SSISD Board Agenda for Monday, November 12, 2018
AGENDA REGULAR BOARD MEETING
SULPHUR SPRINGS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
DISTRICT BOARD ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2018 6:00 PM
I. CALL TO ORDER: Invocation Pledges to American & Texas flags- Barbara Bush Primary students
II. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS
A. Announcement by the President whether a quorum is present, that the meeting had been duly called and that the notice of the meeting had been posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.
B. Approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees conducted on Monday, October 8, 2018 beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the library of Sulphur Springs Elementary School. 6
III. PUBLIC FORUM: Public participation is limited to the designated open forum portion of a meeting per policy BED(LOCAL).
A. Conduct public meeting regarding The Financial Accountability Rating for 2017-2018.
IV. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS/INFORMATION ITEMS
A. Barbara Bush Primary presents App Smashing with Chatter Pix and See Saw
B. Update on elementary and secondary programs.
Head Start items sent under separate cover for school board’s information purposes only: Director’s Report for October and Policy Council Minutes for October.
V. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:These items are considered to be routine by the board and will be enacted under one motion, unless a member of the board requests that an item be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.
A. Consider approval of Tax Credits and Supplements for October 2018.
Consider approval of Delinquent Tax Collections for October 2018.
Consider approval of Financial Statements and Bills Payable for October 2018.(Exhibit V-C)16VI.
ACTION ITEMS
A. Consider approval of annual agreement between Sulphur Springs Country Club and Sulphur Springs ISD for the 2018-2019 school year.
B. Discuss and consider approval of renewal of membership in Walsh Gallegos’retainer program.
C. Discuss and consider approval of the 2018-2019 Campus and District Improvement Plans.
VII. EXECUTIVE SESSION:Executive Session will be held for the purpose of consideration of matters for which closed or executive sessions are authorized by Title 5, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, Section (.071), (.072), (.074).A. Discuss and consider personnel to be employed, personnel to be reassigned,acknowledge and accept resignations of personnel, other personnel matters.B. Discuss purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property.
VIII. RECONVENE FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ACTION RELATIVE TO ITEMS COVERED DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IX. ADJOURNMENT
Crum Found Guilty of Murder; Sentencing Hearing to Begin Monday Morning
Saturday afternoon in Eighth Judicial District Court a Hopkins County Jury found Aaron Tyler Crum guilty of the first-degree murder of Joshua Paul Cowling. Deliberation took approximately one hour to reach the verdict. The jury was picked Monday, November 5, 2018, and began hearing testimony Tuesday morning. The trial continued each day with a 10 a.m. start Friday morning and again, Saturday morning.
District Attorney Will Ramsay rested his case Thursday morning after presenting two full days of testimony from witnesses and presenting as much as 200 pieces of evidence related to the shooting death of Cowling. Defense attorney Martin Braddy called several people who attended the after-hours party at Crum’s home on Pampa Street in February of this year. Braddy also called two SSPD investigators, the long-time girlfriend of Cowling, and a private investigator employed to assist in defending Crum. The 26-year-old Crum also testified in his own behalf. With the first-degree murder charge, Crum could face a sentence of from five to 99 years or life in prison. The court will reconvene Monday at 8:30 a.m. to begin the punishment phase of the trial.
Sulphur Bluff Bears Win Big Friday Night
The Sulphur Bluff Bears’ basketball team got a big win over CHESS Friday night (November 9), 86-45.
The Bears were led by Trayton South who poured in 21 points. Brandon Branom added 13 points. Montana Hurley scored 12. Hunter Wallis had 9 points. Shane Johnson, Dewitt Brookins and Blake Hume had 6 points each. Hunter Carpenter scored 5 points. Dylan Flowers, Jon Brown and Brennon Newell scored 2 points each.
CHESS was led by Kyall Williams with 19 points. Josh McMorris had 11 points. Carson Voorheese added 8 points and L.D. Horton scored 7 points.
