Sulphur Springs Principal Submits Notice Of Retirement
SSISD Administrators Give Updates On Bilingual/ESL Programs, Progress Monitoring Goals Sulphur Springs ISD will be losing a principal to retirement soon; her notice of retirement was one of only three action items the school board was asked to consider approving during the regular November meeting this week. During the administrative reports portion of the Nov. 8, 2021 school board meeting, SSISD Director for the Bilingual/ESL Program...
District & Campus Improvement Plans, Policy Update, Personnel Recommendations Considered During Sulphur Springs SSISD Board Meeting
Fine Arts Letter Jacket Policy, Head Start Policies Discussed As Well Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees worked their way through their regular October agenda this week rather quickly. Approved were campus and district improvement plans, several Head Start documents, a policy update, and 10 personnel recommendations. During public forum, a parent and grandmother asked the school board to review policy requirements for students to...
SSISD Trustees Approve 6 Personnel Recommendations, 2 Firms To Assist With Facilities Planning
Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees at a special board meeting approved 6 personnel recommendation and hired two firms to assist with facilities planning. Personnel Changes The school board on Aug. 27, 2021, approved three new hires and for three staff members to swap job, all at two campuses, Douglass Early Childhood Learning Center and Sulphur Springs High School. Aliah Johnson and Sheila Perry will essentially be swapping jobs at...
Some Homeschool Students Eligible to Participate In UIL With Sulphur Springs ISD
Some homeschool students who meet eligibility requirements may now apply to participate in UIL activities. This would allow them to complete along side equal grade level Sulphur Springs ISD students. “The legislation passed that makes this an allowable thing – it’s never been before – if the school board says it is,” SSISD Superintendent Mike Lamb said, referring to the passage of House Bill 547. “We were kind...
Sulphur Springs ISD Trustees To Hold Budget Workshop, Receive ESSER Updates, Discuss UIL For Home School Students
Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees are scheduled to hold a budget workshop, receive ESSER updates, discuss offering UIL for home schooled students in Sulphur Springs. Sulphur Springs ISD Board Trustees Leesa Toliver and Robbin Vaughn, Superintendent Michael Lamb, Board President Robert Cody, Secretary Jason Dietze, and Vice President Craig Roberts before their June 15, 2021, meeting Budget, ESSER funding The trustees budget...
CNB To Continue As SSISD Bank Depository, TSR/Health Special Risk As District Student Insurance Carrier
City National Bank will continue to serve as the depository bank, Texas Student Resources/Health Special Risk as student accident insurance carrier for Sulphur Springs ISD, school trustees determined during their regular meeting earlier this month. SSISD trustees also renewed service contracts with Region 8. Bank Depository SSISD Business Manager Sherry McGraw explained that the district has the opportunity to extend a contract for...
SSISD Trustees Approve 3 Personnel Changes, Conduct Annual Superintendent Evaluation, Receive Recognition
In addition to being recognized for their service, Sulphur Springs ISD trustees approved three personnel changes and conducted the annual superintendent’s evaluation during a special meeting Monday evening, Jan. 25, 2021. Personnel Items SSISD logo Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees during an executive session conducted their annual evaluation of the superintendent’s performance, as well as whether to extend his...
Sulphur Springs ISD Celebrates School Board Recognition Month This January
Sulphur Springs – The Sulphur Springs ISD joins 1,024 school districts throughout Texas to celebrate January as School Board Recognition Month, according to SSISD Superintendent Michael Lamb. Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees (front row, left) President Robert Cody, Robbin Vaughn, Secretary Jason Dietze, (back row) John Prickette, Leesa Toliver, Vice President Craig Roberts and Kerry Wright “Our school...
SSISD Trustees Approve 2020-21 General Fund, Debt, Food Service Budgets
Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees approved balanced SSISD 2020-21 general fund, debt and food service budgets during the regular board meeting held earlier this week. The tax rate will be presented for board approval during a special called board meeting and public hearing later this month. General Fund The 2019-20 and 2020-21 budgets are very similar. However, SSISD anticipates receiving $1.2 million less...
SSISD Trustees Approved 13 Personnel Recommendations
Contract Release Date For Resignation Notifications Announced Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees approved 13 personnel recommendations and recognized one of their own. The contract release date for employees was also noted during the regular June school board meeting. SSISD Board of Trustees have resumed regular meetings with social distancing. The June session, like many things this year, was a little bit different in observance...
