Crowley ISD Boardroom Rewind

Trustees celebrated the Class of 2025 Summer Graduation at its board meeting Thursday night.

Graduates Camrynn Salone from Crowley High School and Faisal Salim from North Crowley High School were greeted with a standing ovation as they officially earned their high school diplomas.

"You chose to push forward," North Crowley High School Principal Dr. Mario Layne told the two graduates. "You chose to believe you are worth it."

Layne called them testaments to "resilience, determination and the power of believing in yourself."

The graduates thanked the crowed, which included their family members, for supporting them and for helping them "feel special today."

Trustees noted that it doesn't matter if they are celebrating a typical graduating class of hundreds of students, or just two — graduation is a special moment.

"I'm so honored to be here," Trustee Chakina C.C. Watkins said. "This is very special — you are very special, and I’m excited to see what you guys are going to do next."

Crowley ISD's enrollment continues to climb, with 178 more students enrolled as compared to this time last year.

The total enrollment was 16,845 as of Wednesday, Aug. 27 — with 667 applications still pending. About 200 of those 667 pending applications are Pre-K applications.

Elementary represents 7,893 students of the total enrollment number, while secondary students make up 8,952 of the total enrollment.

Trustees approved Steele & Freeman, Inc. as the Construction Manager at Risk for the installation of interactive display boards at classrooms across the district that have not already been equipped with them.

Campuses that were under construction received boards by the first day of school. Those campuses include: Baylor Elementary, Sycamore Elementary, Deer Creek Elementary, Meadowcreek Elementary as well as all four middle schools, North Crowley High School, North Crowley Ninth Grade and Crowley Ninth Grade.

These Internet-equipped touch screens are funded through the voter-approved Bond 2023 program.

In July, trustees learned more about how the interactive display boards are used in the classrooms through a demonstration from Bradley Parker, director of instructional technology.

The boards give educators multimedia access — right at their fingertips — saving them valuable time and helping to make instruction more engaging and collaborative. The boards can even present material in a different language.

Using the boards can bring about immediate change in classes, Parker said.

"This is only limited by our teachers' and students' imaginations and capabilities," he said.

Educators are receiving training on how to use the boards now and throughout the school year.

CISD trustees approved several personnel items in July and August, including:

• Dr. Zelmarian Ready as assistant principal at H.F. Stevens Middle School. Ready has worked as an associate principal at Joe C. Bean High School in Everman ISD and assistant principal at high schools in Mansfield ISD. Ready has 21 years of administrative experience and 15 years of teaching experience.

• Terrion Lockridge as assistant principal at North Crowley Ninth Grade. Lockridge has served as an assistant principal at Deer Creek Elementary School where he also worked as a math instructional support specialist. He has worked as an instructional coach in Fort Worth ISD where he also was a teacher. He has 13 years of teaching experience and two years of administrative experience.

• Stacey Leonard-Barry as assistant principal of Jackie Carden Elementary School. Leonard-Barry most recently served as a district content coach in Fort Worth ISD. She previously served as a teacher at Crowley High School for 12 years. She also worked in Fort Worth and Dallas ISDs as a teacher. She has five years of administrative experience and 19 years of teaching experience.

• Cory Lee as assistant principal intern at Oakmont Elementary School. Lee has 16 years of teaching experience. She served 13 years as a high school math teacher and softball coach at Crowley High School. She also taught and coached at Brewer High School in White Settlement ISD for three years.

• Michael Clear as PK - 12 coordinator of Social Studies for CISD. Clear comes to Crowley ISD from Dallas ISD, where he currently serves as an instructional coordinator. He also worked in Cedar Hill ISD as a Social Studies K-12 academic coordinator. Clear has taught Social Studies courses at Cedar Hill High School, Desoto High School as well as Carter High School and John B. Hood Middle School in Dallas ISD.

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