Lady Cats Scrimmage Saturday
After a planned Saturday morning (November 10) game with Emory Rains was canceled, Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell booked Mount Vernon for an early morning Saturday scrimmage. Coach Tisdell explained that Rains coach canceled the game Friday due to a rash of players injuries and illnesses.
After the scrimmage, Coach Tisdell said the Lady Cats came out ahead of Mount Vernon. There was no attempt to embarrass the game Lady Tigers as the Wildcat Gym scoreboard showed the time but no score. Coach Tisdell said Mount Vernon just finished up their volleyball season in a regional tournament Friday so those volleyball players who also play basketball have had no practice time.
Coach Tisdell said she saw good and bad things during the scrimmage. She said she saw several things the Lady Cats need to work on. Coach Tisdell said the Lady Cats made too many fouls and she said they need improvement guarding off the ball and guarding screens. Despite some defensive shortcomings, Coach Tisdell said the Lady Cats did a great job moving the ball around, being active and feeding the ball into the post. She said the guards took smart shots. Coach Tisdell included several JV players with her varsity for the scrimmage.
The Lady Cats feature four players who were frequent starters last year: Sadavia Porter, Autumn Tanton, Danielle Godbolt and Te’Arria Rose. Coach Tisdell calls them her four seniors. Senior Tarayla Kelly is currently out with a knee injury.
The Lady Cats open the regular season next Saturday morning against Paris. A JV game is planned for 10 a.m. in Wildcat Gym with a varsity contest to follow. Paris is coached by last year’s Lady Cats coach Jeff Chapman. Coach Chapman and his wife attended the scrimmage.
Eight Lady Cats Named to All-District Volleyball Team; 11 Receive Academic All-District Honors
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team was well represented on the All-District Volleyball Team with two superlatives and six other players earning first team, second team or honorable mention recognition. The team, released by Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness Saturday (November 10), was selected by the district’s coaches who could not vote for their own players. Eleven Lady Cats also qualified for Academic
All-District Honors. Senior Autumn Tanton was named the Most Valuable Hitter.
Senior Libero Sadie Stroud was selected as the Defensive Player of the Year. Making the All-District
First Team were senior setter Lexi Whisenhunt
and senior Madison Vickery.
Second Team All-District selections included:
sophomore Sadie Washburn,
junior Sydney Washburn
and senior Abbi Baier.
Getting honorable mention recognition was senior Maddie Millsap (no picture available).
Earning Academic All-District Honors were senior Sadie Stroud, sophomore Sadie Washburn, senior Maddie Millsap, senior Autumn Tanton, senior Abbi Baier, junior Kate Womack, sophomore Erika VanBenthem, junior Sydney Washburn, senior Taylor McElfresh, senior Lexi Whisenhunt and senior Madison Vickery.
Wildcats Bi-District Playoff: Time, Location Set
The Sulphur Springs Wildcats will travel to the Ford Center at The Star, 9 Cowboy Way, Frisco to face the Frisco High Raccoons Thursday night, November 15th at 7:30 p.m.
The Wildcats finished third in 5-A, Division II, District 8. Frisco defeated Lovejoy 48-45 Friday night at Lovejoy to claim second place in District 7.
Wildcats Cold in Loss to North Forney; Will Travel to Frisco for Playoff
by Butch Burney
FORNEY — A quirky first half turned into an irksome second half for the Sulphur Springs Wildcats Friday night against the North Forney Falcons, but it won’t keep the Wildcats at home next week.
Sulphur Springs saw a 17-17 halftime tie turn into a 39-24 loss to North Forney on a cold, blustery night in the regular season finale for both teams. But, while North Forney won the battle, Sulphur Springs won the war because it is the Wildcats who will advance to the bi-district playoffs next week. The Wildcats (6-3 overall, 5-3 in District 8-5A) had already secured a playoff berth before the game and will now enter the postseason as the third place team in the district.
They will travel to Frisco for the first round game to play Frisco High, the second-place team in District 7-5A. The game will be played Thursday night, November 15th at The Ford Center at the Star in Frisco. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
The game against North Forney was a strange one for a half as the Wildcats scored a safety on a kickoff, had a penalty against North Forney keep a touchdown drive alive following a missed field goal, and scored a two-point conversion off a mishandled PAT snap. Each team registered first downs on each of their four offensive plays and at the end of the half, there was only 3 yards difference in total yardage for each team.
