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PFLUGERVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
PISD teachers and administration staff impact
the lives our children in the Pflugerville community. They deserve our moral support and
help as much as we need theirs. Particular schools are integral parts of our neighborhoods
where our children spend a good portion of their weekdays. They also need to get home
safely, some on foot or on a bike. We should keep a watchful eye on their safety as well
as play an active role in helping their teachers, school staff, and PISD board members
give them the best education possible.
PISD Board of Trustees meet at 7 p.m. the third Thursday each month in the PISD
Administration Building, 1400 W. Pecan St. Website is: www.pflugervilleisd.net/.
See below for School-related organizations, PTO/PTA, and Booster-related information.
Also, see Pflugerville Pflag for school calendars published.
SCHOOL-RELATED
ORGANIZATIONS
Click here for Pflugerville HS
Color Guard.
Click
here for Pflugerville HS Tennis.
If you wish your link posted here for your organization, E-mail webmaster.
PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS
Click here for Caldwell Elementary
PTO.
Click here for Connally High
School PTA.
Click here for Copperfield
Elementary PTO.
Click here for Dessau Middle
School PTO.
Click here for Hendrickson High
School PTO.
Click here for Murchison Elementary
PTO.
Click here for Park Crest
Middle School PTO.
Click here
for Parmer Lane Elementary PTO.
Click here for Spring Hill
Elementary PTO.
Click here for Timmerman
Elementary PTO.
Click here for Windermere
Elementary PTO.
If you wish your link posted here for your PTO, E-mail webmaster.
BAND BOOSTERS
Click
here for Plugerville High School Panther Band Boosters.
If you wish a link to your band booster organization, E-mail webmaster.
Related News Briefs
[More newsbriefs to be added in future.]
(8/7/03) Ambitious Caldwell Elementary
School PTO Seeks 100% Parent/Teacher Membership for Upcoming School Year -- The Fannie
Mae Caldwell Elementary PTO started off its first year as one of the newest editions to
the PISD with a bang. The PTO held numerous successful family oriented events, including a
fall Sock Hop Family Dance, a Winter Fest and Breakfast with Santa, a Mardi Gras Family
Dance, Family Skate Nights, a Talent Night, and a Spring Carnival and Silent Auction which
all contributed to the PTO surpassing its goal of raising $15,000 this past year. With the
money raised, the PTO was able to purchase many items a brand new school needs and make
donation of funds for the special programs at the school. Caldwell will now have a well
deserved Marquee, library furniture, additional playground equipment, stage risers for
music performances, funds to stock the scare Science and Literacy Labs, and much more.
There was even enough funds leftover for the students to enjoy a full fledged Field Day,
all compliments of the dedication and commitment of the parents, teachers, and students.
The PTO also worked with the fourth and fifth grade Student Council members to help the
students raise money for the purchase of basketball and soccer goals for the
playground.
Caldwell PTO is gearing up for another fantastic year and they are very excited about
increasing the involvement of the parents, teachers, and students. The school is still in
need of many other items, including shaded areas. The PTO Board has only one message for
the coming year--join up and join in and is putting out a challenge to all the parents and
teachers to help reach an achievable goal of 100% membership. The PTO is sympathetic to
parents and teachers who may not always have the time to volunteer, and joining the PTO is
a great way to show support to the school--the $4 membership fees collected will help the
PTO hold fundraising events. The annual membership drive starts during New Student
Registration July 29th-31st and ends Sept. 5th. All members who join during that time will
be entered for prize drawings to be held at the first General PTO Meeting and
Parent/Teacher Night on Sept. 18th. Contact cwespto@yahoo.com
for more information.
Fannie Mae Caldwell Elementary was dedicated on July 27, 2002. The students and faculty
celebrated Fannie Mae Day on May 2, 2003 to commemorate her 103rd birthday. The Principal
is Cindy Gee with Kathy Hernandez as Assistant Principal.
(8/7/03) Man Behind the Name of
Pflugerville's Newest High School is an Inspiration to the Community -- After the
citizens of Pflugerville passed a bond issue that would enable PISD to build a third high
school, a name for the school had to be chosen. Some ex-students of the original
Pflugerville H.S. petitioned that Robert E. Hendrickson would be the most appropriate
choice for a name. Next week, the first 500 students will fill the freshly painted rooms
and halls of Pflugerville's third high school, named after the WWII veteran, the
inspirational educator, and one of Pflugerville High's most esteemed principals. He
also coached football and baseball, helped with administrative work, and eventually became
superintendent for PISD. He is also credited with starting PHS' yearbook, Panther Paws,
and bringing a National Honor Society charter to the school. He also helped as a bus
driver, chaperoned senior trips, taught art, and personally funded the golf team.
