Education Focus PISD

  • Haley Mokry of Murchison Elementary School was named PISD's Elementary Teacher of the Year. Nicole Hutchison of Park Crest Middle School was named the district's Secondary Teacher of the Year.
  • The district earned a four-star rating from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' 2012–13 Financial Allocation Study for Texas, or FAST, report. The report analyzes districts' academic achievement and cost efficiency and rates each on a one- to five-star scale, with five stars being the top level.
  • Pflugerville ISD opened its 19th elementary school campus, Ruth Barron Elementary School, in August.
  • In 2012, Pflugerville High School celebrated the 50th anniversary of the school's record-setting 55-game winning streak that spanned from 1958 to 1962. During halftime of a game between Pflugerville and McNeil high schools Oct. 12, former Pflugerville High School coach Charles Kuempel and 58 former football players were recognized for their accomplishments.
  • On Oct. 12, the Texas Historical Commission dedicated the Rock Gym with a Texas Historical Marker designation. The Rock Gym, a longtime PISD athletic venue located at 700 W. Pecan St., was built in 1934 as part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration initiative during the Great Depression.
  • In anticipation of the August 2013 opening of Cele Middle School, the PISD board of trustees voted Nov. 15 to redraw the district's middle school boundaries. The new boundaries will shift approximately 800 students into new schools for the 2013–14 school year.
  • On Dec. 13, the PISD board of trustees voted 5-1 to uphold the district's domestic partner insurance benefits for district employees. The decision made PISD the first school district in the state to offer domestic partner insurance.
  • On March 20, Fort Bend ISD in suburban Houston announced the district was hiring PISD Superintendent Charles Dupre for the same position. Dupre officially took over as FBISD superintendent April 29. Freddie McFarland, PISD director of student affairs, was named interim superintendent to oversee the district while the board searches for a permanent replacement.
  • On May 11, PISD board of trustees incumbents Mario Acosta, Vernagene Mott and Carol Fletcher won re-elections to retain their respective Place 3,4 and 5 seats. All three board members were sworn in to their new three-year terms May 17.