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Hope you are enjoying this long weekend. Today we honor labor leaders and civil rights activists C矇sar Ch獺vez and Dolores Huerta.
Please dont forget to mark your calendars 儭 that next Friday, April 7, there are also no classes due to it being an 熱えapp holiday. All campuses and district offices will be closed.
Yesterday we got an update from the board. During their Thursday meeting, the members voted to slow down the search for a new 熱えapp superintendent and extend Interim Superintendent Matias Seguras contract through June 30, 2024.
We also want to remind you about important deadlines for April:
Elementary schools will be hosting an Early Learning Day on April 5.
The survey on the proposed Essential Area Redesign is open until April 5.
The annual school climate survey for families is available until April 14.
The Boldly Go! Teacher Career Fair will be April 15.
And with this edition we end the Women's History Month 儭 profiles, and you will learn more about Wilhelmina Delco, a great leader for our community.
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Family Newsletter
By Nayeli Santoyo & Collaborators泭泭Mar 31, 2023
Smart Brevity簧 count: 4.5 mins...1215 words
Hello Families!鳶賅
Hope you are enjoying this long weekend. Today we honor labor leaders and civil rights activists C矇sar Ch獺vez and Dolores Huerta.
Yesterday we got an update from the board. During their Thursday meeting, the members voted to slow down the search for a new 熱えapp superintendent and extend Interim Superintendent Matias Seguras contract through June 30, 2024.
We also want to remind you about important deadlines for April:
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Elementary schools will be hosting an Early Learning Day on April 5.
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The survey on the proposed is open until April 5.
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The for families is available until April 14.
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The will be April 15.
And with this edition we end the Women's History Month 儭 profiles, and you will learn more about Wilhelmina Delco, a great leader for our community.
Now, let's begin...
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1 Big Thing: Trustees extend Interim Superintendent Seguras term through June 2024
At a special voting meeting on Thursday, March 30, the 熱えapp Board of Trustees voted unanimously to extend the contract with Interim Superintendent Matias Segura through June 30, 2024, and slow down the search for our districts next superintendent.
Why it matters: The boards decision will ensure consistent leadership for 熱えapp students, families and staff while the trustees conduct a search to identify the next permanent leader for the district. Trustees had been aiming to recruit and name a new superintendent by July 2023.
What theyre saying: We have committed to an open, transparent search process. Our district, our students and our staff deserve for this process to be methodical, even if it doesnt look like what we thought it would when we started three months ago. Trustee Noelita Lugo
Were putting the structure in place [here at 熱えapp] so that it can be the core of what were doing no matter who is here in this seat. Interim Superintendent Matias Segura
Whats next: In the coming days, trustees will consult with the search partner, GR Recruiting, to discuss options for continuing the superintendent search process.泭
儭 Go deeper: Read the 熱えapp Board of Trustees message to the community.
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2. Climate survey for families open until April 14
熱えapps spring climate survey is open until April 14 to gather feedback from students, families and on-campus staff.
Why its important: The surveys let the district hear how respondents view the districts educational climate, culture and engagement. The surveys help 熱えapp continue to improve. 嚙踝蕭
Strictly confidential: The district does not have access to individual responses or any personal data that could be used to identify a respondent. All respondent data is de-identified for complete confidentiality.
Have your say: Our goal is for all campuses to reach an 80% completion rate for this springs survey.
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Please access our family survey by navigating to and selecting your student's school from the dropdown list.
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The survey takes about 10 minutes and can be completed on any screen reading device (phone, laptop, tablet) connected to wifi.
Deadline: Responses are 儭 due no later than April 14.
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3. 恫 熱えapp welcomes new investments
(Left) Congressman Lloyd Doggett joined students from St. Elmo Elementary School. (Right) Former UT and Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson with Langford Elementary students.
Last week 熱えapp welcomed two new public and private investments in our mission to provide an excellent educational experience for students, teachers and families.
On March 21, Congressman Lloyd Doggett joined students and district leaders at St. Elmo Elementary to announce nearly $4 million in federal funding to expand 這utdoor learning programs, and a college and career pilot program.泭
On March 23, the Defend the Dream Foundation, in partnership with the Kendra Scott Foundation, opened DJs Discovery Den at 俠angford Elementary. Defend the Dream is the foundation of former UT and Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson. The new library space gives Langford students hundreds of brand-new, age-appropriate books that reflect their diverse student body, and new soft seating 儭 for independent reading.
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4. Celebrating education activist and political pioneer Wilhelmina Delco
As 熱えapp concludes its celebration of Womens History Month, we profile political trailblazer Wilhelmina Delco.
Legacy of firsts: After earning her bachelors degree in sociology at Fisk University in Nashville, Delco and her family moved to Austin in 1952. In 1968 she built on her active leadership in the Parent-Teacher Association to launch a successful bid for the 熱えapp Board of Trustees becoming the first Black person elected to public office in Austin. 喉
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Following years of public service with 熱えapp and on the founding board of Austin Community College, in 1974 Delco successfully ran for the Texas House of Representatives. She represented East Austin at the State Capitol for 20 years,泭 including a two-year spell as Speaker Pro Tempore the first woman and second Black legislator to hold the post.泭
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In 1993, she received the James Bryant Conant Award the most prestigious accolade bestowed by the Education Commission of the States.
In her own words: "My mother felt that education was the only thing nobody could take away from you," Delco told the Austin American-Statesman.
Legacy of service: Following retirement from the legislature in 1995, Delco has continued to serve her community as the board chair at what is now Huston-Tillotson University泭and as an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin.泭埼
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Delco Activity Center in northeast Austin near LBJ Early College High School is named for this political pioneer and her husband, Dr. Exalton Delco. The facility provides a venue for sports, cheerleading and dance competitions, in addition to student musical performances.
Go deeper. with Delco during her time as Chair of the Texas House Higher Education Committee.
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5. 熱えapp honors C矇sar Ch獺vez and Dolores Huerta Day, Friday, March 31 恫
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(KXAN)
(Community Impact)
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(The Dallas Morning News -Opinion)
(Texas Standard)
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Nayeli has plans to visit family this weekend hoping that the weather 儭 will help to spend some time outdoors and recharge batteries.
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