Volume VI, Issue 15 (May 23, 2021)

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ― Arthur Ashe

Vol. VI May 23, 2021

Sharing the good news about Longview Independent School District

SIMPLY THE BEST LHS named top high school in East Texas

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ongview High School is one of the best high schools in the East Texas region, according to a national ranking.

The U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best High Schools list ranks LHS as the top cam2021|Continued to page 15

Jennifer Capella wins Mayor Mack scholarship Mayor Andy Mack announced the winners of his annual scholarship during the May 13th City Council meeting, among them was Longview High School student Jennifer Capella.

“This is the sixth year we’ve done this program, and each year it just keeps getting better and better,” said Mayor Mack. “These young people are the future of Longview, and we would all be wise to try to see our city through their eyes.”

Jennifer was one of four graduating seniors from Longview, Pine Tree, Spring Hill, or Hallsville high schools.

The application includes a one-page essay on how you desire to make an impact on improving Longview.

Each year, Mayor Mack provides a scholarship to local students who have shown an attitude of service to the Longview community. One scholarship is awarded per high school to students for furthering their education. These Mack|Continued to page 14

Wall, Williams named top students for 2021

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Longview High School’s Class of 2021 Valedictorian is Elizabeth Grace Wall, and Salutatorian is Emma Catherine Williams.

Elizabeth plans to attend Auburn University to pursue a degree in Business Administration with a Pre-Med concentration. Emma plans to attend Baylor University and major in

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Communication Sciences and Disorders to become a Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist.

With some offers still pending, scholarships total over $7.4 million for Longview High School seniors, according to Mrs. Kay Ray, coordinator of college scholarships and financial aid.

The Top 2 percent of the

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Class of 2021 includes (in alphabetical order): Delia Acuna, Diana Acuna, Rylee Danielle Babino, Nicholas Harrison Goodan, Harrison Paul Lin, Elizabeth Grace Monsour, Kate Pimentel, and Alexandra Lynn Rojas Monsivais.

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Obituaries Social

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OPINION

Being a teacher during COVID

By Alicia Simba Education Week I started my first day as a teacher last August, staring at seven little 4-year-olds who stared back at me through a quiet Zoom screen. I pressed unmute, animatedly introduced myself, and invited them to do the same, as they sunk into their parent’s lap or squirmed in an oversized chair in their living room. We sang “Old McDonald” with each voice cutting in and out on top of each other.

I pressed Mute All to read Jacqueline Wilson’s The Day You Begin, and their eyes glanced at the illustrations before grabbing the nearest toy. Then, 30 minutes after we started, we waved goodbye, and I sat in the screeching silence of my apartment in Oakland, Calif., wondering, what next?

I began teaching transitional kindergarten in a large, public

school district in the a range of challenges, Bay Area, at a small, the easiest of which Title I, predominantly included frantically Black P-5 school. As a dropping off devices, Black female teacher getting kicked out of myself, I was aware of Zoom meetings, and how relevant these deending the school days mographic details were in tears (for me, but for during the pandemic. students, too). And yet, Remote learning hit there has also been lots SIMBA low-income communiof joy, laughter, and ties of color particularly growth. My class has hard, thanks to a mix of limited written our own books, conductfunding, barriers to connectived science experiments, recordity, and the disproportionate ed dance performances, and toll of COVID-19 on Black and done our best to fill our virtual Latinx families. space with all the positivity we Of the many upheavals can muster. I have heard my felcaused by the pandemic, the low teachers (many of them also disruption to K-12 learning in their first year of teaching) has been one of the most seexpress similar surprise that we vere. First-year teachers like could still have fun in school, me were thrown into the crisis, even under the circumstances. beginning our teaching careers This year was nothing like I in the middle of a pandemic. had imagined, but a few weeks So, when the school year before the end of the year, I am started last fall, I expected the excited about my future in the worst. Remote learning brought field. The pandemic revealed

and exacerbated the strains and responsibilities put on teachers.

At the same time, this challenging year has created new possibilities for what it could mean to be a teacher in a post-COVID-19 world.

Teaching through this crisis also pushed me to closely communicate and collaborate with parents more than I might otherwise have done in a normal first year. Like many other teachers across grade levels, I was prepared for the traditional (and often harmful) expectation that parents leave their kids at school and hear minimal updates beyond parent-teacher conferences and misconduct. For years, many families—and particularly families of color—have felt shut out of their children’s education, blocked by mistrust, bureaucracy, and language barriers.

— Alicia Simba is an elementary teacher in Oakland, Calif.

Should two- and four-year degrees be free?

By Dr. Stephen Adair The New York Times The last 40 years have seen an ever-widening income gap between those with college degrees and those without. Over that interval, incomes have soared for those with advanced degrees and declined for those with high-school diplomas or less. As a result, the route to economic security for young people depends increasingly on access to higher education. Yet it keeps getting more expensive.

Since the Great Recession, the public portion of the operating costs for state universities and colleges in Connecticut, where we teach, has declined 20 percent; since the 1980s, it has declined by nearly half. In the 1960s, tuition for a Connecticut state university was $100 a year, which could be earned by working fewer than 100 hours at minimum wage.

Today, a student needs to work nearly 1,000 hours at the state minimum of $12 an hour to pay the $11,462 required for tuition at the least expensive state university in Connecticut.

