The JISD Annual Awards, Scholarships, and Recognition Ceremony will be live streamed to FaceBook, YouTube, and websites at 6:30 pm Thursday, May 14. The Marion County Herald will be streaming the event for JISD. This year the event will be a virtual event so student names and accomplishments will beContinue Reading
Attention 2020 seniors, families, friends and community: just released- Graduation will be held on Friday, May 29, 2020 at 8:00 pm. It will be at W.F. Lockett Stadium/Jerry Bennett Field. No tickets for seating will be needed. Specific directions and information will be sent out next week with all aspectsContinue Reading
JISD announced their Top 10% in the 2020 JHS Graduating Class this afternoon and named James Roraback as Valedictorian and Robert Sachtleben as Salutatorian. The Top 10% is 9 students as there are 90 members of the 2020 graduating class. They are: James Roraback, Valedictorian Robert Sachtleben, Salutatorian #3 CalebContinue Reading
Press Release/Statement from JISD Superintendent Rob Barnwell: 4-17-2020 Today, Governor Greg Abbott announced an order which closed all schools in the state for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. Therefore, Jefferson ISD will NOT continue normal school operations for the rest of this school year. Governor Abbott also indicatedContinue Reading
Note: The School Board met Tuesday in a virtual meeting. The Herald re-streamed the meeting in two parts. These are minutes supplied by JISD Superintendent Rob Barnwell. From Rob Barnwell Regular MeetingApril 14, 2020 The meeting was called to order by President Jason Bonner at 6:00 pm. (This meeting wasContinue Reading
The Jefferson ISD School Board will hold their regular April meeting via Teleconference due to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency. The board will still meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. To access the meeting, the public will need to go to A copy of the “Board Book” or Packet used byContinue Reading
Barnwell: ‘We sent the letter to the folks who she’d been delivering food to … and we also contacted them by phone too’ By V. Hugh Lewis, publisher JISD raised the possibility of a limited number of students/staff being possibly exposed to COVID-19 by an employee who participated in distributionContinue Reading
This afternoon, Jefferson Mayor Pro Tem Victor Perot notified municipal candidates that per the Texas Secretary of State emailed election officials a notice indicating they were required to move the May 2 elections to November. The emailed notice states: We have continued to receive questions regarding the recent proclamations byContinue Reading
All ”A” Honor Roll 1st Grade Juan Aveja, Ashley Bautista-Torres, Colt Carriles, Reagan Davidson, Rachel Edwards, Bryleigh Granger, Jake Gulk, Simon Griffith, Kinsler Grundon, Mason Horan, Malik Idir, Dekorrian Johnson, Lillianna King, Dakota Lawrence, Preston Lee, Dakota Lewis-Spencer, Ta’Kiyah Mathis, Roy Minton, Logan Neuville, Vivian Owen, Kimberlyn Page, Isabella Powell,Continue Reading
Press Release from JISD Superintendent Rob Barnwell: March 25, 2020 First of all I want to say Thank You to all our staff. We have folks who have been working tirelessly to make sure we providequality instruction and healthy food to all of our students. I haven’t heard one complaint fromContinue Reading
From Rob Barnwell, Superintendent Breakfast & Lunch “Jefferson ISD will be providing both Breakfast and Lunch five days per week, Monday through Friday, for JISD students and any children in the household ages 0-18 beginning Monday, March 23. The buses will deliver food to students at their regular pick upContinue Reading
Hello to all JISD Parents and Students, We need your help please. We are trying to enter (or update) all of our parent’s email addresses into our data base. If you have already given it to your respective campus, Thank you! If not if you could please email me, SissyContinue Reading
In an email received this morning from JISD Technologist Jay Patrick, the school is doing a survey for the availability of internet access in Jefferson ISD households. The email indicates the district is “using the information to plan for methods to delivery instruction to students.” The survey is both underContinue Reading
From Rob Barnwell, Superintendent JEFFERSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Press Release/Statement from JISD Superintendent Rob Barnwell 3-17-2020 It is obvious the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is now causing concern all over the world, including Marion County. I want to assure you that Jefferson ISD is keeping track of this situationContinue Reading
Regular Meeting March 10, 2020 The Board Packet is attached at the end of this article The meeting was called to order by President Jason Bonner at 6:00 pm. Members present were Jason Bonner, Dr. Kent Thigpen, J.P. Abernathy, Bobby Langbartels, Kevin Godfrey, and Leah Cooper. Ned Fratangelo was absent.Continue Reading
Notes from the Meeting Regular Meeting – February 11, 2020 The meeting was called to order by President Jason Bonner at 6:00 pm. Members present were Jason Bonner, Dr. Kent Thigpen, J.P. Abernathy, Bobby Langbartels, Leah Cooper, Ned Fratangelo, and Kevin Godfrey. District personnel present were Rob Barnwell, Mike Wood,Continue Reading
From Press Release CHRISTUS EMS and The University of Texas at Tyler School of Nursing are sending dozens of paramedics, nursing students, trauma experts and other certified “Stop The Bleed” instructors to conduct training for students across Jefferson Independent School District on Thursday and Friday of this week. This massive,Continue Reading
By V. Hugh Lewis, Publisher The Jefferson ISD School Board will set the 2020-21 School Calendar and discuss Facility Goals and possible future projects in Tuesday night’s 6 p.m. Board Meeting. The Herald may be live for this meeting. The Board’s full packet for the meeting follows:Continue Reading
By V. Hugh Lewis, publisher \Want a change? Now’s your chance. The filing period to be on the May ballot as either a City of Jefferson Alderman, City of Jefferson Mayor, or Jefferson Independent School District School Board Member is now open through February 14, 2020. City Alderman positions availableContinue Reading
The Jefferson Independent School District Board of Trustees will have their regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, January 14, 2020, at the Administration Building. Agenda items include: Consideration of Policy Amendments to EIC and FM (LOCAL) Policies FM is associated with student absences due to school-related activities. The oldContinue Reading