All Students includes students in both regular and special education. All grades and subjects in each area received a 90 percent or better passing rate. The budget is expected to be approved next month. The chamber recently conducted a successful petition drive that will allow Cypress-Fairbanks ISD residents to vote on the annexation on August 12, 2000. Higher education will rely heavily on community colleges in the future.
Community colleges provide work skills and advancement to four-year degrees.
Inclusion in a college district provides many opportunities for partnerships between colleges and local school districts. The Board discussed a draft process for establishing attendance boundaries for Aragon and Goodson Middle Schools and Cypress Ridge High School. The process will provide a variety of opportunities for the public to provide input, including e-mail, letters, and Group Systems sessions. Boundary options will be publicized via school newsletters, newspapers, the District s web site, and CFTV-Channel 16. The draft timetable calls for boundary recommendations to be presented to the Board in November 2000, at which time the Board is expected to make a final decision.