Board Info

CCISD Board Goals:


---Will endeavor to provide all the funding that is feasible for a top quality education.
---Will seek every avenue to promote community, parental, student and staff commitment to excellence for Crosbyton Schools.
---Will aggressively search to recruit, retain, and develop a top quality staff of employees.
---Will promote a school climate that enhances equality in the areas of student performance and human relationships.
---Will encourage students to pursue a course of study that will prepare them to set and reach their personal goals in to the twenty-first century.
---Will strive to provide an environment that is safe, secure, and conducive to learning for all students.
---Will secure revenue from all possible sources in order to improve all facilities to optimum condition.
---Will work hard to maintain a working fund balance equal to the total of three months expenditure for the district.

References

Board Elections

The next School Board Election will be held on May 2, 2020, and filing for a place on the ballot is January 15, 2020 - February 14, 2020 at 5:00 pm. Voting for this election will be held at the Crosbyton City Offices.

To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, the office of school board member, a person must:

  • Be a United States citizen 

  • Be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filed at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable. 

  • Have not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote. 

  • Have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities. 

  • Have resided continuously in the state for 12 months and the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the following date:
    a) For an independent candidate, the date of the regular filling deadline for a candidate’s application for a place on the ballot.
    b) For a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate’s name is written in.
    c) For an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made.

  • Be registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described at item 5, above.

An application for a place on the ballot must be in writing; signed, sworn to by the candidate before a person authorized to administer an oath, and dated; timely filed with the Superintendent’s Secretary; and be on the form provided by the District. Application packets are available in the Superintendent’s office during the filing period. 

Board Meetings

CCISD Trustees normally meet the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM. Special meetings may be called when necessary. A written notice of regular and special meeting will be posted at the Administration Office at least 72 hours before the scheduled meeting time. The written notice will show the date, time, place and agendas of each meeting. In emergencies, a meeting may be held with a two-hour notice.

All meetings are open to the public. Under the following circumstances, Texas law permits the board to go into closed session: To discuss prospective gifts or donations, real property acquisition, personnel issues, security matters, student discipline, or to consult with attorneys.