#TeamCISD Families and Community,
It has been brought to my attention there may be some confusion and miscommunication regarding local policies recently adopted or amended by our Clifton ISD School Board. Let me provide clarification.
At the September 18, 2023 Clifton ISD School Board meeting, by a unanimous vote of members present, trustees adopted a new local policy, CS(LOCAL), under the heading Use of Bathrooms and Changing Facilities. An excerpt from that policy states, “To the extent permitted by law, each multiple-occupancy bathroom or changing facility owned or operated by the District shall be designated for and used only by persons based on the person’s biological sex.”
In an effort to align local policies to current legal policies and federal law regarding Title IX as pertaining to the words sex and gender, revisions to amend policies by removing the word gender from local policies FFH, FFI, FNG and FO were adopted by a majority vote of members present at the February 26, 2024 Clifton ISD School Board meeting. A video of the February meeting is available on the Clifton ISD Facebook page and YouTube Channel.
Official minutes, as well as agendas, of all Clifton School Board meetings can be accessed at cliftonisd.org/page/board-meeting-agendas-and-minutes. Official minutes of each meeting will be available following review and approval at the next month’s meeting.
Questions, comments or concerns? Please contact me on my cell phone, 254-707-1503, office phone, 254-675-1825 or by email, andy.ball@cliftonisd.org
Andy Ball
Superintendent
Clifton ISD
Tonight's Clifton ISD School Board meeting will be held in the high school cafeteria and will also be streamed live on our Facebook page and YouTube channel. Here is the link for YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cisdvideo7014/streams.
To attend the meeting, use the high school parking lot and enter through the front doors of the high school. Questions, comments or concerns? Please contact me on my cellphone, 254-707-1503, office phone, 254-675-1825 or by email, andy.ball@cliftonisd.org. AB
Andy Ball, Superintendent, Clifton ISD
The final performance is TONIGHT, 2/24. Don't miss the chance to see Clifton Elementary's Fifth Grade Students in Seussical, the Musical. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. at the Clifton ISD Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $5 each or $20 per family, cash only.
Don't forget tonight is Clifton Elementary's first performance of Seussical, The Musical, under the direction of CES Music Teacher, Mrs. Beth Fry. Tickets are $5 each or $20 per family (CASH ONLY) and doors open at 6:30pm.
This week, Clifton High School Emergent Bilingual (EB) students will take TELPAS. EB students are required to be assessed annually with an English language proficiency assessment until they meet EB reclassification criteria. Here is more information about this assessment: https://www.texasassessment.gov/telpas.html
CISD's STAAR eligible students will participate in the second opportunity for Interim Assessments for Math and Reading/Language Arts. Additionally, there will be a 5th and 8th Science Interim and an 8th Social Studies Interim. CHS students have already completed the US History Interim. Please check your student's campus newsletters and announcements for more information.
Clifton ISD Food Service is serving up a sweet treat tomorrow for Valentine's Day! Be sure to check out the menu for the day: https://bit.ly/3OGC2ca
The Clifton ISD Food Service team is ready to fuel our learners for another busy week with this menu: https://bit.ly/3OGC2ca . It is the last week of the Fourth Six Weeks for CMS & CHS and be on the lookout for 3rd Quarter Progress Reports for CES online in Parent Portal.
Clifton ISD Food Service is at it again! Tomorrow's (2/8) menu includes another new option. All campuses will be served chicken quesadillas and students in grades 4-12 will have the additional option of chicken & waffles. https://www.cliftonisd.org/documents/dining-menus/284798
New menu items! CMS & CHS students will have a new breakfast option tomorrow morning of a peach smoothie. The CISD Food Service staff is also serving up a "Walking Taco" tomorrow as a meal option at all 3 campuses at lunch. https://www.cliftonisd.org/documents/dining-menus/284798
#TeamCISD Families and Community,
After careful consideration, along with discussions with our #TeamCISD Leadership Team, as well as with local law enforcement and County emergency management personnel, the decision has been made, and approved by our #TeamCISD School Board, to not have school on April 8, 2024. With the projected number of visitors to Clifton and Bosque County for the eclipse, I believe not having school that day will be the safest decision for students and staff. Also, the eclipse is scheduled to end about 3:00 p.m., which is just prior to the time buses would be leaving our campuses and could very well be caught up in the gridlock of the expected traffic. Currently, the district has enough minutes banked to avoid having to make the day up. Questions, comments or concerns? Please contact me on my cell phone, 254-707-1503, office phone, 254-675-1825 or by email, andy.ball@cliftonisd.org. AB
Andy Ball
#TeamCISD Superintendent
#TeamCISD Families and Community,
Although some of the main highways and roads in our district are currently dry, that is not the case for many of our outlying area and County roads. Therefore, in order to allow all of our drivers, including students, staff and buses, better light and more time to get to school safely, Clifton ISD will have a delayed start on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Classes will start at 10:00 a.m. Buses will run two hours later than normal. All campus doors will open and breakfast will be served at 9:00 a.m. Questions, comments or concerns? Please contact me on my cell phone, 254-707-1503, office phone, 254-675-1825 or by email, andy.ball@cliftonisd.org. AB
Andy Ball #TeamCISD Superintendent