Our state is hardly unique

in abdicating its reeconomic value of a sponsibilities to the college degree, fuels the next generation. By crisis of student debt, 2018, only four states which today totals had returned to prere$1.7 trillion. To pay cession funding levels for a year of school, at public two- and fourthree-quarters of Ameryear institutions. In ican families pay at Arizona the decline has least 24 percent of their been especially acute: average family income, ADAIR 2018 per-student higheven after grants are er-education funding distributed. was down 55.7 percent from As students pay more, they 2008, and average student tuoften receive less. Nationwide, ition costs at four-year institu- nearly 75 percent of all facultions increased by 91 percent. ty positions are off the tenure In Louisiana, these figures track, often without benefits or were 40.6 and 105.4 percent, long-term job prospects. Ironirespectively. cally, hundreds of thousands of The Biden administration some of the most educated peohas proposed reforms to ease ple in the country now shuttle the student-debt crisis. But to and from campus, juggling a real solution must upend a gigs to try to eke out a living system of cascading inequities. while unable to give students Restoring the dream of highthe attention they deserve. er education as an equalizer While President Biden’s requires a holistic solution that American Families Plan inattacks all the sources of the cludes a provision for free problem: a lack of investment community college, this is an in common goods, growing incomplete solution. tuition and student debt and The College for All Act of exploitative labor practices 2021, introduced by Senator that undermine the quality of Bernie Sanders and Represeneducation. tative Pramila Jayapal, would The rise in tuition costs, address the crisis in full. In combined with the growing addition to making commu-

nity college tuition-free for all, it would make two- and four-year public colleges and minority-serving institutions free for poor and middle-class students and increase funding for programs that target students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Nationally, in 2016, the net average price of college attendance (the total cost minus all grants awarded) for students coming from the lowest family income quartile amounted to 94 percent of total family income.

Unsurprisingly, poorer students are less present at higher levels of education nationwide.

In Connecticut, students of color are overrepresented at the introductory levels and increasingly underrepresented at higher levels.

— Dr. Stephen Adair is a sociology professor at Central Connecticut State University.

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C I N ASEYOU MIS SED I T Free Tutoring

The Longview Public Library has a FREE service that could help your students. BrainFuse is an in-depth study and tutoring database that offers tons of learning resources for many subjects and all grade levels, kindergarten to adult continuing education!

- Free virtual tutoring via chat room, 2 p.m. - 11 p.m.

- Homework and study help.

- Writing/paper analysis.

- Tons of learning resources for tests like the SAT, ASVAB, and more.

- Flashcard aides.

- Many other helpful learning tools!

And this is all FREE to access with your library card!

Head to the website and check it out today: https://longviewtexas.gov/2884/Data bases-A-to-Z/

‘Give a little Love’ fundraiser

Donors who want to give a little love to the Longview ISD Foundation in support of its grant programs can show their love and appreciation for the hard work and dedication teachers, administrators, and staff members have shown this year as they have faced the pandemic and persevered. They have given from their hearts; now donors can give from theirs. Donors may honor an educator or staff member from a particular LISD campus to recognize him or her for the loving care he or she has shown a student or simply say thanks for being a great teacher or staff member!

Memorial Day Closure

LHS Remind Groups

Longview High School will use Remind.com to communicate effectively with students and their parents. Using Remind.com texts sent directly to students and parents has proven to be very successful in communicating important school information and opportunities to students and parents.

Did we miss your district news?

Did we miss district campus or organization news? Send us the pertinent information to ask@LISD.org and we’ll include it in our next issue!

All district offices will be closed for Memorial Day on Monday, May 31.

District offices will open Tuesday, June 1 during their regular hours.

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Dr. Samir Germanwala joins LISD board Longview ISD Board of Trustees welcomed newly-elected Place 3 representative Dr. Samir Germanwala during Monday GERMANWALA night’s regular meeting.

Trustees canvassed the results of the Place 3 board election showing Dr. Germanwala earning 66 percent of the votes (261-134).

“I am honored to be given the opportunity to represent District 3 in the Longview Independent School District,” he said. “It has been a humbling experience to meet the families of our district during this campaign, and I look forward to representing those families in the upcoming years.”

Samir and his wife Dr. Gana

Nadiga Germanwala have two children who are current Longview ISD students, and he is a cardiologist at Longview Regional Medical Center. In addition, Samir is involved in multiple organizations throughout the community, including “Simple Bare Necessities,” a non-profit started by his daughter to create hygiene packets for students in need.

He received his medical degree from Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine and has

been a board-certified physician for more than 20 years.

Incumbents Mr. Michael Tubb (Place 1) and Dr. Troy Simmons (Place 7) were unopposed and will both serve another three-year term on the board.

Board members administered the oath of office to Mr. Tubb, Dr. Simmons, and Dr. Germanwala. The board did not reorganize officers for the coming term, as the current officers have only been serv-

ing since the November 2020 election. Officers for the LISD trustees will remain Board President: Mrs. Shan Bauer, Vice President: Mr. Michael Tubb, Board Secretary: Mr. Ted Beard, and Vice Secretary: Mr. Brett Miller.

The current Board of Trustees for Longview ISD is now Mr. Michael Tubb (Place 1), Mr. Brett Miller (Place 2), Dr. Samir Germanwala (Place 3), Mrs. Ginia Northcutt (Place 4), Mrs. Shan Bauer (Place 5), Mr. Ted Beard (Place 6), and Dr. Troy Simmons (Place 7).

Serving as a link between the community and classroom, school board members are elected to establish the policies that provide the framework for public schools. LISD trustees are responsible for an annual budget of more than $78 million, over 8,000 students and nearly 3,000 staffers.

New district enrollment system launched Longview Independent School District is excited to announce our new online student enrollment system for the 2021-22 school year.

Enrollment for Longview ISD opens May 20 and closes June 18. Families can access the application here, which is the same for all LISD campuses grades K through 12, by visiting ChooseLISD.org All current and new students to the

district are required to create an account in the new system to declare their intent to return to their current campus OR to enroll in another campus.

