Frisco ISD Educational News Highlights

In this section, I have included a variety of information that might be of interest to parents. This does not imply any kind of endorsement by any member of the Frisco ISD Board of Trustees.

Please examime Frisco ISD Board Highlights for a summary of our monthly board meetings. Check the Frisco ISD Web Site if you want to see summaries of subcommittee meetings.

Educational News from Frisco ISD Trustee, Richard Beaver

• Court rules on Frisco land fight - Lawler Tract (November 2008)
• Republic Property Group acquires Frisco's Phillips Creek Ranch (November 2008)
• FISD Models Environmental Education Lessons (October, 2008)
• FISD High Schools Announce Commended National Merit Scholarship Students (September, 2008)
• FISD Trustees Garner State Recognition as Outstanding Board of 2008 (September, 2008)
• Texas legislators must increase public education funding or many school districts could face a financial crisis, even bankruptcy (9/17/2008)
• 'Robin Hood' law touches record number of Texas schools (8/21/2008)
• Understanding TAKS Ratings, by Richard Beaver (8/3/2008)
• Frisco ISD Board named “Board of the Year” for Region X for the 2007-2008 school year (8/1/2008)
• Frisco ISD improves to RECOGNIZED in 2008 (8/1/2008)
• 2008-2009 Board Committee Assignments (7/30/2008)
• FISD board praises new math and science curriculum (7/29/2008)
• State Board of Education to discuss high school athletic credits (7/17/2008)
• District results from state fitness testing (7/12/2008)

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Archived News

• High costs, flat funding strain school districts' budgets (6/29/2008)
• Creating a New Vision for Public Education in Texas (6/25/2008)
• External: The Assault on Local Knowledge and Professional Competence (6/16/2008)
• Cities, schools consider opening employee clinics (6/14/2008)
• Frisco ISD District & School Ratings for 2007, by Richard Beaver (6/14/2008)
• Frisco ISD Historical Tax Rates, by Richard Beaver (6/14/2008)
• Frisco ISD 2007 Student Diversity, by Richard Beaver (6/14/2008)
• Frisco ISD School Safety, by Richard Beaver (6/14/2008)
• Frisco ISD 2007 Staffing & Teacher Salaries, by Richard Beaver (6/14/2008)
• Frisco ISD Extracurricular Offerings, by Richard Beaver (6/14/2008)
• Frisco ISD Historic Growth Rate, by Richard Beaver (6/14/2008)
• Frisco ISD 2007 Grades 3-11 Student Performance, by Richard Beaver (6/14/2008)
• Frisco ISD CTE Center - Opening in 2008, by Richard Beaver (6/12/2008)
• Heritage High School, Artist Rendition (6/12/2008)
• Lone Star High School, Artist Rendition (6/12/2008)

For more information contact:

Richard Beaver
Frisco ISD Trustee
BeaverR@friscoisd.org