Crowley ISD Boardroom Rewind

The Crowley ISD Board of Trustees named Anna Roe the district’s new Chief Academic Officer.

Roe began her teaching career in 2004 as a teacher at Jackie Carden Elementary in Crowley ISD before heading to Granbury ISD where she served as a teacher, assistant principal and principal.

She returned to Crowley ISD in 2019 to serve as principal of Deer Creek Elementary. She is currently an executive director of school leadership in CISD and has worked as the director of Teaching and Learning for Elementary in the district.

Roe will replace Nicholas Keith, who was promoted to an executive director position at the Texas Education Agency.

For the last nine years, James has led the O.D. Wyatt Chaparrals Men's program. In his tenure, his teams have made the playoffs every year. Prior to that, he served as the varsity assistant coach and Head JV coach under Rodney McFadden at Wyatt for five years.

James played four years at The University of Texas-Arlington from 2002 to 2006 under Eddie McCarter.

Crowley ISD is planning to make a recommendation to the Board to raise the minimum hourly rate for paraprofessional and auxiliary employees to $15 an hour.

The current paraprofessional hourly rates range between $12.19 and $33 per hour, with 273 employees earning less than $15 an hour.

The district is also considering increasing all other hourly workers' pay by 13% as part of an equity adjustment.

If the district implements both scenarios, it would cost almost $1.9 million.

Superintendent Dr. Michael McFarland said a final recommendation regarding compensation increases would also look at teachers and administrators.

The North Crowley High School Men's Show Choir performed at the May 11 school board meeting in conjunction with the Fine Arts report.

CISD presented a Fine Arts report to the Board of Trustees, highlighting the contributions of programs from across the district at the elementary, middle school and high school levels.

Stan Swann, chief of Student Services, presented the report, praising the work of the instructors and staff members who lead these groups of students.

More than 12,500 students participate in Fine Arts programs in Crowley ISD, which is about 74 percent of the student population, and the department has a goal of increasing that number.

Fine Arts offerings include:

Elementary

Art, Honor Choir, Music, UIL A+ Academics, Mariachi

Middle

Art, Band, Cheer, Choir, Dance, Theatre

High School

Art, Band, Cheer, Choir, Dance, Theatre, UIL Academics

View the full Fine Arts presentation.

Crowley ISD Summer Programs are designed to accelerate, enrich and extend instructional opportunities for about 1,700 students at campuses across the district.

"We have designed these programs to achieve these objectives and keep students engaged through the month of June," Joshua Dunn, K-12 Social Studies coordinator, told trustees. "I'm excited about these programs and what we have in store for our students."

Summer learning programs include opportunities for elementary, middle school, high school, special education and ESL/bilingual students, including those with the greatest academic needs.

The Bill R. Johnson CTE Center also will offer six summer programs that will serve a wide range of students, including elementary Gifted and Talented students and middle school students who want to learn more about CTE programs.

Additional programming includes:

• Elementary Fine Arts Camp • June 12 - 16 (1 week) • S.H. Crowley Elementary

• 21st Century Program • May 30 – June 30 (5 weeks) • 21st Century Grand S.L.A.M. (STEM, Literacy, Art & Math) • Mary Harris Elementary

• Freshman Summer Academy • Late July • Crowley High School 9th Grade/North Crowley High School 9th Grade

• Summer Bridges • 8 Week Program • Focuses on those students closest to graduation

One of the goals is to provide these programs to the district's highest-needs students.The district is doing this by:

•Reducing credit recovery costs by 75% (from $160 to $40/credit hour)

•Providing free bus transportation to all programs

•Providing free breakfast and lunch at all program sites

View the Summer Learning presentation, and for more information, visit the Summer Learning website.

District and campus leaders cheered for Teachers and Employees of the Year, Service award recipients and retirees as they walked the red carpet. Honorees received plaques, had their photos taken with the superintendent and school board members and received a special gift.

Pre-Kindergarten Registration is underway now! Register your child for Pre-K online at crowleyisdtx.org/PreK or join us at one of these two locations:

•May 17 at Oakmont Elementary, 6651 Oakmont Trail, Fort Worth, TX 76132

•June 7 at Deer Creek Elementary, 805 S. Crowley Road, Crowley, TX 76036

Front row (L-R): Nedra Robinson, board secretary; Superintendent Dr. Michael D. McFarland;
Dr. La Tonya Woodson-Mayfield, board president; Gary Grassia, board vice president

Back row (L-R): June W. Davis, board member; Kelicia Stevenson, board member;
Daryl R. Davis II, assistant board secretary; Dr. Mia Hall, board member

MEETING VIDEO: To watch a recording of this meeting, please click here.

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