(6/12/03) Pflugerville Students to Face
Tougher TAKS Standard Next Year -- Most PISD students met or exceeded the statewide
passing average on the new test in all but three areas--sixth grade reading and 11th-grade
math and language arts. Next year, the bar gets raised and the TAKS test will be slightly
harder to pass. While this year's was a practice exam for 11th-graders, next year, the
test will count.
High School scores were among the lowest across the board, and in Pflugerville, scores
tended to trail those in neighboring districts. "It's sobering--as we thought it
would be," said Mark Billingsley, Pflugerville ISD coordinator of testing, "It's
the same scenario as we had with the TAAS. The first year, TAAS scores came back and they
scared everybody. The state keeps upping the standards, and we keep working to get kids
where they need to be, and we'll continue to do that."
(5/22/03) Board Says Pflugerville ISD's
Teachers Will Receive Annual Raises -- Despite tight budgets across Texas, at the PISD
Board of Trustees meeting on May 15, PISD Deputy Superintendent Marc Walker proposed that
Pflugerville teachers receive a $1,500 raise for the next school year. The compensation
package includes a 3.7 percent increase for professional staff, a 3.8 percent increase for
paraprofessionals and a 3.8 percent increase for the 167 other positions, which include
custodial positions.
The trustees approved the proposal to use the $1.6 million in savings gained by
eliminating extra teachers that were added during the year to meet state requirements, and
then adding 571,000 to that portion of the budget.
Also during the meeting, PISD Superitendent Libby Garner presented fellow trustees with a
report on the district's organizational health. The assessment of each school by an
outside organization included anonymous teacher surveys, which showed the Pflugerville
schools are highest on innovativenss and lowest on autonomy and adaptation. Dr. Carol
Fletcher lauded the district's efforts: "Research shows that organizational health
affects student achievement. This is a way to evaluate ourselves besides just using
student test scores."
(5/22/03) Pflugerville ISD Elects
Officers -- In the recent PISD school board election, incumbents Elva Gladney and
Kennethh Thompson were reelected. The board has since met and elected its officers for the
2003-2004 year. They are Elaine Boozer, president; Kenneth Thompson, vice president; and
James Hamann, secretary.
(6/13/02) Parmer Lane Ends Year with DARE
Program, Prepares for Next -- The 2001-2002 school year has come to an end at Parmer
Lane Elementary, but the staff and PTO are already making plans for the 2002-2003 school
year. During the summer, Parmer Lane will be going through some renovations. The
renovations will not be completed before school starts in August, therefore, some classes
will begin the year in portable buildings. The PTO is planning to host a Sock Hop &
Silent Auction in the fall, skating parties, an ice cream social, and many other
activities. They will also be selling school supplies at the beginning of school,
poinsettias in December, and cookie dough in the early Spring.
The DARE graduation for all fifth graders was held on May 16. The students had been
working with Officer Quick from the Travis County Sheriff's office for the last 17 weeks.
Officer Quick spoke to the students and their guests about the importance of what they had
learned. Special guest, Sheriff Margo Frasier, spoke to the students about having a dream
and following it by not becoming involved with drugs and violence. Each student had been
required to write an essay about what they had learned from the DARE program. Teacher of
the year is Lori Heisler--second grade, who is retiring this year after 20 years at Parmer
Lane. Humanitarian of the year is Lynda Eliades the Art teacher. [Source: Pflugerville
Pflag.]
(5/23/02) Trustees Dismiss Teacher
Accused of Assaulting Student: Parent Says Books Video Depicts Whites Unfairly -- The
Pflugerville school board voted after a closed-session to terminate a teacher who was
charged with injury to a child on April 24. The charges were denied and the termination
will be challenged at an independent hearing of the Texas Education Agency.
Also Thursday, the board heard a request for reconsideration of instructional materials by
a parent who objected to what he called "harsh language and actions" in both
"Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry", a book by Mildred Taylor, and "A Place at
the Table" a video shown as part of the school's tolerance program. PISD
superintendent Libby Garner disagreed calling the novel an "appropriate example of
historical fiction." Board president Clifford Danstrom concurred, saying that he
thought it was important for "everyone to know all the things that have
happened." The book, which has been on the reading list for 10 years and is a
Newberry Award winner, has never incited any previous complaints.
