TOMBALL ISD

All Tomball ISD schools were placed in “secure mode” after a bomb threat was reported at Tomball High School Thursday, authorities said. Tomball High School and Tomball Junior High were placed in lockdown.

<strong>HOUSTON - </strong>It was another wild night of Texas high school football in Houston. <br/>

Spring, Texas – All local school districts have announced that they will be closed on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 due to the potential impacts from Tropical Storm Nicholas. Klein ISD, Spring ISD, Tomball ISD, and Conroe ISD have all announced closures for Tuesday. In addition to the closure, all after-school activities on Monday have also been cancelled. Classes are preliminary scheduled to resume on Wednesday, September 15 unless further cancellations are deemed necessary.

Tomball Independent School District lost two transportation employees to COVID-19 this week, including long-time community volunteer and special education bus attendant Carol Steinocher.

Tomball Independent School District’s new 10,000-seat football stadium and community center, <a href="https://www.tomballisd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1568559&type=d&pREC_ID=1835468" target="_blank">budgeted for $48.5 million</a>, are set to open in August, the district said.

A court document obtained Monday showed that a former Tomball Independent School District teacher admitted to investigators that she had a sexual relationship with a former student.

A former teacher at Tomball Intermediate School is accused of continuous sexual abuse of a child after police received allegations from a former student of Tomball Intermediate School.

HOUSTON – As students in the state’s largest school district started their virtual classes Tuesday, some parents reported having trouble connecting to the district’s website. KPRC 2 attempted to visit the official website for the Houston Independent School District several times Tuesday morning and received a runtime error and a 504 error. They will all be in virtual learning until at least Oct. 19, when some are scheduled to return to in-person learning. According to Lathan, about 12,000 students still do not have devices for virtual learning, but that does not mean they will be left behind. The district launched 36 digital learning centers for kids who still do not have what they need to participate in virtual school.

Tomball ISD is looking out for the safety of students as Harris County remains a hotspot amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Martha Salazar-Zamora, the district’s superintendent and her board made the ultimate decision Tuesday to push back the district’s start date to September 8. Social distancing: Students will be required to maintain a distance of 3-6 feet during class time, recess, lunchtime and bus riding. Masks: Masks are required for students in Pre-K through 12th grade on buses, school grounds, and where social distancing cannot be maintained. Measures not in place:PPEPartitioningTemperature checksClass size limitsAs preparations for our Fall 2020 reopening continue, Tomball ISD will not make any changes to the previously-approved... Posted by Tomball ISD on Tuesday, June 9, 2020Do you have questions about Tomball ISD’s plan?

HOUSTON – Three Houston-area school districts were ranked among the top school districts in Texas according to a survey by niche.com. The survey was based on factors such as college readiness, graduation rates, teacher quality, and test scores. Katy ISD, Friendswood ISD and Tomball ISD came in at Nos. The list also included Pearland ISD, Conroe ISD and Clear Creek ISD as honorable mentions. 2020 Best School Districts in Texas1.

Paul Marotta/Getty Images for Knowledge UniverseHOUSTON - A ranking released by Niche lists the top public elementary schools in the Houston area. Here are the top 20 best public elementary schools in Houston, according to Niche. Keiko Davidson Elementary School (Katy ISD)2. Stanley C. Stanley Elementary School (Katy ISD)4. Joella Exley Elementary School (Katy ISD)20.

"My parents don't have anything negative to say about the school," the boy's sister Kailee Boynton said. They don't think there's anything wrong with Tomball ISD, they just want to address the situation all together. "Kailee told Eyewitness News the family hopes the story will highlight the serious crisis of bullying on school campuses. It needs to be addressed at school, it needs to be addressed at home. "The district also has an anonymous alerts app where parents and students can report bullying.

"My parents don't have anything negative to say about the school," the boy's sister Kailee Boynton said. They don't think there's anything wrong with Tomball ISD, they just want to address the situation all together. "Kailee told Eyewitness News the family hopes the story will highlight the serious crisis of bullying on school campuses. It needs to be addressed at school, it needs to be addressed at home. "The district also has an anonymous alerts app where parents and students can report bullying.

"My parents don't have anything negative to say about the school," the boy's sister Kailee Boynton said. They don't think there's anything wrong with Tomball ISD, they just want to address the situation all together. "Kailee told Eyewitness News the family hopes the story will highlight the serious crisis of bullying on school campuses. It needs to be addressed at school, it needs to be addressed at home. "The district also has an anonymous alerts app where parents and students can report bullying.

"The boy's sister told Eyewitness News the family hopes the story will highlight the serious crisis of bullying on school campuses. "This traumatic experience, to be heard by a whole bunch of people, that way they can see that bullying is a real thing," Kailee Boynton said. "And it's even, you know, prominent in these young ages - 8, 9, 10 years old - and it needs to be addressed. It needs to be addressed at school, it needs to be addressed at home. "Tomball ISD told ABC13 it won't release any other details out of respect for the student's privacy.The district also says it is "thoroughly investigating the incident and will take appropriate disciplinary measures for all those involved."

The Texas Education Agency released the 2018-19 accountability ratings for school districts across the state Thursday, Aug. 15. Tomball ISD received an overall A rating for the 2018-19 school year, consistent with last years A rating for the 2017-18 year. This amounts to 25% of all public school districts in the state, an increase from only 17% of school districts in the state receiving an A rating in 2017-18. Across the state, 1,201 districts and charter schools receiving a rating based on an A-F scale in 2018-19. TISD earned 92 of 100 possible points overall, down from 94 points in 2017-18, according to TEA information.

The Tomball ISD board of trustees unanimously approved extending Superintendent Martha Salazar-Zamoras contract to a four-year term in effect from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2023, during an Aug. 13 board of trustees meeting. Trustee Justin Unser and Salazar-Zamora were absent from Tuesdays meeting. In addition to the contract extension, the board approved an increase in the superintendents salary Aug. 13, raising Salazar-Zamoras annual base salary by 3.5% to $253,575, trustee John McStravick said during the meeting. Salazar-Zamoras base salary was $245,000 for the 2018-19 school year and $215,000 for the 2017-18 school year, according to Texas Education Agency data. Salazar-Zamora began her role as superintendent in April 2017 after the retirement of former Superintendent Huey Kinchen.

As school districts apply House Bill 3 funding toward teacher raises, the average starting pay increased $2,426, or about 4.6%, over 2018 salaries, with an average salary of $55,703 among a selection of Houston-area districts. Starting pay is just one way to look at pay scales across districts. Tomball ISD has approved a salary increase of about 2%, but the district has not formally released how that affects starting teacher salary. Spring ISDs figure below was based on its 2018-19 pay scale factoring in approved pay raises for teachers with zero to 4 years of experience in 2019. Here is where Houston-area school districts fall based on recently approved budgets.