The second half started as weirdly as the first half ended as Sulphur Springs fumbled on the kickoff return, but North Forney fumbled the ball right back to the Wildcats on the first play from scrimmage. From there, though things turned from quirky to sour.
North Forney, which scored the final 10 points of the first half, scored 15 more in the third quarter on a 53-yard fumble return for a touchdown by Tre Barksdale and a 32-yard touchdown pass to take a 32-17 lead.
The Wildcats, meanwhile, had their first five possessions of the second half end in three punts, a fumble and on downs. They finally got the offense in early in the fourth quarter with a 39-yard TD drive following a fumble recovery by defensive lineman Michael Arrington. Colton Allen’s 9-yard touchdown run and Brandon Zavala’s PAT cut the North Forney lead to 32-24. But, the Falcons responded with a 65-yard TD drive of their own, capped by a 43-yard run by Ty Collins.
The Wildcats’ final two possessions ended with a lost fumble and on downs.
North Forney took a 7-0 first quarter lead on a 3-yard pass from Jacob Acuna to Cory Johnson. Acuna finished the game by hitting 9-of-13 passes for 194 yards and three TDs. Two of his touchdowns went to Johnson, who caught four passes for 70 yards.
Sulphur Springs, though came back with 17 straight first quarter points as they tied the game on a Caden Davis 2-yard run and a Zavala PAT. On the ensuing kickoff, the ball tipped off the hands of an intermediate return man and dribbled down to the 1-yard line, where a Forney player picked it up and stepped back into the endzone, where he was tackled by Wildcat Kylan Wade for a safety.
The Wildcats then added another TD after receiving the kickoff. The drive looked like it would end with a missed 31-yard field goal, but the Falcons were flagged for being offside, giving SSHS a first down, which they capitalized on when Da’Korian Sims scored two plays later from 9 yards out. Sims led the Wildcats in rushing with 106 yards on 13 carries, the second time this season he has gone over the 100-yard mark.
Noe Ponce, the holder on extra points, bulled his way into the endzone following a mishandled snap for a 2-point conversion.
Though the Wildcats were up 17-7, North Forney tied the game in the second quarter on a 23-yard field goal by Carlos Rodriguez and a 41-yard pass from Acuna to Johnson.
Sulphur Springs actually outgained the Falcons 392 yards to 375, but the Wildcats turned the ball over four times on three lost fumbles (one returned for a TD) and an interception. SSHS averaged more than 5 yards per carry (39 carries for 214 yards), but completed just barely more than 50 percent of its passes (17-of-30).
NOTES: This was the first meeting between the Wildcats and Falcons in football. North Forney did not play varsity sports until 2010-11 and did not have a graduating class until 2012. … North Forney scored 39 points with less than 400 yards of total offense because (1) they scored on a fumble return, and (2) they had drives start at their own 42, 43 and 49 yard lines and the Wildcats’ 22, 41 and 40 yard lines. … The Wildcats took the ball away four times as well, with fumble recoveries from Kylan Wade, Austin Dodd and Michael Arrington and an interception by Detrick Clayton. Andy Eddins appeared to have a first-half interception, but a pass interference penalty negated the turnover.
AROUND THE DISTRICT: Corsicana was idle Friday night, giving them a week to prepare for Lake Dallas, their first-round opponent. Kaufman, a 28-26 winner over Forney, will play Lucas Lovejoy in bi-district, and Ennis (a 35-14 winner over Greenville), will face ninth-ranked Frisco Reedy in the first round of the playoffs. Royse City was a 22-7 victor over Terrell.
Sulphur Springs 17 0 0 7 –24
North Forney 7 10 15 7 –39
First Quarter
North Forney — Cory Johnson 3 pass from Jacob Acuna (Carlos Rodriguez kick), 10:45.