All applications must be completed online using a computer or a mobile device.

Enrollment stations are available at the Welcome Center located in the LISD Education Support Center for anyone needing access or assistance.

Phone support is also provided by the Welcome Center staff by calling 903-3812268.

In addition to completing the online enrollment forms, families will need to complete the campus registration process in Skyward prior to being enrolled on their campus of choice.

For a step-by-step guide, go to LISD. org/news/article/2021-enroll.html.

Over 6,000 dual-credit hours were earned in 2020-21 During the 2020-21 school year, Lobo students earned 6,676 dual credit hours! That’s amazing! Credit hours were earned from: Kilgore College — 6,237 credit hours SFA — 177 credit hours UT — 214 credit hours LeTourneau — 48 credit hours 217 Seniors took at least 1 dual credit class over the course of 4 years at Longview High School.

98 Seniors were honored for earning 24 or more Dual Credit Hours from Stephen F. Austin State University, Kilgore College, LeTourneau University and/or UT OnRampsRamps 55 Seniors earned 24 or more dual credit hours 14 Seniors completed the 42 Texas College Core Curriculum 29 Seniors graduated with an Associate’s Degree from Kilgore College

WHERE TO FIND THE LONGVIEW VOICE — May 23, 2021

ABC Auto 446 N Eastman Rd Air U 4300 US 259 N Albertsons 3603 McCann Rd Anita’s Food and Fuel 1123 W Cotton Bar-K Ranch 5651 US 259 N Big 5 Tire 1701 W Loop 281 Big Papa’s Liquor 800 E Loop 281 Big Papa’s Shell 800 E Loop 281 Bodacious Barbeque 904 N 6th St Books-A-Million 440 W Loop 281 Boot Barn 2419 Gilmer Rd Boys & Girls Club 610 W Garfield Bramlette Elementary 111 Tupelo Dr Brookshires 3354 Gilmer Rd Broughton Recreation Center 801 MLK Jr. Blvd Carter’s Bar-B-que 519 S Eastman Rd Chamber of Commerce 410 N Center St China King 440 W Loop 281 Citizens National Bank 3412 N 4th St City Hall 300 W Cotton St City Library 222 W Cotton St Cowboy Chicken 3080 N Eastman Rd Conoco 514 S Eastman Rd Cowboys Quick Stop No. 2 601 S Mobberly Development Center 410 S High St Diagnostic Clinic of Longview 709 Hollybrook Dr Denny’s 3126 S Eastman Rd Dollar General 1003 N Eastman Rd Dons Cowboys No. 13 1001 E Young St Dr. Mark Camp 815 4th St Montesorri Prep 400 N Eastman Rd LISD Administration 1301 E Young St El Sombrero 1442 McCann Rd East Texas Advanced Manufacturing Academy 519 W South St

Excel ER 120 E Loop 281 Exxon Quick Food Mart 701 S Eastman Rd Exxon Subway 2001 N Eastman Rd Fairmont Exxon 1516 Fairmont St Family Dollar 1205 E Marshall Av Fat’s Exxon 427 E Loop 281 Fina 451 S High St Fina Smart Mart 1515 S Mobberly Ave Firenza Pizza 3080 N Eastman Rd Fisherman’s Market 116 Johnson St Foster Middle 1504 MLK Jr. Blvd Forest Park Middle 1644 N Eastman Rd

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop 310 E Hawkins Pkwy Global Graphics 1405 W Colton St Go Fast Food 4700 Judson Rd The Granary 311 Tuttle Cir Gregg County Courthouse 101 E Methvin St

Harley’s Liquor 1302 W Loop 281 Heathcare Express 1509 W Loop 281 Hilton Garden Inn 905 E Hawkins Hospitality ER 3111 McCann Rd Hudson PEP Elementary 1311 Lilly St

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More LISD teachers qualify for incentive pay The amount of Longview ISD teachers qualifying for state incentive pay has increased over 50 percent in the first year of the program.

YORK “I am very pleased to report that LISD Teacher Incentive Allotment designees increased from 52 this past year to 82 this year,” said Mr. John York, LISD Chief Human Resources Officer.

“This increase raises our total allotment from $650,000 to $984,869.”

Mr. York said the Teacher Incentive Allotment is fully funded by the state and came about with the passage of House Bill 3 in the last legislative session.

“The goal of the TIA is to create a realistic pathway to six-figure salaries for teachers, and to improve recruitment and retention of our most highly effective teachers and keep them in the classroom at our most challenging campuses,” he said.

When you combine TIA with the district’s Longview Incentive For Teachers (LIFT) program, Longview ISD has 11 teachers whose salary will exceed $100,000 this year.

Mr. York provided trustees with a breakdown of the designations by campus and charter partner: Currently there are 55 total designees at TCIS campuses,

24 at ETAA campuses, and 3 at LEAP campuses.

The designations start at the “recognized” level and progress to “exemplary,” with the highest being “master.”

Mr. York said the allotment earned by the designee “is determined by the poverty level of their campus.”

“Hence, the higher the campus poverty rate, the higher the allotment,” he said. “This is intentional by design to recruit and retain the highest-paid teachers at the most challenging campuses.”

By statute 90 percent of the allotment must be spent on teacher compensation, said Mr. York.

“Our spending plan outlines 90 percent of the allotment be paid to the earning teacher,” he said. “Teacher designations are placed on the teacher’s certificate and are valid for five years.

During that five year period, the teacher must remain in a teaching position to earn an allotment.

During that five-year period, teachers not already at the master level may move up if their observation scores and student growth warrant an increase.

Mr. York said the district’s implementation plan expands eligibility to include Kindergarten-Grade 3 teachers in the current 2020-21 data capture year using the Iowa Assessment to measure reading and math student growth.

