The Ector County ISD Board of Trustees will discuss and consider the selection process to fill the single-member district 7 board vacancy being left by Nelson Minyard.
The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday in the first floor board room of the administration building, 802 N. Sam Houston Ave.
Minyard was in his third term on the board. Superintendent Scott Muri has said Minyard is selling his home and is moving out of town.
Minyard will be presented with the Extra Mile Award at the meeting, the agenda said.
Other special presentations include the Odessa High School student who qualified for UIL Congress state competition; Academic All-State Athletes from fall 2021; and the mayor’s School Board Recognition Month Proclamation.
The district will also hold a public hearing to discuss the ECISD’s annual report that includes the TAPR (Texas Academic Performance Reports), district accreditation status, campus performance objectives, information on violent or criminal incidents, and performance of the previous year’s graduates in their first year of college as reported by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, supplemental agenda material said.
There will also be a discussion and request for approval of the 2021-2022 academic calendar amendment due to TCLAS requirements. TCLAS is the Texas COVID Acceleration Learning Support program grant.
The Texas Education Agency and the Texas COVID Acceleration Learning Support program grant now require the Additional Days School Year (ADSY) to a minimum of 25 days.
The difference from a year ago with ADSY is that the Texas Education Agency funded school districts with 180 academic days during the regular school year and up to 30 additional school days for summer learning. There was no minimum, the material said.
“With the TCLAS program grant funds, we learned in December of 2021, that we are required to have a minimum of 25 additional days for summer learning and the day be extended from three hours to six hours each day. The calendar previously approved had 22 days of additional days for summer learning. This amendment includes three additional days to the summer learning calendar for a total of 25 days,” the material said.
