The Milford ISD band was playing patriotic music and two young men of the Tri-M Student Honor Guard were carrying the flags across the auditorium presenting the “posting of the colors.” It gave me goose bumps.

Straight from the heart and into the yearbook! The yearbook staff is now offering the opportunity to “personalize” the yearbook in a very special way with a recognition ad. To reserve your space, pick up an information packet and order form from Mrs. Bowden, room 113.

The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have its regular monthly meeting on Monday, November 15, 2010. The meeting will be held in the Band Hall of the Italy High School campus at 300 S. College Street, Italy. Agenda items include a discussion of a Superintendent search. Meeting time is 7:00pm.

Charles (Charlie) Williams has a tough job ahead but said he welcomes the challenge. He hit the ground running last week when he took over as interim superintendent of the Italy ISD.

Avalon High School volleyball is currently 8-0 in district (overall 15-11) and has already clinched the District title. Avalon has 2 district games left to play until the playoffs.

The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 19, 2010. The meeting will be held in the Band Hall of the Italy High School campus at 300 S. College Street, Italy. Agenda items include consideration of employment of Interim Superintendent. Meeting time is 7:00pm.

The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will hold a called meeting on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 to conduct interview(s) for an Interim Superintendent. The meeting is slated for 6:00pm and will be held in the Italy ISD Administration Building located at 300 S. College Street.

The Italy School Board of Trustees accepted a voluntary separation agreement and release from Jimmie Malone, superintendent, at a called meeting Tuesday evening.

David Del Bosque (Avalon ISD Superintendent) is a member of Texas Association of Rural Schools. Last week Del Bosque was in Lubbock, Texas attending one of the conferences the Association puts on throughout the state. He did a presentation called Texas Public School Funding, The Target Revenue System and the Effect on a small District-Avalon ISD. He expressed his concern for the rural schools and he talked about how legislators need to make education a priority. His presentation focused on school funding and why it needs to be changed.

There will be a called meeting of the Italy ISD Board of Trustees on Tuesday, October 5, 2010. The meeting will be held in the Italy ISD administration office at 300 S. College Street. Meeting time is 7:00pm. The lone agenda item reads: “Consultation with Board’s attorney regarding Superintendent’s Voluntary Separation Agreement and Release.”

There will be a called meeting of the Italy ISD Board of Trustees on Monday, September 27, 2010. The meeting will be held in the IISD administration office at 300 S. College Street. Meeting time is 7:00pm. The lone agenda item reads: “Consider resignation and release of professional contract under Board Policy DFE (Local): Rebecca Murphy.”

The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have a called meeting on Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Per the agenda this meeting will be used as a boarding training session with a presentation titled “The Road to Exemplary” by Mabank ISD Superintendent, Dr. Russell Marshall. The meeting will be held in the administration office at 300 S. College Street. Meeting time is 5:00pm.

The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, September 20, 2010. Meeting time is 7:00pm. In the executive session portion of the agenda it slates that there will be legal council at the meeting to discuss of the Superintendent’s duties, responsibilities and Board Directives.

On Thursday, Italy ISD School Board members Jon Mathers, Curtis Riddle, Paul Cockerham and Italy ISD maintenance crewman Michael Chambers painted both endzones at Willis Field in preparation for the Homecoming game Friday night. More painting scheduled early today as well.

Six out of the eight cheerleaders for the Avalon Eagles received the honor as “All American” at cheerleading camp which entitles them to participate in a parade in Florida.

On Tuesday, August 31, 2010 the Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have a called meeting. The agenda slates that the meeting will begin with a public hearing regarding the proposed 2010-2011 operating budget. The meeting will be held in the Band Hall at the Italy High School campus located at 300 S. College Street, Italy, Texas 76651. Meeting time is 5:00pm.

So many parents, so many students with lots and lots of school supplies could be seen at Avalon ISD during their Meet the Teacher Night. Just about every child had huge smiles and hugs for teachers.

Students, parents and teachers attended the Milford ISD “Meet the Teacher Night”. Students were ready for school to start and teachers were ready for them.

There will be a regular monthly meeting of the Italy ISD School Board Trustees on Monday, August 16, 2010. The meeting will begin with a budget workshop at 6:00pm and will adjourn and reconvene at 7:00pm into the regular school board meeting. The meeting will be held in the Band Hall of the Italy ISD High School campus at 300 South College.

The Italy School Board of Trustees discussed the district’s 2010 accountability ratings at a called meeting Monday afternoon.

There will be a called meeting of the Italy ISD School Board Trustees on Monday, August 9, 2010. Agenda items include personnel considerations, 2010 Accountability Ratings and a Budget Workshop. The meeting will begin at 5:00pm and will be held in the Italy ISD Administration Building at 300 South College.

On Monday, July 19 the Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have their regular monthly meeting. The meeting will be held in the Band Hall of the Italy High School campus (300 College). At 5:30 the trustees will have a budget workshop and will adjourn at 7:00pm to reconvene into their regular monthly meeting.

School starts August 23, 2010 for the 2010-2011 school year. Like it or not its only 5 weeks away! Happy Summer from the ItalyNeotribune!

The first couple weeks of April, Avalon elementary students planted a flower garden and a vegetable garden from start to finish in honor of Earth Day. They took the plants out of the little cartons, dug the holes and planted them. They did it all!

There will be a called meeting of the Italy ISD School Board Trustees on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. The agenda slates that the meeting will be conducted under executive session code to discuss personnel recommendations for the elementary school principal, high school/jr high school counselor and special education teacher positions.

Preliminary TAKS testing results for Avalon ISD are, once again, projecting the AEIS rating from the Texas Education Agency for 2009-2010 to be that of a “Recognized” district. Official and final district and campus ratings will be published by TEA on Friday, July 30th. This will be the fifth consecutive year that Avalon ISD will have the distinction as a recognized district. The graduating class of 2011 achieved a 100% passing rate in all areas.

This meeting has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for next week.

There will be a called meeting of the Italy ISD School Board Trustees on Thursday, June 24, 2010. The meeting time has been changed to 5:00pm.

On Monday, June 21 the Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have their regular monthly meeting. The meeting will be held in the Band Hall of the Italy High School campus (300 College) and will begin at 7:00pm. Agenda items include consideration of surplus property bids and a budget amendment. Personnel recommendations will be considered during an executive session during the meeting.

Any new technology to help the school or any new program to help the students learn is what David Delbosque (Avalon ISD Superintendent) wants for Avalon ISD. When DelBosque did some investigating on wind turbines and found out how they can save money on the electric bill, of course he wanted the wind turbine for Avalon ISD.

There will be a special called meeting of the Italy ISD School Board Trustees on Monday, June 7, 2010. The agenda slates that the meeting will be conducted under executive session code. Consideration of the superintendent’s contract will be discussed. The meeting will begin at 7:00pm and be held in the Italy Administration Building at 300 South College.

The monthly meeting of Italy School Board of Trustees meeting was filled with goodbyes, welcomes and changes at its meeting Monday evening. There were about three dozen parents, citizens, personnel and students in attendance.

On Monday, May 17 the Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have their regular monthly meeting. The meeting will be held in the Band Hall of the Italy High School campus (300 College) and will begin at 7:00pm. Agenda items include board members’ oath of office ceremony and election of officers. Also slated on the agenda is the consideration of purchasing new band uniforms.