{"id":6423,"date":"2017-03-17T18:31:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T18:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=6423"},"modified":"2017-03-17T18:32:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T18:32:18","slug":"three-new-teachers-approved-at-board-of-trustees-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=6423","title":{"rendered":"Three New Teachers Approved at Board of Trustees Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6417\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170306-Board-Pledge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6417\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6417\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170306-Board-Pledge.jpg\" alt=\"Students from Villareal (2 at left) and Palmer-Laakso led the Pledge of Allegiance at the last Board of Trustees Meeting on Monday, March 6, 2017. Photo: Ronnie Zamora\/LFCISD\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170306-Board-Pledge.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170306-Board-Pledge-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170306-Board-Pledge-405x203.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students from Villareal (2 at left) and Palmer-Laakso led the Pledge of Allegiance at the last Board of Trustees Meeting on Monday, March 6, 2017. Photo: Ronnie Zamora\/LFCISD<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>by Ronnie Zamora\/LFCISD<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Los Fresnos CISD Board of Trustees approved the hiring of three classroom teachers at the regular monthly meeting Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Approved to new positions were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maria G. Brown, Dora Romero Elementary<\/li>\n<li>Carolina Cowan, Ed.D., Los Fresnos Elementary<\/li>\n<li>Zachary Blackmon, Social Studies, Los Cuates Middle School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Trustees also recognized and congratulated members of the Los Fresnos High School swim teams and boys&#8217; varsity basketball teams. The boys&#8217; swim team won its eighth straight district title while the boys&#8217; basketball team won its third straight.<\/p>\n<p>Trustees also approved the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Minutes for meeting held on Feb. 13<\/li>\n<li>Budget Amendment #8 for Fiscal Year 2017<\/li>\n<li>Ad-Valorem Tax Refunds for the Month of February<\/li>\n<li>Renewal of agreements\/contracts for Property Insurance, CSP #13-14-35, with Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London, Shepard Walton King, Agent, and with Travelers Insurance for Equipment Breakdown Insurance, Shepard Walton King, Agent, Effective May 15, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>2017 Proclamation Textbook Adoption recommendations for areas of (1) languages other than English, (2) career and technical education, and (3) Algebraic Reasoning.<\/li>\n<li>Los Fresnos CISD Technology Plan for the 2017-18 school year.<\/li>\n<li>Memorandum of Understanding with the Children\u2019s Bereavement Center-Rio Grande Valley for grief support counseling for the 2016-17 school year.<\/li>\n<li>Interlocal Cooperation Contract with the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley to conduct the 2017 University Transportation Center for Railway Safety Summer Camp.<\/li>\n<li>Out-of-state student travel for the LFHS Sea Perch Robotic Team to Atlanta, Ga. May 19-21.<\/li>\n<li>Bids\/Offers Received from the Tax Resale Held November 1, 2016, for several properties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Trustees also received a report of the 2017 Summer School programs and the following Financial Reports:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Portfolio Report<\/li>\n<li>Tax Collection Report<\/li>\n<li>Summary Revenue and Expenditure Status Reports<\/li>\n<li>Monthly Disbursements<\/li>\n<li>Budget Adjustments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Leading the Pledge of Allegiance were the following students:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Palmer-Laakso Elementary: Patience Berry and Gaby Hernandez<\/li>\n<li>Villareal Elementary: Audrey Ramirez and Julian Lerma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/32455359984_f593989160_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6419\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/32455359984_f593989160_k-1024x655.jpg\" alt=\"32455359984_f593989160_k\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/32455359984_f593989160_k-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/32455359984_f593989160_k-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/32455359984_f593989160_k-800x511.jpg 800w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/32455359984_f593989160_k.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ronnie Zamora\/LFCISD Los Fresnos CISD Board of Trustees approved the hiring of three classroom teachers at the regular monthly meeting Monday. Approved to new positions were: Maria G. Brown, Dora Romero Elementary Carolina Cowan, Ed.D., Los Fresnos Elementary Zachary Blackmon, Social Studies, Los Cuates Middle School Trustees also recognized and congratulated members of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6423","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\/6423","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=6423"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6425,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6423\/revisions\/6425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}