Ector County ISD

ECISD superintendent Hector Mendez, left, and Texas State Teachers Association local representative Chuck Isner both spoke at Tuesday night's meeting.

ECISD still needs work

Mendez points out how few take SAT, ACT

BY CAYLOR BALLINGER

At least 70 people attended Tuesday night’s standing-room only board meeting, but no one argued that the Ector County Independent School District is where it needs to be — including the top administrator. Superintendent Hector Mendez...... Full story

Board considers energy-saving efforts

BY CAYLOR BALLINGER

The Ector County Independent School District’s board members heard discussions centered around two subjects at their workshop on Tuesday: cost saving options and increased class sizes. The board first heard a presentation from the outside...... Full story

ECISD trustees to discuss class-size waivers

ODESSA AMERICAN

The Ector County Independent School District’s board of trustees will meet at noon Tuesday at the district’s administration building in conference room E, second floor, 802 N. Sam Houston, to hear a presentation on energy and discuss...... Full story

ECISD workshop helps to set agenda for next board meeting

BY CAYLOR BALLINGER

The Ector County Independent School District’s Business Operations department gave an overview of its functions and there was a discussion of Superintendent Hector Mendez’s goals at Tuesday’s board workshop meeting.The meeting,...... Full story

Trustees to discuss superintendent's goals

ODESSA AMERICAN

Superintendent Hector Mendez’s goals and ECISD’s business operations will be the subject of the board of trustees’ monthly special workshop meeting.The presentation in business operations management oversight will allow board...... Full story

ECISD joins school finance litigation against Texas

BY CAYLOR BALLINGER

The fight for “fair funding” against the state is on, and Ector County Independent School District is ready to roll up its sleeves.At the board meeting Tuesday night, board members voted 6 to 1 in join the school finance litigation...... Full story

ECISD to weigh options of joining lawsuit against state

BY CAYLOR BALLINGER

The unequal funding formulas and massive budget cuts across Texas have prompted four separate lawsuits against the state questioning the constitutionality of its funding. Now Ector County board members will decide which, if any, legal team will...... Full story

ECISD trustees to discuss approving appraised value of Summit

ODESSA AMERICAN

The ECISD Board of Trustees will meet during a regular meeting Tuesday evening to consider taking action on approving a limitation on appraised value of property from Summit Texas Clean Energy. Before the board discusses and possibly votes to...... Full story

Trustees to get update on campuses, STAAR

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The Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 6 p.m. today in the boardroom at the ECISD Administration Building, 802 N. Sam Houston Ave.Board members will consider, among other items, the 2011-2012 District Highly...... Full story

ECISD board meets to discuss taxing Summit

BY JOHN CORRALES

The ECISD board of trustees met Tuesday and held a closed meeting to hear a presentation from Moak Casey and & Associates, a firm ECISD hired to advise them on tax code matters.After the presentation, Superintendent Hector Mendez said the board...... Full story

Trustees discuss superintendent's goals

BY JOHN CORRALES

Chiropractor Ray Beaty knows a lot about alignment, but at Tuesday evening’s Ector County Independent School District’s Board of Trustees meeting, he and the rest of the board of trustees weren’t talking about spines.Aligning...... Full story

ECISD trustees to discuss goals

ODESSA AMERICAN

At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the board will meet in Conference Room E of the Administration Building to discuss Superintendent Hector Mendez’s evaluation goals and to continue board planning.On Nov. 1, the board will meet for a training session with the...... Full story

School board meets with CRSS for training session

Discussion considers management oversight and core beliefs

BY JOHN CORRALES

The Ector County ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve redistricting “Plan 7-A” Tuesday evening at a special meeting at the Administration Building board room. Board member Fay Batch was not present.Plan 7-A will move an...... Full story

ECISD board to meet twice Tuesday

ODESSA AMERICAN

The Ector County ISD Board of Trustees will meet twice Tuesday.At 11:30 a.m., the board will get together in second floor conference room at the ECISD Adminstration Building, 802 N. Sam Houston Ave., to for a training session with the Houston-based...... Full story

[NR] ECISD 2011-'12 property- tax rate and budget

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The ECISD Board of Trustees met for a public hearing and the official adoption of the budget and tax rate for the coming year. Luis Galvan was absent. A. No citizens attended the public hearing. B. Trustees voted 6-0 to...... Full story