“This expands our system to include Kindergarten teachers

up through high school Endof-Course Exam Teachers,” he said. “Teachers outside of tested areas may earn a designation by obtaining a National Board Certification, as attaining National Board Certification automatically qualifies a

teacher for a Recognized designation.”

For more information about Longview ISD’s incentive pay programs for district teachers please contact the Human Resource department at 903-3812200.

LISD students inducted into National Junior Honor Society

Foster and Judson recently inducted their latest group of National Junior Honor Society students! Congratulations to all of the new members!

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Trustees approve facilities improvements The Longview ISD Board of Trustees approved an Energy Savings Performance Contract with Schneider Electric to replace and renovate multiple district facilities for a total cost of $599,244, during their May 10th regular meeting.

Dr. Wayne Guidry, Assistant Superintendent of Finance, said the project will be paid from federal stimulus funds and the GUIDRY district’s fund balance.

The project includes the replacement of two boilers at Longview High and one at Johnston-McQueen Elementary and the replacement of a chiller system at the Educational Service Center and extending the roof of the LHS Agriculture Barn.

Dr. Guidry said the boiler at Johnston-McQueen is 33 years old, while the boiler at Longview High is 21 years old.

The chiller at the administration building is also 21 years old.

“Each of these items is requiring continual repair cost.

In some instances the parts to repair equipment are no longer available,” said Dr. Guidry.

“Also, with the recent growth of our FFA program, our barn is unable to house all of the animals.”

The proposal from Schneider Electric was procured through the district’s membership with The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS), a national

purchasing cooperative that offers access to competitively procured purchasing contracts to its membership. The system is housed and managed by the Region VIII Education Service Center in Pittsburg, Texas.

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IB TRAINING FOR ALL

Board members also approved approximately $250,000 in grant funding for the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP), and Career-Related Programme (CP) trainings during the month of May 2021.

Mrs. Linda Buie, TCIS Longview Executive Director,

explained that, as Longview ISD continues in the authorization process, “this training will provide more information and tools for IB educators to establish the best IB schools possible.”

“Over 350 participants will be trained in our journey to become the only IB District to have all schools IB authorized,” she said. “This training will continue our BUIE District on the way to full IB authorization.”

Longview Independent School District is the only public school system in Texas that offers the world-renowned International Baccalaureate program free of charge at all district campuses.

‘SMARTLAB’ FOR SOUTH WARD

The board also approved utilizing Public Charter School Program Federal Funds to purchase a ‘SmartLab’ system for the South Ward Elementary campus.

At a cost of $177,894 the SmartLab engages learners in a hands-on, project-based learning approach in which STEAM disciplines are seamlessly integrated.

Campus principal Mr. Joaquin Guerrero explained that, in a SmartLab, learning is highly personalized and empowers students to shape their learning

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CONGRATULATIONS SENIORS!

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Senior parents, did we miss your student? Please send us their photo and name to ask@LISD.org and we will publish it during our coming summer issues!

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SPORTS

2021 LOBO FOOTBALL

Awards, scholarships given out to LHS football graduates

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Lobos show their commitment with signing Three more Lobos signed their commitment letters to play at the college level!

Congratulations to Bryant Arthur (Lobo Football) who will be attending Bethany College, Alejandro Rojas-Monsivais (Lobo Soccer) who will be attending LeTourneau University and Audrey Smith who signed with TJC where she will be a part of the Apache Belles dance team!

“The best part of being a Lobo is sharing the field with my friends,” Bryant said.

“I am excited about being so close to home and getting to play with Lobo alum at LETU,” Alejandro said.

Please help us congratulate these outstanding young men as they pursue their dream of playing ball at the collegiate level!

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Hudson PEP students bring clean water to Uganda

By Laura Harris NBC5 Some students in East Texas learned a lesson in charity recently, thanks to a class assignment.

“It all started when I read a book called ‘A Long Walk to Water,’ by Linda Sue Park,” said Regina Ward, Hudson PEP fifth grade teacher. “In that book, it details how there are kids, they are just kids, having to walk back and forth all day trying to bring clean water back to their village. Many of these kids can’t even go to school, because they have to spend the time getting the water to the people they live with.”

Many of the young people who must go find the life-saving resource for the village are girls.

Ward then gave the book to

her students to read.

“They decided that they wanted to do something. They wanted to find out if there was any way that they could help,” Ward said. “So, we started raising the money, but we didn’t quite reach our goal. The kids then did a little more and they were able to raise $10,000 in order to build a

new well.”

She said it was more than a lesson in kindness, but also a means to help her students understand, they have so many more opportunities than others and helping those in need is a lesson they can take with them for a lifetime.

“I hope that people will listen

more than they speak and that they will try to empathize with others and try to understand others’ problems. It just inspires me. Sometimes we think kids can’t do a big thing. These kids did a big thing,” Ward said.

One of those kids was her student Mia Bustamante.

“We learned so much. Even if we had never met them. We knew they needed help and we wanted to help them,” Bustamante said.

The 11-year-old said she and her classmates are now looking for their next big project to do something good while remembering the lessons they learned from this one.

“Don’t take anything for granted, because some people might not have those things that you have. Just be nice to everyone,” Bustamante said.

