McWhorter Elementary Demonstrates Technology for State Legislators

Students from McWhorter Elementary attended the Texas Capitol Schoolhouse onJanuary 31 at the Capitol Rotunda basement in Austin showcasing the innovative use of technology in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (C-FB ISD). “The participating schools clearly demonstrate their effective day-to-day use of educational technology in teaching their students and preparing them for the 21st century,” Schoolhouse organizer and Executive Director Dr. Deborah Jolly said. “We bring the schools together to show our legislators the wonderful things their technology funding has done for Texas classrooms. Each time the event becomes more and more impressive as the technology use becomes more and more sophisticated,”
Jolly added.

At the beginning of each legislative session, a number of schools are invited to bring a small representative group of their students along with their teachers with current applications of educational technology. Teachers and students set up their classrooms in the Capitol. Throughout the event, they conduct class just as they do every day in their home districts. This year, students, utilizing both PCs and Macs, will be working with video & sound editing, robotics, iPods, iPads, online virtual learning environments, 1 to 1 laptop computing, on-line interactive learning and other educational technologies. Legislators and invited guests had the opportunity to venture through actual classrooms to observe and experience educational technology in use by teachers and students.

“Educational technology brings schools high tech education tools deployed by our teachers and used by our students to prepare them to succeed in the 21st century. These students are eager to show their Representatives and Senators how these tools are used in the education process and how much they benefit from their use,” Dr. Jolly concluded.

February 10 School Board Meeting Videos

Feb. 10 School Board Meeting Agenda

School Closed on February 9

School is closed on Wednesday, February 9 because of the weather. Please visit our website for more information and future weather updates at www.cfbisd.edu.

Wed., Feb. 9 Is Early Release Day for Students

C-FB ISD students will be released early on Wed., Feb. 9 so that faculty and staff can participate in staff development programs.

The early release schedule for staff development days is as follows:

• High Schools release at 10:45 a.m.
• Middle Schools release at 12:15 p.m.
• Elementary Schools release at 11:25 a.m.
• Mary Grimes will release at 12 noon.
• Bea Salazar will release at 10:35 a.m.

Buses for the schools will run according to the early release schedule.

School Closed on February 4

C-FB ISD will be closed on Friday, February 4 because of the inclement weather. 

Inclement Weather Make-Up Days Information

Once C-FB ISD reopens, the district will explore its options with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) regarding applying for a waiver for the instructional days missed beyond the two “bad weather” days set aside in the district’s academic calendar. TEA does provide this type of waiver for school districts. Please note that March 11 and April 22 are now instructional days.  We will keep you posted on what happens.

February 3 School Board Meeting Cancelled

The C-FB ISD School Board meeting scheduled for Thurs., Feb. 3 has been cancelled due to the inclement weather.

The meeting will be reposted and rescheduled.

School Closing February 3

This is the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD calling to inform you that school is closed on Thursday, February 3 because of the weather. Please visit our website for more information and future weather updates at www.cfbisd.edu.

School Closed February 2

This is the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD calling to inform you that school is closed on Wednesday, February 2 because of the weather. Please visit our website for more information and future weather updates at www.cfbisd.edu.

School Closed on February 1

This is the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD calling to inform you that school is closed on Tuesday, February 1 because of the weather. Please visit our website for more information and future weather updates at www.cfbisd.edu.