Sulphur Springs — Caden Davis 2 run (Brandon Zavala kick), 8:05.
Sulphur Springs — Safety, Kylan Wade tackles kick returner in endzone, 7:55.
Sulphur Springs — Da’Korian Sims 9 run (Noe Ponce run), 5:09.
Second Quarter
North Forney — Rodriguez 23 field goal, 8:17.
North Forney — Johnson 41 pass from Acuna (Rodriguez kick), 6:13.
Third Quarter
North Forney — Tre Barksdale 53 fumble return (Jaylin Smith run), 10:11.
North Forney — Chris Bellamy 32 pass from Acuna (Rodriguez kick), 1:59.
Fourth Quarter
Sulphur Springs — Colton Allen 9 run (Zavala kick), 10:29.
North Forney — Ty Collins 43 run (Rodriguez kick), 8:38.
STATISTICS
RUSHING
Sulphur Springs, 39-214 — Da’Korian Sims 13-106, Caden Davis 11-54, Colton Allen 12-72, Austin Dodd 2-5, D’Corian Young 1-(-23).
North Forney, 36-182 — Aalarieake Branch 18-87, Ty Collins 9-77, Jacob Soto 2-14, Jacob Acuna 5-12, Chris Bellamy 1-0, Jaylin Smith 1-(-8).
PASSING
Sulphur Springs, 17-30-1-178 — D’Corian Young 17-30-1-178.
North Forney, 9-13-1-194 — Jacob Acuna 9-13-1-194
RECEIVING
Sulphur Springs 17-178 — Landry Tyson 5-81, Jermond Bryant-Amos 3-35, Austin Dodd 3-3, Damiyon Dugan 2-16, .Caden Davis 1-16, Da’Korian Sims 1-7, Bryce McQueen 1-17, Connor Burgin 1-3.
North Forney, 9-194 — Cory Johson 4-70, Chris Bellamy 3-57, Anthony MaQuar 1-12, DeJuan Johnson 1-45.
FUMBLE RECOVERIES
Sulphur Springs, 2 — Kylan Wade 1, Austin Dodd 1, Michael Arrington 1.
North Forney, 3 — Tre Barksdale 2, Antorius Hambric 1.
INTERCEPTIONS
Sulphur Springs, 1 — Detrick Clayton 1.
North Forney, 1 — Antorius Hambric 1.
PUNTING
Sulphur Springs, 6-149 — Jermond Bryant-Amos 6-149 (24.8 average).
North Forney, 4-125 — Corbin Thompson 4-125 (31.3 average).
KICK RETURNS
Sulphur Springs, 6-97 — Caden Davis 4- 67, Damiyon Dugan 2-30.
North Forney, 2-21 — Ty Collins 2-21.
PUNT RETURNS
Sulphur Springs — none.
North Forney, none.
FUMBLES-LOST: Sulphur Springs 5-2. North Forney 5-3.
PENALTIES: Sulphur Springs 6-40. North Forney 5-45.
FIRST DOWNS: Sulphur Springs 20. North Forney 18.
Wildcats at North Forney; Playoff Opponent Will be Either Lovejoy or Frisco
The Wildcats’ football team plays their final district game this year as they travel to Forney to play North Forney Friday night (November 9) at 7:30 p.m. The Wildcats await the playoffs either as a #2 or #3 seed. North Forney’s season ends Friday night on their senior night. The Wildcats are 5-2 in district play and 6-2 overall. The Falcons are 2-5 in district play and 3-6 overall.
Likely Wildcats playoff opponent is either Lovejoy or Frisco. They play each other Friday night. Other games in the Wildcats’ district Friday could have playoff implications with Forney at Kaufman, Ennis at Greenville and Royse City at Terrell.
The North Forney football coach is Randy Jackson in his second year. Wildcats Coach Greg Owens is in his 13th year. Coach Owens says the playoff picture is still muddled.
You can catch Wildcats Football on KSST Radio Friday at 7:30 p.m. The game will also be videotaped for replay at a later date on Channel 18 on Suddenlink Cable.