STUDENTS |Continued from page 1 Class of 2021 includes (in alphabetical order): Stella Rayne Barton, Justin Tomas Beltran, Isabel Marie Valentine Breaux, Jennifer Capella, Kiaira Lashay Coates, Josephine Elise Cowart, Kimberly Nicole Delgado, Molly Lynn Escandon, Tatum Michelle Fenton, Brady Lawson Gideon, Daniela Gomez Pedroso Soto, Ivriah Fayth Horton, Margaret Frances Jackson, Camryn Layne Jacobs, Andrew Martin Johnson, Ethan Evans Jones, Ayaan Muhammad Khan, James Thomas Markowitz, Samantha Azucena Martinez, Cooper

Michael Mayes, Daija Isabella Molina, Samantha Marie Neely, Braden Nickel, Daisy Michelle Nieto, Jennifer Lynn O’Connor, Carolina Olivas, Austin Malik Pencheon, Kelsey Jinghua Quiett, Carlos Alberto Ramirez, Mallory Alexandra Reeves, Alejandro Lee Rojas Monsivais, Alexandra Itzel Sanchez, Valerie Ann Smith, Colby Tristum Stokes, Evelyn Mae Summers, Caroline Alisse Taylor, Emily Linh Tran, Julisa Vazquez, Charles Clark Ward, and Dagmawit Yednekachew Worke.

BOARD |Continued from page 7 to meet their individual interests, abilities, and learning styles.

“The SmartLab will help our students develop the necessary skills to inquire, research, and take risks,” he said. “Students will be equipped with 21st-century skills, such as problem-solving, collaboration, creativity, communication,

critical thinking, and effective application of technology. This lab will prepare South Ward’s students for academic and career success.”

SCHOOL BUS CAMERAS

The board also approved the purchase of 23 new cameras for existing district school buses.

MACK |Continued from page 1 funds, which total $8,000, are provided by Mayor Andy Mack and Councilwoman Kristen Ishihara, who use their annual council stipends to invest in students’ futures.

Mayor Mack said every year he is “blown away by the quality of the essays that are submitted.”

“I really look forward to reading these essays every year, and seeing what our young people are thinking and how they feel about our community,” he said.

For more information about this program, please visit LongviewTexas.gov/Scholar ship.

Dr. Guidry explained that the $57,485 purchase from Texarkana-based KLC Video Security “includes removal of existing cameras, installation of new cameras and updated access points for enhanced transmission.”

“These cameras will give us better viewing coverage throughout the bus and allow

us to review the film through our network, rather than having to go to the bus and pull the tapes,” he said. “Our older camera system has very limited viewing capabilities.”

After this installation all of the Longview ISD bus fleet with have cameras with remote access viewing and updated viewing capabilities.

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2021 |Continued from page 1 pus in the Longview and Marshall metropolitan areas, and among the top five campuses in the entire East Texas region.

LHS Principal Mr. James Brewer said while he was pleased to see his campus recognized for its high graduation rate, college readiness, and proficiency BREWER score, “there is always room for improvement.”

“We hold ourselves to the highest standards, so while it’s nice to see (these rankings) it’s not something that we’re going to put much stock in,” he said.

“Longview High School remains committed to providing the best possible education for all the young people in our care.

Whether it’s to prepare them for the job force or academia, there are always ways we can improve. Our community deserves nothing less.”

A global authority in education rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranks more than 17,800 public high schools throughout the country, measuring how well schools serve students from various social and economic backgrounds.

LISD Superintendent Dr. James Wilcox said the demographic data is a vital component to these rankings.

“It’s no WILCOX great accomplishment for a highly-selective school to attain high honors, but when you help every student succeed regardless of their socio-economic challenges, that’s saying

something,” he said. “It just goes to show the quality of the educators we have in Longview ISD, and what a tremendous community of families and local stakeholders that makes this possible.”

For the 2021 rankings, the magazine used data from the 2018-19 school year to assess nearly 24,000 public high schools. Only 17,857 of them were ranked because some didn’t have enough 12th-graders (at least 15), and the rankings of only the top 75% (13,393) are released.

Ms. Anita Narayan, managing editor of Education at U.S. News, said families can use the Best High Schools rankings to see NARAYAN how schools compare at the national, state and local level on factors like graduation rates and college readiness.

“The rankings also provide insight into academic performance among underserved groups,” she said.

Ms. Narayan said the data used in this edition is from the 2018-2019 academic school year, and therefore was not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The methodology focuses on six factors: college readiness, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance, college curriculum breadth and graduation rates.

College readiness specifically measures participation and performance on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams.

Alongside the national rankings, U.S. News published rankings at the state, metro area and school district levels.

Only metro areas and school districts with three or more high schools were included in these subrankings.

The Best High Schools rankings are available exclusively on USNews.com and include data on a variety of factors, such as enrollment, student diversity, participation in free and reduced-price lunch programs, graduation rates and the results of state assessments.

U.S. News worked with RTI International, a global research firm, to implement the comprehensive ranking methodology.

Placement and International Baccalaureate exams.

Math and reading proficiency (20%), defined by results from the state’s standardized tests.

Math and reading performance (20%), defined by results from the state’s standardized test compared to predicted results from the school’s demographics.

Underserved student performance (10%), defined by how well Blacks, Hispanics and students from low-income families performed on state tests compared to those who aren’t considered underserved.

Curriculum breadth (10%).

Graduation rate (10%).

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METHODOLOGY

The rankings, according to U.S. News, are based on measurements of: College readiness (30%), defined by participation and performance on Advanced

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OBITUARIES Longview ISD offers our most sincere condolences to our extended Lobo family LAWRENCE RUSSELL BURKE A graveside service for Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Russell Burke will be at 10 a.m.

Thursday, May 20 at the historic American Cemetery in Natchitoches with Reverend David Elkins officiating and Dale Higginbotham providing musical selections. Burial will follow under direction of BURKE Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home.

Dr. Larry R. Burke, 85, of Natchitoches, passed away at his home on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Larry is preceded in death by his parents, Lawrence Franklin and Lillian Burke and his sister, Barbara Burke Wyrick.

