Crowley Star (Crowley, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 2011 Page: 3 of 12
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 ★ Crowley Star ★ Page 3
SCHOOL BOARD
Public can talk about finances, campus plans
By DAVE SORTER
crowleystar@thestargroup.com
The Crowley ISD school
board will be able to hear
from the public about its
state financial accountability
rating and school improve-
ment plans for six campuses
during tonight’s meeting.
The CISD received a
rating of above standard
achievement for its financial
records in the 2009-10 school
year, the highest it could get
PUBLIC SERVICE
considering the district’s
academically unacceptable
Texas Education Agency ac-
countability rating for that
year. The unacceptable rat-
ing was caused by a computer
glitch that had some students
listed as dropping out when
they had, instead, transferred
to other schools. The TEA de-
nied a CISD appeal on the
districtwide rating.
The district scored 70
points in the FIRST rating
system. Had the unaccept-
able rating been reversed,
the CISD would have scored
75 points and been rated su-
perior achievement, as it had
the previous four years. The
CISD scored 74 points in the
2008-2009 FIRST ratings.
This was also the first
time the district’s financial
reporting was analyzed since
it declared financial exigency
in January 2010.
Another public hearing
is planned concerning the
school improvement plans
for Parkway and Poynter el-
ementary schools, Crowley
and Summer Creek middle
schools and the Crowley and
North Crowley ninth-grade
campuses. After the public
has its say, the school board is
expected to vote on the plans.
Trustees will also discuss
and/or consider:
■ School board election
options. A new state law re-
quires primary runoffs in
even-numbered years to
move into May, which could
FUMC tots collect pennies for fire victims
By DAVE SORTER
crowleystar@thestargroup.com
When the pre-kinder-
garten and transitional
kindergarten teachers at
the First United Method-
ist Preschool in Crowley
learned about the wildfires
that were destroying land
and homes in the Central
Texas city of Bastrop, they
thought it would be a good
time to teach their young
pupils about service.
“When the fires hit in
Bastrop, I said we need to
do something,” pre-kinder-
garten teacher Alice Evans
said. “So we started a penny
drive.”
The students collected
enough one-cent coins to
present a check for $118.74
to the American Red Cross
last Thursday. Tarrant
County Red Cross Captain
Paula Hulcy came by the
Crowley church to collect
the check and tell the chil-
dren that they were helping
people in need.
“There were kids like you
who lost everything,” Hulcy
told them. “You will help
them get new homes and new
clothes.”
She added, “It’s amaz-
ing they were able to collect
$118.”
There were some rough
spots along the way, the
teachers reported.
“The kids, at first, didn’t
want to do it,” pre-k teach-
er Terri Richey said. “But
when they found out there
were kids without clothes,
they were all in.”
The children sat down
in the church’s 1-year-old
Welcome Center for the pre-
sentation as preschool direc-
tor Eaura Finley introduced
Hulcy by saying, “Do you re-
member when you collected
all those pennies? Well, this
lady is here to take it to help
the children in the fire.”
Penny drives are com-
mon in Crowley schools. The
House of Hope conducts a
penny drive in the Crowley
ISD schools each year to help
fund its programs for local
people in need.
strain counties’ ability to
conduct both the runoff and
municipal elections. Tarrant
County will conduct the 2012
municipal/ school board elec-
tions as a test to see whether
county officials can reca-
librate voting machines be-
tween the municipal vote and
the runoff.
The new law, which fol-
lows a federal mandate, re-
quires more time for military
personnel based overseas to
send in mail ballots for the
runoff.
Some cities and school dis-
tricts are deciding to conduct
elections on the November
general-election date, though
opponents of that move be-
lieve the local elections will
get lost among presidential,
gubernatorial and congres-
sional elections in even-num-
bered years. Others are mov-
ing toward holding elections
only in May of odd years,
which would force city coun-
cils and school boards with
three-year terms to switch to
two- or four-year terms. Still
others are deciding to hold
elections themselves.