"This video defends a lifestyle that the majority of Americans find objectionable for
good reason", said parent objecting to video. Another parent said he was delighted
with video because it showed things that were in history books but were rarely seen. Board
member Carol Fletcher said the issue boiled down to the fact that some people will object
to the material while others will not. She added that the board did not feel comfortable
deciding for either group of people whether or not the material was acceptable. A
recommendation by Gardner was passed that would require students to take permission slips
home before "A Place at the Table" was shown, and require parents to sign them
before the child was allowed to view the film. [Source: Pflugerville Pflag.]
(5/02) Pflugerville High School Makes
Space Contact -- Roy Walker, from "Ham" radio, in conjunction with the team
from Amateur Radio operators, assisted Pflugerville H.S. in making contact with the
International Space Station Alpha. One student's dad, an astronaut on the Space Station
Alpha, spoke to PHS students, answering thought-provoking questions the students came up
with on their own. [Source: PISD Pflugerville Perspective]
(4/25/02) PISD Trustees Approve School
Rezoning Plan -- Concerned parents in the Springbrook subdivision left school board
meeting upset and empty-handed. Trustees approved the plan as presented, a plan which will
affect 17 percent of PISD students. The new boundaries require students living in the
Springbrook subdivision to move from Brookhollow Elementary School to Windermere
Elementary School in the fall. Assistant Superintendent Steve Flores said "you may
not like what you see but you will see that there is some rationale behind it." After
a lengthy presentation of the new borders by Flores and very little discussion by the
board, the members approved the rezoning proposal as it stood. [Source: Pflugerville
Pflag.]
(4/18/02) Proposed School Rezoning Plans
Head to Trustees Tonight -- PISD rezoning committee unveiled its proposal for new PISD
high school and elementary school boundary changes. The committee, which has met six times
and is made up of both parents and administrators, will present the changes to the school
board for approval at a 7 p.m. meeting tonight. Elementary school boundaries, slated to go
into effect for the 2002-2003 school year, were rezoned to a greater extent than high
school boundaries, shifting children from three major subdivisions into new schools.
Parental opposition voiced at the meeting centered around excessive shuffling, feeder
pattern disruption and varying qualities of education between schools in the district.
Assistant Superintendent Steve Flores tried to maintain that the plan would increase
stability in the future, but many of the parents accused the district of having said the
same thing two years ago. Flores conceded that the district could offer no guarantees.
"Can we say that you will not be rezoned again? No." Flores said. With regard to
variance in quality of education, Flores was adamant in standing behind the quality of
every school in PISD. [Source: Pflugerville Pflag.]
(3/7/02) Parent Liaison Support Available
to Special Education Parents -- The position of Parent Liaison in Pflugervile ISD
provides a variety of supports and services to the families of special education students
in the Pflugerville district [Emotional Support, ARD Support, and PISD/Community Services
Support]. Do you have questions about Special Education Services within Pflugerville ISD?
Call Susie Lacy, Parent Liaison, at 251-6634. [Source: Pflugerville Pflag.]
(2/21/02) PISD Wants Citizen Input on
School Redistricting Plan -- The completion of two elementary schools later this year
and the opening of a third high school next year have PISD officials examining boundary
lines. Two meetings with the public to discuss school redistricting have been set.
[Source: Pflugerville Pflag. Feb. 26 meeting at Dessau Middle School and March 26 at
Windermere Primary School. Both begin at 6 p.m. and end at 7:30 p.m.]
(2/21/02) Filing Period Open in City,
PISD Elections -- The filing period for the PISD Board Place 6 seat occupied by Elaine
Boozer and the Place 7 seat held by James Hamann began Feb. 18 and ends March 20. The
filing period for two seats on the Pflugerville City Council opened Tuesday. Seats held by
Pat McCord and David Seeker are subject to contest. [Source: Pflugerville Pflag.]
(1/24/02) PISD Trustees Showered With
Greeting Cards -- School children showered homemade cards on the trustees of the PISD
School Board to celebrate School Board Appreciation month. Every school in the district
made a card for the celebration... [Source: Pflugerville Pflag]
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Pflugerville Independent School District
Address:
1401 West Pecan
Pflugerville, TX 78660
Phone:
512-251-4159
594-0001
(public info line)
594-0090
(public information)
Web address:
www.pflugervilleisd.net
Special Education Services Phone:
512-251-6634.
Click here for school board
and click here
for agenda/minutes.
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listings and websites.
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maps.
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school zones.
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