Larry was born on February 2, 1936, in Longview, Texas, where he graduated from Longview High School. He attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and graduated with a degree in marketing. He then attended the University of Texas School of Dentistry in Houston, receiving a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 1963. Before going into practice Larry joined the United States Air Force where he served as a Captain and dentist for two years at Williams Air Force Base in Arizona. In 1966 Larry opened his dental practice in Natchitoches and practiced continuously until 2017 when he retired due to health considerations. Larry’s greatest love and his most satis-

JIMMIE LEE THOMAS Jimmie Lee Thomas was born in Easton, Texas on March 28, 1947 to the parentage of A.C. and Vallie Lee Garrett, who preceded her in death.

She united with Tommie Thomas Sr. on June 5, 1970. In this union two children were born.

THOMAS Jimmie was employed by the Longview Independent School District. Upon completing her fifth year of employment with the Longview Independent School District Jimmie retired due to a decline in her health.

She became a member of St. John Baptist

LEONARD HARRIS Leon Harris was born in Gregg County, Tx on May 16, 1959. He was Born to the union of LaVerne Harris Sr and Featta Harris. He was Proceeded in death by his parents and sister Lillie Marie Harris.

He attended the Longview Independent School district HARRIS where he graduated from.

After graduating from school, he began working. He was a dedicated laborer working most of his life until he retired.

fying interest was serving this community as a dentist. He was generous with his time and his expertise, helping multitudes who sometimes had nowhere else to turn.

Those left to cherish his memory include his wife of forty years, Linda Pringle Burke; his children, Cathy Burke Sutton (Mark), Dr. Jim Burke (Lynn), Barbara Burke Townsend, and Meredith Burke Needleman (Josh). Grandchildren are Matthew and Marshall Sutton, Emily and Amy Burke, Katherine and Austin Townsend, Lake, Lucy, and Eloise Needleman and great-grandson Jonah.

Those honored to serve as pallbearers include Mark Sutton, Josh Needleman, Matthew Sutton, Marshall Sutton, Austin Townsend and Lake Needleman.

The Burke Family wishes to thank Dr. Otis Barnum, Dr. Warren Botnick and Dr. Chris Ingram for their special care and attention. The family also wishes to thank devoted caretakers Nicole Hardy, Debra Cooper, and Cynthia Denny, along with Hospice of Natchitoches for their time, kindness, and sincere devotion.

Honorary pallbearers will be Marvin Pringle, Joe Thibodeaux, Don Kelly, Gordon Christensen, Sam Salim, Max Mays, Johnny Miller, Bud Currell, Bobby Maness, and Jack Parker.

Charitable donations in the memory of Dr. Burke can be made to the following causes for which he had a special affinity: Tunnel to Towers Foundation, St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital, Shriners Hospital for Children, and the American Diabetes Association.

church at an early age where she attended church services throughout her adult life.

Jimmie was preceded in death by her husband Tommie Thomas Sr., her twin sister Julia Lee Jones and her older sister Jerereen Lagrone.

Jimmie departed this life on Tuesday, April 20, at Good Shepherd Hospital.

Jimmie leaves to cherish her memory: her daughter Vallie Fite (Mike) of Longview, TX; son, Tommie Thomas (Sarah); three grandchildren, Corrine and Nichole Fite, Keitraille Sutton; three sisters, Lillie Mae Reese (LeRoy), Earlia Fae Jones (Robert), Almeta Hall (Robert Hall-deceased); one brother, Fernanzie Garrett (Carolyn); a brother-in-law, Nelson Lagrone husband to Jerereen (deceased); aunt, Irene Miles (Ronald); uncle, Eddie Daniels and a host of nieces and nephews.

He leaves to cherish his memory his Son, Zarrick Cannon, Two Sisters; Lillie Mae Dixon ( Grady Jr), Mary Ann Bradford (Clarence); Five brothers, Laverne Jr. (BeBe), Bobby Ray, Amos and Michael Sr, all of Longview; and Charles of Austin. One Aunt, Arlene Jackson of Longview.

CLIFTON AUGUST SR.

Clifton August Sr. was born November 3, 1945 in Elton, Louisiana to the late Paul August Sr. and Margaret Carey.

A native of Elton, La. he resided in Lake Charles, Louisiana, AUGUST SR. where he was a member of Starlight Baptist Church and served as a Deacon.

He worked as a construction laborer and was a member of Laborer’s Local 207. Deacon August definitely knew the meaning of evangelism for he visited the sick in hospitals and nursing homes. He also loved to fish and hunt. He departed this life Sunday, May 9, 2021 peacefully in his home.

He leaves to cherish his memories, six daughters, Madonna (Marcus) Harbor, Monica (Cornelius) Biagas, Janine (Jeffery) Chretien, Melissa Bradford, Michelle (Martell) Hawthorne Sr., and Erica Smith (Life Skills teacher at Forest Park); one son, Klifton Simon Fehr; six sisters, Rose, Mary Esther, Lena, Donna Faye, Annette, and Sarah; two half sisters, Celestine and Beverly Ann; five brothers, Paul Jones, George, Sylvester Sr., Anthony, and Jody Williamsl; one half brother, Clifford August; 24 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren; sincere friend and caregiver, Catherine Jones; and a host of other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Julia August; father and mother; daughter, Maranda Allen; mother of his children, Barbara Esprit and Lorene Smith; aunt who raised him Lovenia Jack; grandson, Vankeith August; two great grandchildren, Raven Anderson and Adyin Ledet-Blue; brother.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”

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MATTHEW 5:4

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PUBLIC NOTICES LISD Board meeting set for June 14 Trustees usually meet in the boardroom of the LISD Education Support Center, but often set special-called meetings at

various locations around the district. The next regular meeting is tentatively scheduled for 6 p.m. on Monday, June 14.

