Crowley ISD Boardroom Rewind

Members of the Prairie View A&M University Marching Storm Band pose with the Crowley ISD Board of Trustees following the band's performance at the Crowley ISD Multi-Purpose Stadium on Sept. 26.

The Prairie View A&M University Marching Storm wowed those gathered at the Crowley ISD Multi-Purpose Stadium on Thursday morning.

Band students from all middle and high schools got a firsthand look at the elite marching band in action. All Crowley ISD fifth-graders also got the chance to experience the performance.

Crowley ISD trustees approved a lower total tax rate of $1.2552 at its Sept. 12 meeting.

That total tax rate includes:

• $0.7552 for the purpose of Maintenance and Operations, which funds the district's regular operations
• $0.50 for the purpose of payment of Principal and Interest on debts.

CISD hosted a public hearing on the proposed budget and tax rate in June.

The tax rate is expected to produce tax revenue of $82,278,980 for Maintenance and Operations and $54,474,960 for Interest and Sinking.

The chart above shows the consistent decrease in the district's M&O tax rate, the stable debt service tax rate and the increase in taxable values.

CISD trustees recognized students who participated in national competitions for the education and medical fields this summer.

Shalom Kamara, a current North Crowley High School senior, is a Health Science Biomedical student at the Bill R. Johnson CTE Center. She competed in the SkillsUSA Clinical Medical Assistant competition and placed first in district, first in state and 10th at the SkillsUSA National Conference. Her sponsor from the CTE Center is Cheryl Newsome.

In the Educators Rising National Conference held in Washington, D.C., the following students advanced from the state level to represent Crowley ISD:

Crowley High School – sponsored by Chinesia Rhinehart

• Sophie Sayed — Placed Third at Nationals for Teacher-made Material (Elementary)
• Declan Dalton — Placed Third at Nationals for Teacher-made Material (Elementary)
• Jeremiah Rodriguez — Placed Second at Nationals for Interactive Bulletin Board (Middle/ High School)

• La'Shanti Johnson and Maira Navarro — National Competitor (Interactive Bulletin Board)
• Coryn Trice — National Competitor (Teacher Created Material)
• Acacia Shiroma and Katelynn Lam — Nationals Semi-Finalist Sixth Place, First Place in State (Children's Lit K-3)

CISD trustees approved the hiring of the joint venture of Steele & Freeman and Post L Group as the Construction Manager at Risk for the construction of the new Crowley Collegiate Academy (CCA).

The new CCA will be constructed on the property north of the CISD Administration building and west of the upcoming indoor/outdoor track facility. This facility will be a two-story building with the capacity of 1,000 students, which will nearly triple the capacity of the school from its current one.

The scheduled completion date is August 2027.

Elementary No. 17 will open in the fall of 2025. It is located in the Bridges neighborhood near Richard Allie Middle School.

Chief Operations Officer Randy Reaves gave trustees an update on the following Bond 2023 projects:

🚜 Elementary No. 17 (under construction) — Expected Completion June 2025

🚜 Crowley Ninth Grade, Sycamore, Deer Creek & Meadowcreek renovations or expansions (under construction) — Expected Completion December 2025

🚜 New Crowley High School (under construction) — Expected Completion August 2027

🚜 NCHS/NC9 Additions/Renovation (under construction) — Expected Completion January 2027/June 2026

🏃🏽 Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field Facility (schematic design) — Expected Completion April 2027/January 2026

🏫 Middle School No. 5 (schematic design) — Expected Completion August 2027

Accessible Playgrounds at Elementary Campuses (survey of sites) — Expected Completion June 2026

🏫 CCA/P-Tech/Global Prep (schematic design) — Expected Completion August 2027

🏫 Elementary No. 18 (schematic design) — Expected Completion August 2027

✅ Elementary Campus Fencing — Expected Completion August 2024

✅ H.F. Stevens Middle School Roof Replacement — Expected Completion August 2024

Trustee June W. Davis was excited to hear and see the progress happening on various projects.

"This makes me so proud to see the advancement we are making with our existing facilities to update and then the new projects coming on board," Davis said. "Our students deserve it. Our staff deserves to have nice places to work. And couple that with the academic advancements we're making, Crowley truly is going to be the destination district."

For more details and renderings on projects, view the presentation.

Crowley ISD Board of Trustees approved hiring Reginald L. Miles as the district's Child Nutrition program administrator.

Miles comes to Crowley ISD from Cedar Hill ISD where he served as the food service director with Aramark. He also has worked as food service director with Aramark in Fort Worth ISD as well as an area manager for food service with Aramark in Lewisville ISD. Miles has served as a Sodexo general manager in Dallas as well.

Christopher Hill was hired as the district's new director of data, accountability and assessment. Hill previously served as a data analyst and reporting coordinator for CISD. Prior to that he was a math instructional support specialist at Richard Allie Middle School and an Algebra teacher at Crowley Ninth Grade.

Trustees also approved hiring Rebecca Barton as the district's new Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) coordinator. Barton previously served as the district's campus data analyst. Prior to that, she spent more than 20 years as a teacher at Jackie Carden and Mary Harris elementary schools in CISD.

(L-R Back row): Superintendent Dr. Michael D. McFarland; June W. Davis, board member; Kelicia Stevenson, board member; Dr. La Tonya Woodson-Mayfield, board member;

(L-R Front row): Dr. Mia Hall, board second vice president; Daryl R. Davis II, board president; Gary Grassia, board first vice president; Nedra Robinson, board secretary

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

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