Board approves two administrative appointments

At their regular board meeting, the Birdville ISD Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Cecil “Skip” Baskerville as associate superintendent for human resources, governance, and support services and Darrell Brown as principal of Major Cheney Elementary at South Birdville. Baskerville will replace Joe Cammarata, who is retiring from BISD, and Darrell Brown will replace Han Arthurs, who took a position in BISD’s Special Education Department.

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Baskerville has worked in education for more than 20 years. He began his career in 1996 in Stafford ISD. Baskerville was a coordinator of human resources from 2002–16 and currently serves as interim executive director of human resources in Katy ISD.

He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1995 and two master’s degrees from Houston Baptist University in 1999. He holds a mid-management certification.

 

Darrell Brown

Brown began his career in 1991 as a teacher in Northwest ISD. He then moved to Ponder ISD, where he taught for five years. Brown returned to Northwest as a teacher at Northwest High School from 1997 to 2000, was Pentamation Finance coordinator from 2000 to 2001, and director of curriculum and technology from 2001 to 2005. He has also worked in Lewisville ISD from 2005 to 2008, Carroll ISD from 2008 to 2011, Eagle-Mountain Saginaw ISD from 2011 to 2014, and most recently, as director for curriculum for HEB ISD from 2014 to present.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from Hardin-Simmons University and master’s degree from Southwestern Seminary.

Both Baskerville and Brown will begin in BISD in July.

Athletic Hall of Honor Nominations

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The Athletic Hall of Honor was established to recognize members of the Birdville  Independent School District family who have distinguished themselves as outstanding contributors to BISD athletics, and possibly beyond, instilling a continuing  commitment to, and the promotion of, the beliefs that BISD values.

> 2016-17 Athletics Hall of Honor information and nomination form

2016 Football Season Tickets for Birdville ISD

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BISD will begin selling season tickets Wednesday, July 13 through Friday,    Aug. 12 at the BISD Athletics Office in the W.G. Thomas Coliseum, 6108 Broadway in Haltom City. Last year’s season ticket holders who have not contacted the District regarding renewals have until Thursday, June 30 to do so, or they will be released for sale. If ticket holders have already re-newed their tickets, they will be available for purchase beginning July 13 and MUST be picked up by Friday, Aug. 12 at 4 p.m. BISD will not hold tickets after Aug. 12.  Beginning Monday, Aug. 15, reserved seating will  only be available the week of the game and sold as single tickets.

S e a s o n  T i c k e t  P r i c e s

  • BHS: $56 per seat (7 home games)
  • HHS: $40 per seat (5 home games)
  • RHS: $40 per seat (5 home games)

If you have any questions, please call 817-547-5820 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Summer hours (June 6 through August 5) are 7:30 a.m. — 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday and closed on Friday.

Parent Notice: Delayed Delivery of STAAR Results

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Results for the spring 2016 administration of the STAAR tests for grades 3–8 were scheduled to be reported to districts on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. However, the results have been delayed and are now due to be delivered to districts across the state in July. BISD anticipates mailing STAAR test results to parents by the end of July. If you do not receive your child’s results by Aug. 8, please contact the campus your child attended during the 2015–16 school year.

Changes in STAAR Reading and Math for Summer School

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Texas Education Commissioner, Mark Morath, issued a statement regarding STAAR Reading and Math assessments for fifth- and eighth-grade students. Morath announced that the state will be removing student consequences attached to STAAR for fifth and eighth-grade students for the 2015–16 school year. He also cancelled the June 21–22 fifth- and eighth-grade retest administration.

> Read Commissioner Morath’s Statement 

To support student learning, Birdville ISD will continue the accelerated instruction classes through June 22 for fifth- and eighth-grade students who passed all courses but did not pass the second administration of the STAAR Reading or Math assessments. The focus of the classes will be on individual learning plans designed to prepare students for the next grade level and beyond rather than on simply preparing them to pass a test.

Students who did not pass the second administration of STAAR Reading or Math assessments and also did not pass one or more courses will continue their learning at Haltom High School beginning Wednesday, June 15. They will conclude their learning on July 21. (The district is closed July 4–8.) Transportation is provided from the middle school campuses to Haltom High. Someone from the home campus will contact parents to set up a meeting to discuss academic progress and grade placement before the beginning of the school year.