This caliche berm on the west side of City Gym stretches the distance of what is remaining of the alley between 4th and 5th streets that the City of Mertzon gave away without a fight when ICISD wanted 4th Street for the gym. The berm represents, as of June 2023, the sole flood diversion structure put in by ICISD. Ironically, the east end (pictured here) pours out into the portion in which ICISD gave the City of Mertzon a utility easement, once again literally pouring water on the City.
Here is the agenda for the Monday 2:00 pm, June 19, 2023 meeting in which the Board will interview superintendent candidates.
A few initial comments:
This is just an interview session. The Board will not make a formal decision at this meeting.
I consider ICISD's agenda items relating to TASB policy updates to always be inadequate. Reading this agenda, who knows what Policy Update 121 is even about? The policy updates should better described on the agenda AND posted online before the meeting so that interested folks can read and comment on them in open forum before they are passed. Under previous leadership President Flores would merely rubber stamp these updates as if the board didn't have a say in the matter. Local policies are especially important, particularly when they relate to, for example, how booster clubs are managed, and it is a terrible idea for a school board to blindly follow TASB. It will be interesting to see if President Carlile requires the board to read and discuss these updates before voting on them or whether she will follow Flores' lead.
Note agenda item 8 on hiring and resignations. More comings and goings, but one can't tell because titles aren't posted.
More soon...