RECOGNIZED CAMPUSES
2009-10-14 / Front Page
RECOGNIZED CAMPUSES — Six Kingsville Independent School District campuses were honored on Oct. 6 for attaining ‘Academically Recognized’ state ratings for 2008-2009. At the Board of Trustees meeting, Emilio Castro, Superintendent of Schools, and Jennifer Kent, Chief Academic Officer, presented plaques to Kleberg Elementary and its two feeder schools, Harrel Elementary and Lamar Elementary, and Perez Elementary and its feeder school, Harvey Elementary, as well as Gillett Intermediate School in acknowledgement of their outstanding achievements. Castro honored the campuses by addressing their administrators, ‘Thank you for your relentless pursuit of academic achievement. Your commitment to the children in Kingsville ISD is to be commended. Congratulations to you, your staff, your students, and your parents for the Texas Education Agency rating of Academically Recognized.’ Receiving plaques for their campuses were Diana Guerrero-Peña, Principal of Kleberg Elementary, Rosalinda Vidal, Counselor at Harrel Elementary, Dawn Mireles, Principal of Lamar Elementary, Melba Rita Franco, Principal of Perez Elementary, Dr. Grace Ruiz, Principal of Harvey Elementary, and Dolores Hernandez, Principal of Gillett Intermediate. The TEA assigns ratings to every campus and district in the Texas public education system each year. To attain a rating of ‘Academically Acceptable,’ 75 percent of the tested students on a campus must pass all state assessments. Pictured, left to right, are Jennifer Kent, Chief Academic Officer, Diana Guerrero-Peña, Principal of Kleberg Elementary, Dolores Hernandez, Principal of J. S. Gillett Intermediate, Rosalinda Vidal, Counselor at Harrel Elementary, Melba Rita Franco, Principal at Perez Elementary, Dr. Grace Ruiz, Principal at Harvey Elementary, Dawn Mireles, Principal of Lamar Elementary, and Emilio Castro, Superintendent of Schools KISD looks to legacy 