For more information about the Longview ISD Board of Trustees go to LISD.org.

LISD accepting requests for proposals for Contracted Educational Services Longview Independent School District (LISD) is Longview Independent School District (LISD) is accepting competitive requests for proposals for Contracted Educational Services for the 2020-21 school year and under the guidance of EDGAR and approval of funding made available for services to be rendered.

Awards will be considered NON-EXCLUSIVE, ones by which multiple vendors may be designated as suppliers for the goods and/or services covered under the terms of the contract for the duration of said contract. Contracted Educational Service providers will be used on an as-needed basis throughout the District to provide services to students and staff.

Please contact Sheri Broadwater at 903-381-2260 to obtain a proposal packet, or download one from below. Proposals must be addressed as follows: ATTN: Sheri Broadwater, and clearly marked “#2020 CS-RFP-CONTRACTED EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.” Proposals will be accepted throughout the school year on an ongoing basis until 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at the LISD Education Support Center, 1301 East Young Street, Longview, TX 75601, or mailed to: P.O. Box 3268, Longview, TX 75606.

Longview ISD reserves the right to accept or reject any or all of the bids submitted in the best interest of the District.

NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF TEXAS

BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER SALE GREGG COUNTY and issued pursuant to judgment decree(s) of the County Court At Law of Gregg County, Texas, by the Clerk of said Court on said date, in the hereinafter numbered and styled suit(s) and to me directed and delivered as Sheriff or Constable of said County, I have on April 28, 2021 seized, levied upon, and will, on the first Tuesday in June, 2021, the same being the 1st day of said month, at the South Steps, 101 East Methvin of the Courthouse of the said County, in the City of Longview, Texas, between the hours of 10 o’clock a.m. and 4 o’clock p.m. on said day, beginning at 10:00 AM, proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder all the right, title, and interest of the defendants in such suit(s) in and to the following described real estate levied upon as the property of said defendants, the same lying and being situated in the County of Gregg and the State of Texas, to-wit: (Sale #, Cause # Judgment Date, Acct #, Style of Case, Legal Description) 1 — 13668-CCL2 12/03/18, 30698, LONGVIEW INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. MARJORIE MOORE, ET AL, AB 239 JOHN WALLING SUR TR

44 SEC 3; 2 — 19856-CCL2 05/26/17, 55489, LONGVIEW INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. RAMON MENDOZA, ET AL, LT 3 BLK 2 (NCB 363) (E 75’ LT 3) MOBBERLY PLACE #3; 3 — 021450-CCL2 04/05/21, 57855, LONGVIEW INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. JENNIFER WHATLEY OGILVIE, LTS 14 THRU 17 BLK 75-2; LT 9 BLK 75; LT 4 BLK 75-4 NUGGETT HILL; 4 — 021665-CCL2 02/23/21, 41252, LONGVIEW INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. GLENDA MARJORIE HOWIE, LT 8 BLK 3 (NCB 9010) ELM CREEK; 5 — 021988-CCL2 02/01/21, 34718, LONGVIEW INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. DAN WATTS, ET AL, LT 7D NCB 614 LONGVIEW JORDAN ACREAGE; 6 — 020858-CCL2 08/03/20, 28535, SABINE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. WENDOLLIN C LUCKEY, AKA WINDOLLIN LUCKEY, ET AL, AB 199 M TENNISON SUR TR 34; 7 — 021124-CCL2 02/16/18, 30458, KILGORE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. MARIA A LOPEZ, AB 210 P WALKER SUR TR 3 SEC 2; 8 — 021614-CCL2 08/03/20, 86080, SABINE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. JAMES GERALD SANSONE, ET AL, AB 155 G NEEDHAM SUR TR 6-02 LBL # HWC3061934; 9 — 021733-CCL2 02/01/21, 114716, SABINE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. KEVIN D. GROSS, AKA KEVIN DONNELL GROSS, ET AL, AB 199 M TENNISON SUR TR 38-01; 10 — 021823-CCL2 02/23/21, 15616, KILGORE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. NANCY GRIFFIN, AB 64 H EDWARDS SUR TR 97; 11 — 022037CCL2 04/05/21, 72677, KILGORE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. GREGORY L. CASHEN, AKA GREGORY LAIRD CASHEN, AS TRUSTEE OF THE GREGORY LAIRD CASHEN 2002 TRUST, ET AL, LT 11 & 10B (N PT LT 10) BLK 1 WOODLAWN; 12 — 022205-CCL2 04/05/21, 32546, KILGORE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. CLINTON E. LOAR, ET AL, LT 2A NCB 49 KILGORE VAN WINKLE ACRE-

AGE; 13 — 19994-CCL2 04/02/18, 48025, THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY WAS STRUCKOFF AT PREVIOUS TAX SALE AND NOW BEING OFFERED FOR RESALE: LONGVIEW INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. JAMES ANTHONY SPENCE (TAX SALE HELD JUNE 5, 2018), LTS 23 & 26A (E 12’ LT 26) BLK 189A HUGHES; 14 — 020475-CCL2 02/04/19, 28965, LONGVIEW INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. BEN TAYLOR, ET AL (TAX SALE HELD JUNE 4, 2019). AB 5 F THORN SUR TR 76 SEC 4; 15 — 021157-CCL2 04/02/18, 14073, KILGORE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. ALBERT THOMPSON, DOING BUSINESS AS THE FAITHTEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST, ET AL (TAX SALE HELD JUNE 5, 2018), AB 36 W P CHISM SUR TR 236 (any volume and page references, unless otherwise indicated, being to the Deed Records, Gregg County, Texas, to which instruments reference may be made for a more complete description of each respective tract.) or, upon the written request of said defendants or their attorney, a sufficient portion of the property described above shall be sold to satisfy said judgment(s), interest, penalties, and cost; and any property sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the said property, or their interest therein, within the time and in the manner provided by law, and shall be subject to any other and further rights to which the defendants or anyone interested therein may be entitled, under the provisions of law. Said sale to be made by

me to satisfy the judgment(s) rendered in the above styled and numbered cause(s), together with interest, penalties, and costs of suit, and the proceeds of said sales to be applied to the satisfaction thereof, and the remainder, if any, to be applied as the law directs.