Entities do not have to de-
cide what to do until Decem-
ber 2012. The Crowley City
Council in August reached
consensus not to make any
decisions until Tarrant Coun-
ty decides whether to contin-
ue to conduct local elections.
■ Possible school finance
litigation. The Crowley ISD
was not among a group of
school districts that recently
filed a lawsuit claiming that
the state’s public-school
funding system is uncon-
stitutional. However, other
lawsuits are being planned,
and the CISD board will talk
about whether to join one.
■ A potential change in
the student/business infor-
mation system.
The meeting will begin at
6:30 p.m. at the CISD Ad-
ministration Building, 512
Peach St.
NEWS BRIEFS
Quilt show set
for Nov. 12
The 12th annual Crowley
Quilt Show will take place 9
a. m.-2p.m. Saturday, Nov.
12, at the First Baptist Church
Community Life Center, 400
S. Eagle Dr.
The FBC Quilters are or-
ganizing the event, in which
quilts may be entered for
judging or display.
A donation quilt will be
given away, and another
special quilt handmade by
the FBC Quilters will be auc-
tioned off.
Entry forms and the $3
fee must be received by Nov.
4, and the quilts must be re-
ceived by noon Nov. 10.
House of Hope
needs food items
Some 300 Thanksgiving
baskets will be given to fami-
lies in need by the Crowley
House of Hope this season.
First Presbyterian Church
will provide turkeys, and the
House of Hope, with the help
of the Crowley Area Chamber
of Commerce, will provide
the fixins’.
Bags and food lists can be
picked up at the Crowley Area
Chamber, 201 N. Hampton,
or Crowley House of Hope,
209 N. Magnolia.
Each bag will contain
one can of cranberry sauce,
one large can of sweet po-
tatoes, two cans of chicken
broth, one box of cake mix,
one can of frosting, one can
of fruit, one box of red J ello,
two pounds of flour, two
pounds of sugar, two cans of
corn and two cans of green
beans.
Please deliver filled bags
to House of Hope or chamber
office by Wednesday, Nov. 9.
Race will benefit
CYA scholarships
The Crowley Youth As-
sociation will be the benefi-
ciary of a 5-kilometer and
one-mile fun run at 8 a.m.
Saturday, Nov. 5, at the
Al-Sports Complex, 1501
Longhorn Trail.
Proceeds from the race
will go to CYA’s scholarship
fund to help underprivileged
children play sports.
Cost is $25 per adult, $ 15
per child and $15 per person
in groups of 10 or more.
For information and reg-
istration visit www.bfitcrow-
ley.com.
VFW Sponsors
youth essay contests
Area students have the
chance to win U.S. Savings
Bonds in two essay contests
sponsored by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars and its Ladies
Auxiliary.
VFW Tri-Cities Post No.
6872 and its Auxiliary, which
serve Crowley, Burleson and
Joshua, are conducting the
competitions locally.
The Patriot’s Pen contest
is for students in grades 6-8.
Youth should write about the
question, “Are you proud of
your country?”
The winner at the post
level can win a $50 Sav-
DAVE SORTER/CROWLEY STAR
First United Methodist Preschool students present a check for $ 118.74
to the American Red Cross to help victims of the recent fires in Central
Texas. Paula Hulcy, second from right, Tarrant County captain for the
Red Cross, accepts the check from, back row from left, transitional kin-
dergarten teacher Jennifer Burke, pre-k teacher Alice Evans, preschool
director Laura Finley and pre-k teacher Terri Richey.
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available as the essay reach-
es district, state and national
levels.
High school students can
compete in the Voice of De-
mocracy contest, in which
the young essayists will write
about “Is there pride in serv-
ing in our military?”
A $100 Savings Bond is
the top prize at the post level
in this contest, with bigger
prizes at higher levels.
For information about
rules, guidelines and judg-
ing criteria, contact Tri-Cities
Post Commander David Bow-
ers at 817-368-6415 or bow-
ers 109@yahoo.com; or Aux-
iliary president Jan Seaton at
817-944-1891.
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