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By Laura Harris NBC5
Some students in East Texas learned a lesson in charity recently, thanks to a class assignment.
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“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.
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.
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
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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 something,” he said. “It just The methodology focuses on score, “there is goes to show the quality of the six factors: college readiness, always room for improvement.” educators we have in Longview reading and math proficiency,
“We hold ourselves to the ISD, and what a tremendous reading and math performance, highest standards, so while it’s community of families and local underserved student perfornice to see (these rankings) it’s stakeholders that makes this mance, college curriculum not something that we’re going possible.” breadth and graduation rates. to put much stock in,” he said. For the 2021 rankings, the College readiness specifi“Longview High School remains magazine used data from the cally measures participation committed to providing the 2018-19 school year to assess and performance on Advanced best possible education for all nearly 24,000 public high Placement and International the young people in our care. schools. Only 17,857 of them Baccalaureate exams. Whether it’s to prepare them were ranked because some Alongside the national rankfor the job force or academia, didn’t have enough 12th-grad- ings, U.S. News published there are always ways we can ers (at least 15), and the rankings at the state, metro improve. Our community de- rankings of only the top 75% area and school district levels. serves nothing less.” (13,393) are released. Only metro areas and school
A global authority in edu- Ms. Ani- districts with three or more cation rankings, U.S. News ta Narayan, high schools were included in & World Report ranks more managing these subrankings. than 17,800 public high schools editor of Edu- The Best High Schools rankthroughout the country, mea- cation at U.S. ings are available exclusively suring how well schools serve News, said on USNews.com and include students from various social families can data on a variety of factors, and economic backgrounds. use the Best such as enrollment, student
LISD Su- High Schools diversity, participation in free perintendent rankings to see and reduced-price lunch proDr. James Wil- how schools grams, graduation rates and cox said the compare at the national, state the results of state assessdemographic and local level on factors like ments. data is a vital graduation rates and college U.S. News worked with RTI component to readiness. International, a global research these rank- “The rankings also provide firm, to implement the compreings. insight into academic perfor- hensive ranking methodology. “It’s no great accomWILCOX mance among underserved groups,” she said. plishment Ms. Narayan said the data for a highly-selective school to used in this edition is from the attain high honors, but when 2018-2019 academic school you help every student succeed year, and therefore was not regardless of their socio-eco- affected by the COVID-19 pannomic challenges, that’s saying demic.
NARAYAN
METHODOLOGY
The rankings, according to U.S. News, are based on measurements of:
College readiness (30%), defined by participation and performance on Advanced 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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OBITUARIES
Longview ISD offers our most sincere condolences to our extended Lobo family
LAWRENCE RUSSELL BURKE
fying interest was serving this community as a dentist. He was generous with his time and his A graveside service for expertise, helping multitudes who sometimes Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Rus- had nowhere else to turn. sell Burke will be at 10 a.m. Those left to cherish his memory include his Thursday, May 20 at the wife of forty years, Linda Pringle Burke; his historic American Cemetery in children, Cathy Burke Sutton (Mark), Dr. Jim Natchitoches with Reverend Burke (Lynn), Barbara Burke Townsend, and David Elkins officiating and Meredith Burke Needleman (Josh). GrandDale Higginbotham provid- children are Matthew and Marshall Sutton, ing musical selections. Burial Emily and Amy Burke, Katherine and Austin
BURKE will follow under direction of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Townsend, Lake, Lucy, and Eloise Needleman and great-grandson Jonah. Home. Those honored to serve as pallbearers include
Dr. Larry R. Burke, 85, of Natchitoches, Mark Sutton, Josh Needleman, Matthew Sutpassed away at his home on Saturday, May 15, ton, Marshall Sutton, Austin Townsend and 2021. Larry is preceded in death by his parents, Lake Needleman. Lawrence Franklin and Lillian Burke and his The Burke Family wishes to thank Dr. Otis sister, Barbara Burke Wyrick. Barnum, Dr. Warren Botnick and Dr. Chris
Larry was born on February 2, 1936, in Ingram for their special care and attention. The Longview, Texas, where he graduated from family also wishes to thank devoted caretakers Longview High School. He attended Southern Nicole Hardy, Debra Cooper, and Cynthia DenMethodist University in Dallas, Texas, was a ny, along with Hospice of Natchitoches for their member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and time, kindness, and sincere devotion. graduated with a degree in marketing. He then Honorary pallbearers will be Marvin attended the University of Texas School of Den- Pringle, Joe Thibodeaux, Don Kelly, Gordon tistry in Houston, receiving a Doctor of Dental Christensen, Sam Salim, Max Mays, Johnny Surgery degree in 1963. Before going into prac- Miller, Bud Currell, Bobby Maness, and Jack tice Larry joined the United States Air Force Parker. where he served as a Captain and dentist for Charitable donations in the memory of Dr. two years at Williams Air Force Base in Arizo- Burke can be made to the following causes for na. In 1966 Larry opened his dental practice in which he had a special affinity: Tunnel to TowNatchitoches and practiced continuously until ers Foundation, St. Jude’s Children Research 2017 when he retired due to health consider- Hospital, Shriners Hospital for Children, and ations. Larry’s greatest love and his most satis- the American Diabetes Association.
JIMMIE LEE THOMAS
church at an early age where she attended church services throughout her adult life. Jimmie Lee Thomas was Jimmie was preceded in death by her husborn in Easton, Texas on band Tommie Thomas Sr., her twin sister Julia March 28, 1947 to the par- Lee Jones and her older sister Jerereen Laentage of A.C. and Vallie Lee grone. Garrett, who preceded her in Jimmie departed this life on Tuesday, April death. 20, at Good Shepherd Hospital. She united with Tommie Jimmie leaves to cherish her memory: her Thomas Sr. on June 5, 1970. In daughter Vallie Fite (Mike) of Longview, TX; this union two children were son, Tommie Thomas (Sarah); three grand-
THOMAS born. Jimmie was employed by children, Corrine and Nichole Fite, Keitraille Sutton; three sisters, Lillie Mae Reese (LeRoy), the Longview Independent Earlia Fae Jones (Robert), Almeta Hall (Robert School District. Upon completing her fifth year Hall-deceased); one brother, Fernanzie Garrett of employment with the Longview Independent (Carolyn); a brother-in-law, Nelson Lagrone School District Jimmie retired due to a decline husband to Jerereen (deceased); aunt, Irene in her health. Miles (Ronald); uncle, Eddie Daniels and a host
She became a member of St. John Baptist of nieces and nephews.
LEONARD HARRIS
He leaves to cherish his memory his Son, Zarrick Cannon, Two Sisters; Lillie Mae Dixon Leon Harris was born in ( Grady Jr), Mary Ann Bradford (Clarence); Gregg County, Tx on May Five brothers, Laverne Jr. (BeBe), Bobby Ray, 16, 1959. He was Born to the Amos and Michael Sr, all of Longview; and union of LaVerne Harris Sr Charles of Austin. One Aunt, Arlene Jackson of and Featta Harris. He was Longview. Proceeded in death by his parents and sister Lillie Marie Harris. He attended the Longview
HARRIS Independent School district where he graduated from. After graduating from school, he began working. He was a dedicated laborer working most of his life until he retired.
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.
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.
NOTICE OF SALE
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.
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 ACREAGE; 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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CHARTER 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.
