Attention: You do NOT need to register a student who attended a Willis ISD school last year. Any transitions from elementary to middle or middle to high school will all be automatic.
Today at a special meeting, Montgomery County Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Wayne Mack administered the oath of office to replacement trustee Chad Jones. Willis ISD Board of Trustees have selected Chad Jones to fill board position 7, vacated by long-time Trustee Rebecca Broussard.
Today the Willis High School Career & Technology Department received a $500 check from Spherion Staffing, LLC's Give Back program. Travis Utecht, Director of CTE, accepted the check from Katherine Kleemann and Regina Shelton. The money will go directly back into CTE programs to support Willis ISD CTE programs.
At the regular school board meeting Wednesday, Feb. 9, Willis ISD trustees unanimously called for a bond package to be presented to voters in May 2022. The bond is comprised of three propositions totaling $225,000,000. The bond carries a potential $0.05 tax rate increase if all three propositions are passed by voters.
Willis ISD Child Nutrition department will be offering free summer meals for children in our community. Free meals are available to students attending WISD summer programs and all children ages 18 and under. Click headline to learn more.
The application for P-EBT benefits is now open until Aug. 13. P-EBT provides food benefits to families with eligible children who temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price meals during the 2020–21 school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Click headline to read more.
Willis ISD is happy to announce that a new principal for Turner Elementary has been named. Lea Ann Boswell comes to us from Deer Park ISD where she served as principal of Fairmont Elementary for the last nine years. Additionally, Brad Mansfield has been tapped as Executive Director of the Student Services department.
Susan Fossler, currently assistant principal at Parmley Elementary, has been promoted to Principal of CC Hardy Elementary for the 2021-22 school year. Fossler joined WISD in 2017 as a counselor before being named AP the following year.
We are excited to announce the new Wildkat Resource Center (WRC), formerly known as the parent center, will be fully up and running for the 2021-2022 school year. The WRC is being led by District Outreach Liaison, Kindra Schiffner. The WRC will offer FREE items for WISD employees, students, and their families in need of assistance. When someone within our school district encounters hard times, we will assist them. The WRC will provide clothing, undergarments and hygiene products monthly to our families in need. The new WRC will not accept donations of any household items or furniture. We are currently taking donations by appointment only.
The application for P-EBT benefits is now open until Aug. 13. P-EBT provides food benefits to families with eligible children who temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price meals during the 2020–21 school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Click headline to read more.
Susan Fossler, currently assistant principal at Parmley Elementary, has been promoted to Principal of CC Hardy Elementary for the 2021-22 school year. Fossler joined WISD in 2017 as a counselor before being named AP the following year. Prior to joining WISD she was a teacher and counselor in Conroe ISD for 17 years. Fossler holds a bachelor of science in education and a masters in school counseling from Sam Houston State University.