\/p><\/div>\n

Action Items<\/strong>
\nThe following Action Items were approved:<\/p>\n

Property Damage Settlement Offer Agreement With Am Trust North America.<\/p>\n

Extension Depository Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank NA for Two Additional Years.<\/p>\n

Acceptance as Substantially Complete a Pavement Rehabilitation of the Los Cuates Middle School and Stadium Parking Areas.
\nRevisions to Board Operating Procedures.<\/p>\n

Application for Expedited and General State Waivers.<\/p>\n

Special Education Data Management System (IEP Plus-Sungard).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2015-16 Academic Calendar was approved by the Los Fresnos CISD Board of Trustees at its regular monthly meeting Monday evening. District employees chose between two calendar options during voting held in March, and Option 1 received more votes. Features of the calendar include: Aug. 17-21: Teacher Staff Development and Preparation (Workday); 24: First day […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lfcisd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3531,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3527\/revisions\/3531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}