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Cumby ISD school board members (from left) Kenny Campbell, Marsha Krotky, Tony Aguilar, Jody Jarvis, Jason Hudson, David Tremor, Superintendent Shelly Slaughter and Kyle Pettit accept a commendation from Lone Star Governance. Staff photo by Taylor Nye
Education | Cumby
CUMBY — Cumby ISD school board is participating this year in a program called Lone Star Governance, in which school boards of only eight schools chosen statewide participate in rigorous workshops to learn how to implement continuous improvement models in their schools, according to program materials.
Cumby ISD was invited by the Texas Education Agency to become a member of the second exemplar cohort starting in summer 2019, according to a release.
The cohort is designed for school board members and their superintendent who “aspire to leverage a continuous improvement mindset in order to have the greatest impact on student performance and outcomes,” according to the release.
“It’s a tool for us to be intentional,” school board member Marsha Krotky said. “It’s about how we approach and have everybody talking the same talk.”
As part of this training, Cumby ISD has access to monthly meetings, support coaching, required training and collaboration with high-performing LSG teams.
Throughout training, Cumby ISD members will “share best practices from our experience to help strengthen school governance at various regional and state conferences in the coming year.”
“This is going to focus on data-driven instruction and whole systems so that we can compare apples to apples,” Superintendent Shelly Slaughter said.
School board member Kyle Pettit highlighted that with the passage of House Bill 3 by the 86th Texas legislature, Cumby ISD may be “ahead of the curve” in undergoing training that may later be required.
“It’s some things that are good practices anyway,” school board member Jason Hudson said.
Individual school board members have already put in as many as 40 hours of training with Lone Star Governance.