Board of Trustees Calls Bond Election
On February 10, the Gainesville ISD Board of Trustees voted to seek voter approval for a $58,833,798 million bond issue. This process has been a community effort, enlisting the assistance of a Bond Facility Planning Committee composed of citizens, city leaders, board members, district employees, teachers, and parents. The committee dedicated several months to data collection, evaluations, and planning to compile this bond package. The recommendation was made to the school board at the January 21 Board of Trustees meeting.
The district’s financial advisor has determined that there will be a $0.1395 tax rate increase to finance this bond. Projects are funded based on new valuations and growth within the district. The district’s 2025 bond package addresses three key pillars: safety & security, renovating aging facilities, and enrollment growth.
The bond includes the following:
- Renovations to Edison Elementary School: Classroom additions, secure vestibule, fire alarm, PA, new gym, library addition, flooring
- Renovations to Chalmers Elementary School: Classroom additions, secure fencing, new gym, parking lot
- Renovations to Intermediate: Classroom additions, secure fencing, fire alarm, parking lot, playground
- Renovations to Junior High School: Secure vestibule, enclose F hall, secure fencing, fire alarm, new roof, RTUs, parking lot, sidewalks, cafeteria expansion, library expansion
- Renovations to High School: PA, security vestibule, door locks
- New CTE Addition to High School: Culinary arts, visual arts, robotics, black box theater, health sciences lab
Gainesville ISD residents will have the opportunity to vote on the bond referendum beginning with early voting on April 21 – April 29, 2025, and on Election Day, May 3, 2025. To learn more about the Bond election and the information shared at the Facilities Planning Committee meetings, visit https://www.gainesvilleisdbond.com/
Cooke County Spelling Bee
GISD was proud to host the Cooke County Scripps Spelling Bee again this year. Campus winners competed against each other and the winner will advance to the Regional Bee in Dallas.
Congratulations to the Bee Champion, Mikaela, from Muenster Elementary! Competing from GISD were Danna (GJH), Sidney (GIS), and Rhodes (Chalmers).
Welcome Dr. Dearman!
Gainesville ISD is excited to announce that Dr. Christina Dearman has joined GISD as the new Coordinator of Advanced Academics. As the Advanced Academics Coordinator, Dr. Dearman will oversee the Gifted & Talented program, AVID, UIL Academics, Spelling Bees, and Honors/AP/Advanced courses.
Dr. Dearman holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction: Gifted and Talented Education, a Master of Education in Special Education: Gifted and Talented, and a Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Art History.
Counseling Excellence Award!
Congratulations to Gainesville High School for winning the CREST Award for Counseling Excellence for 2024. Gainesville High School Counselors are Jill Brown, Kim Parsons, and Nicole Rich.
For more information about GHS receiving the CREST award click here
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IOsEE05xV8jBq_-50afpJ7mIUEWb_RhlCD6NVp98iSI/edit?tab=t.0
Melanie wins culinary competition!
Jesse and Melanie competed at the Grayson College Culinary Competition with entries in the pastry division. Melanie earned first place and received a $1000 scholarship by making Mango Mousse with a Tropical Crumble and Chamoy sauce. Jesse placed Top Five and received a $100 scholarship with his Tropical Hummingbird cake. Both students will be attending Grayson College in the fall, majoring in Culinary Arts/Hospitality Management.
Check out the KXII news story! Great job Melanie!
GIS had four teams compete at the blended MS and ES Vex IQ robotics competition in Arlington on February 1. This was the GIS teams first Robotics tournament ever and they competed against the junior high students, as well as other elementary school teams.
The team of Keaira Thomas, Yusuf Maryam, Izabella Williams, and Delaynie Doss got 8th place out of 27 teams, which is very impressive! Hudson Brown, Cannon Turnham, Cason Rich, and William Crenshaw placed 13th. Bernadette Parker, Layla Allen, Daenerys Davis, and Aaliyah Cantù placed 18th and the team of Eric Zamora, Cyprian Ikpah, Issac Xetey, Aiden Gabriel, and Landon Wooten-Camp were 23rd.
Thank you to our GIS Robotics Coach, Donicio Trujillo!
GIS wins judges award!
On Saturday, February 8th, the GIS VEX IQ Robotics teams had a successful day competing in the LCA Magikid Frisco VEX IQ Robotics Invitational Tournament at Legacy Christian Academy in Frisco.
Four teams played the Rapid Relay game six times and overall scored 7th, 9th, 17th and 18th place out of 26 teams! The team of Aiden Gabriel, Cyprian Ikpah, Eric Zamora and Isaac Xetey went to the final round!
We also had one team WIN the judges award, which earned the GISD Robotics program their FIRST trophy! Congratulations to Hudson Brown, Cannon Turnham, and Landon Wooten-Champ. The students had to answer interview questions and showed strong professionalism and self-conduct.