Dated at Longview, Texas, APRIL 28, 2022 Notes: The Minimum Bid is the lesser of the amount awarded in the judgment plus interest and costs or the adjudged value. However, the Minimum Bid for a person owning an interest in the property or for a person who is a party to the suit (other than a taxing unit), is the aggregate amount of the judgments against the property plus all costs of suit and sale. ALL SALES SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL TAXES DUE ON THE PROPERTY WHICH HAVE BEEN ASSESSED SINCE THE DATE OF THE JUDGMENT. For more information, contact your attorney or LINEBARGER GOGGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON, LLP., attorney for plaintiffs, at (903) 757-5448

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CH ARTER PARTNERS Texas Council for International Studies

By Linda Buie Executive Director Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, all Longview ISD schools are being operated by three non-profit charter partners: Texas Council for International Studies (TCIS), East Texas Advanced Academies (ETAA), and Longview Education and Prospers (LEAP).

The Texas Council for International Studies (TCIS) charter partner operates the following schools: Hudson PEP Elementary School, Ned E. Williams Steam Academy, South Ward Elementary School, Foster Middle School, Judson Steam Academy, and Longview High School. Longview High School is a fully authorized International Baccalaureate® (IB) World School and has been for the past twelve years.

Earning the prestigious IB World School authorization requires the school to complete a three-year process to demonstrate meeting the IB rigorous standards and practices. Longview High School is authorized for the IB Diploma Programme for juniors and seniors. Additionally, the high school is currently in the authorization process to offer the IB Middle Years

Programme (MYP) at the ninth and tenth grades. All five other schools in the TCIS charter are also in the authorization process to become authorized IB World Schools. The three elementary schools will offer the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP), and the middle schools will offer the Middle Years Programme (MYP). Additionally, TCIS also operates eight schools in San Antonio ISD. Texas Council of International Studies was created as a nonprofit organization to focus on the successful implementation all four IB programmes: DP, MYP, PYP, and CP in the schools that it is partnering with. TCIS was founded by experienced IB educators and community leaders who have the goal of enhanced student success through IB. TCIS facilitates the implementation of IB programmes through partnership agreements with IB schools and districts. TCIS then provides IB program development, IB professional training, curriculum planning, marketing campaigns and scholarship programs.

TCIS and partner schools commit to the following: Ensure a continuity and commitment to the standards of performance

espoused by the International Baccalaureate®; Facilitate program development, professional development, curriculum planning and scholarship programs at IB World Schools; Provide authorized IB professional development; Operate and manage schools by providing campus autonomy with expert school leadership support.

Texas Council of International Studies has a governing board of members who have a history of IB experience: Karen Phillips, President; Walter Sorensen, Vice President of Operations; Dr. Bill Thomas, Treasurer; Ted Williams, Member at Large; Margaret Davis, Chief Executive Officer.

East Texas Advanced Academies

By Dr. Cynthia Wise Chief Executive Officer We are confident in our Culture Conscious Campus (CCC) model, which is a comprehensive model that encompasses four aspects of school culture, and we promise to deliver exceptional outcomes for students. It is our desire that our scholars are able to be beacons of light in our society therefore, our message for all of our families and, especially our students, is that we are committed as a Network to ensuring that our students receive the very best educational experience possible whether on-campus or at home.

We are a family of learners and our efforts will not be in vain; as ALL OF OUR CHILDREN are worth taking the time, energy and effort to educate, engage and

extend, even during the most challenging times. F or the first two weeks, from August 17 to August 31 , students will review policies, procedures, and expectations, get to know their new teachers, read, adjust to

“school hours”, complete universal screeners, adjust to synchronous and asynchronous learning formats through the use of Google Classroom. Google Classroom will be the learning platform that all ETAA students will use. It allows them to interact during classes, actively engage in assignments, take quizzes, collaborate with peers, communicate with teachers, and more. The remote return to school will also allow campuses to rehearse and finalize all safety and sanitation protocols to significantly reduce the risk of viral spread on campus.

ETAA is an LISD Partner of choice, and that extends to our learning models.

Please take time to carefully consider your options and what is best for your family.

Our schools will offer both face-to-face and remote learning beginning on August 17 .

Longview Educates and Prospers LEAP manages the Longview Early Graduation High School, Longview High School’s Career and Technical Education (CATE) program, and East Texas Advanced Manufacturing Academy.

Board members for LEAP include Mr. Wayne Mansfield,

Mr. Shawn Hara, and Mr. Keith Bonds, with a leadership team that includes district Longview High CATE Director Mr. Gary Kreuger, Academy Director Mr. Jody Sanders, and Early Grad H.S. Principal Mrs. Kristi Means.

The partnership of LEAP, TCIS and ETAA are governed by a 2017 state law called Senate Bill 1882 that provides extra funding to traditional public school districts that contract with outside entities such as charter networks, non-profits,

and universities to run their schools as an in-district charter.

In accordance with TEA policy, by having LISD be the authorizer of charter campuses, the district maintains the authority to set the ground rules the partners have to follow.

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