The Boerne ISD Board of Trustees held their regular monthly meeting in the BISD Board Room on Monday, June 20th, 2022.
This month's Board meeting included:
-Board Commendations
-Tax Rate Lowered
-Addition of SRO's
-Superintendent's Report
-And more
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Dan Cook CupThe Boerne Greyhounds Athletic Department won the Dan Cook Cup for the second straight year as the overall top-rated high school sports program in the greater San Antonio area. In addition, the back-to-back Class 4A State Champion Boerne Greyhounds Boys Soccer team was named the best team in the area. The awards were presented at the Alamo City High School Sports Awards banquet. The Dan Cook Cup is presented by the San Antonio Express-News. Boerne earned a Boys Soccer State Championship, as well as State Final Four berths in Boys Basketball and Girls Soccer, as well as deep playoff runs in other sports. | FFA State QualifiersA total of nearly 25 FFA Boerne Greyhounds and Champion Chargers qualified for state competition in the categories of Homesite Evaluation, Horse Judging, Agricultural Sales, Meats Evaluation, Wool, and Agronomy. The students competed at state competitions on various days throughout the spring semester against other top performers across Texas. FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education. *The BHS FFA Students were unable to attend | National Showcase SchoolsCurington and Fair Oaks Ranch Elementary were once again named Capturing Kids Hearts National Showcase Schools. They are two of just 376 schools in the United States to receive this recognition. Fair Oaks Ranch has now been named a National Showcase School four years in a row, while Curington has earned this recognition for two straight years. National Showcase Schools are chosen annually through a rigorous selection process that includes measuring key performance indicators, gathering campus data, and surveying staff and students. The results represent the implementation of CKH processes as well as the culture and climate on each campus. Capturing Kids’ Hearts celebrates campuses where educators are exceeding expectations and creating an environment where students feel safe, connected, and eager to learn. |
Dan Cook Cup
The Boerne Greyhounds Athletic Department won the Dan Cook Cup for the second straight year as the overall top-rated high school sports program in the greater San Antonio area.
In addition, the back-to-back Class 4A State Champion Boerne Greyhounds Boys Soccer team was named the best team in the area.
The awards were presented at the Alamo City High School Sports Awards banquet.
The Dan Cook Cup is presented by the San Antonio Express-News. Boerne earned a Boys Soccer State Championship, as well as State Final Four berths in Boys Basketball and Girls Soccer, as well as deep playoff runs in other sports.
FFA State Qualifiers
A total of nearly 25 FFA Boerne Greyhounds and Champion Chargers qualified for state competition in the categories of Homesite Evaluation, Horse Judging, Agricultural Sales, Meats Evaluation, Wool, and Agronomy.
The students competed at state competitions on various days throughout the spring semester against other top performers across Texas.
FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.
*The BHS FFA Students were unable to attend
National Showcase Schools
Curington and Fair Oaks Ranch Elementary were once again named Capturing Kids Hearts National Showcase Schools.
They are two of just 376 schools in the United States to receive this recognition.
Fair Oaks Ranch has now been named a National Showcase School four years in a row, while Curington has earned this recognition for two straight years.
National Showcase Schools are chosen annually through a rigorous selection process that includes measuring key performance indicators, gathering campus data, and surveying staff and students. The results represent the implementation of CKH processes as well as the culture and climate on each campus. Capturing Kids’ Hearts celebrates campuses where educators are exceeding expectations and creating an environment where students feel safe, connected, and eager to learn.
Boerne ISD, along with the Boerne and Fair Oaks Ranch Police Departments, and the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office, have agreed to work aggressively toward assigning each Boerne ISD campus with a designated School Resource Officer beginning in the 2022-23 school year. This collaboration is in an effort to strengthen safety and security measures at all Boerne ISD facilities.
The City of Boerne will provide eight officers, while the City of Fair Oaks Ranch and Kendall County will provide two officers/deputies each, ensuring that each campus has a uniformed member of law enforcement stationed on site.
BISD and the law enforcement agencies share the costs associated with SRO’s. School Resource Officers (SRO’s) are certified law enforcement officers responsible for safety and crime prevention in schools. SRO’s are active members of local law enforcement and have extensive background and training and will continue to train for the various scenarios.
In addition to the increase in SRO’s, Boerne ISD continues to thoroughly review its safety and security protocols, such as performing an internal and external safety audit, screening all visitors though Raptor visitor management, as well as the use of multiple layers of security that are visible and not visible.
*PHOTO- Members of the Boerne and Fair Oaks Ranch Police Departments, as well as the Kendall County Sheriff's office.
The Board voted to adopt a budget that will lower the district's property tax rate for the fourth straight year.
The 2022-23 tax rate is estimated to decrease by approximately three cents per $100 valuation from $1.20 to $1.17. The district's tax rate has decreased by a total of 18 cents since 2019, and is among one of the lowest school tax rates in the area.
*Note: The TEA will determine Boerne ISD's tax rate in August 2022
Other key budget items adopted were:
*Compensation Increases, including:
*Teachers, nurses, and librarians will receive a 3.5% increase as part of the annual step equating to $2,020 more per year.
*Paraprofessional and professional employees will receive 3.5% of their new pay grade midpoint.
*Auxiliary employees were granted emergency pay during the spring in the amount of $2.00 per hour. The pay differential will become permanent to their pay for 22-23, equating to a 6.5% to 12.0% of the midpoint increase for these employees.
*Guest Teachers will also maintain the emergency pay rates implemented in the spring.
For more information on the 2022-23 compensation package that was approved at the May Board meeting, please click here.
*The budget also includes five additional School Resource Officers from the Boerne and Fair Oaks Ranch Police Departments as well as the Kendall County Sheriff’s Department to strengthen safety and security measures at all Boerne ISD facilities.
-All seven BISD elementary campuses will hold Jump Start programs in July.
-BISD set a record for most students participating in summer athletic camps.
-The Champion Water Polo Team will debut in August.
-BISD is reviewing all of our safety and security protocols and are currently performing internal and external security audits.
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