As the 2024 school year comes to a close, the Levelland ISD Board of Trustees started a Tuesday night meeting with the election of new officers and saw 20 resignations on the agenda to close the night.
Levelland ISD met in regular session on Tuesday night and after presentations, they swore in board members Brooke Obenhaus and Treva Potter. Both were elected to the board as they drew no challengers for their seats.
Elections were held and Carrie Ellis was re-elected as president while Joyce Johnson was elected as vice-president and the office of secretary when to Treva Potter.
The board jumped around a bit on the agenda going to purchases of Childhood Nutrition Program equipment. The board called on Sodexo Food Manager Steve Croyle. He reported that there is a lot of very old equipment and nearly 90% of everything in the kitchens is original equipment. The amount of the purchase was not included in the board book nor was it announced in the motion to approve the bid.
The board also approved a quote for Eureka, which is the math curriculum in the amount of $55,000. That passed with no discussion.
The board selected as Joyce Johnson their TASA/TASB. Mike Stafford was elected as the alternate.
The board then heard several reports from the campuses and departments across the district before moving into district facility updates.
Middle School has an update on their audio system in the auditorium and the Levelland High School has had updates to the lights in both the gym and the auditorium. They also had repair work to the ramp at the tennis court. The football stadium had some repair work on the turf and ABC school got an update in parking lot lighting. It was also reported that the roof on the maintenance/bus barn facility has been repaired.
Donna Pew reported on the Parent Engagement Survey and while some are very happy with communication some weighed in that the communication is not good enough. Much of the survey was the same with some very happy with lots of items and some not satisfied with the district.
The Staff Culture and Climate Survey has also been completed as well as the Community Survey. We hopefully be able to present that data in the near future.
Pew reported that the survey data will be passed along to campus administrators for goal setting for the coming year. It was noted that the Student Survey was not completed as of yet.
20 resignations and two retirements landed while four new hires were added to the district.
The resignation of Shelby Eugenis, Principal of South Elementary School was on the list leaving and while South and Middle School both losing principals, Assistant Principal Laurie Jones is being promoted at the Levelland Middle School. The new principal at South Elementary School will be Shana Fleming. She will be leaving the position of High School Principal at Bovina High School to come to Levelland. Levelland High School is also adding a new Assistant Principal in Craig Black. He is finishing his year as Principal of Spearman Junior High. Those additions were made after being discussed by the board in Executive Session.
Resignations also included three teachers from South, two from ABC, two from SPECO, two bus drivers and a bus aide. Six Middle School teachers resigned as well as three high school teachers.
New hires included a Health Teacher/Coach for Levelland Middle School, two SPECO teachers and a librarian for South Elementary.
Retirements included Alejandra Segura LOC Job Coach LHS and Norma Childers Food Service worker from South.
Assistant Superintendent Rodney Caddell gave the update on staff changes reporting that the change over numbers are fairly typical for this time of the school year.
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