Marble Falls Independent School District news

By Richard Zowie

The Highlander

A new tax rate that Marble Falls High School board approved at an Aug. 21 meeting will be the lowest rate the district has paid in several years.

The trustees also approved renovations to the Mustang baseball field, which should be completed in time for the 2018 baseball season.

2017-2018 tax rate adoption

Lisa LeMon, MFISD executive director of finance, presented to the trustees tax rate approvals for the 2017-2018 school year.

Four officers of the Marble Falls High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) Chapter and Bruce Peckover, the director of career and technology education at the Marble Falls Independent School District (MFISD) received state FFA Lone Star degrees during the Texas FFA’s 89th state convention, held July 10-14 in Corpus Christi.

FFA students are eligible to earn a Lone Star degree after completing agricultural instruction requirements, recognition at the chapter level, investment goals and community service. The state Lone Star honorary degree, awarded to individuals who work to help advance production agriculture and agribusiness education, is the highest degree of honorary FFA membership which can be bestowed at the state level.

Falls Career High School will holds its graduation ceremony tonight, Friday, May 26, at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church,901 La Ventana Drive, Marble Falls.
Marble Falls High School commencement for the class of 2017 is scheduled, rain or shine, for Saturday, May 27, at 7:30 p.m.
To make the event accessible to as many Mustang fans as possible, attendees are invited to sit in both the visitor and home stands in Mustang Stadium.
“With attendance to the commencement ceremony out-growing available home side only seating, the graduation stage this year will be located on the north end of the football
field facing toward the field house,” said assistant superintendent of operations Jeff Gasaway.
“This stage alignment will allow attendees in both the home and visitors’ stands to see the festivities and their graduates as they cross the stage.”

The Back to School Blast is done. New Teachers have been welcomed by the Marble Falls/Lake LBJ Chamber of Commerce. And, this week Marble Falls ISD students returned to the classrooms.

Many children will be walking or riding their bicycles to and from school – many of them during the busiest time of the day when motorists are traveling to work or home.

Marble Falls Fire Rescue is sharing the following safety tips for the community:
Dropping off students
Schools often have very specific drop-off procedures for the school year. Make sure you know them for the safety of all kids. More children are hit by cars near schools than at any other location. The following apply to all school zones:

Mustang spirit may begin with “Meet the Mustangs” Thursday night, Aug. 11, but the Mustang Band is ready to carry the spirit forward one week later.

The Marble Falls High School Mustang Band will present a free concert from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18, in Johnson Park, 230 South Avenue J.

The program, entitled “KALEIDOSCOPE,” will feature music from the 2016 marching season.

A $5 hamburger supper will benefit the Marble Falls High School band program.

Fans of student athletes, the band, the Starlettes and MFHS Cheerleaders gather at Mustang Stadium at 7 p.m. Thursday.

The whole community is invited to meet the fall sports participants. In addition to high school participants, introductions will include members of the marble Falls youth Football League, the Mustangs of tomorrow.

If you don't have your own true purple attire, the Marble FallsAthletic Booster Club (MFABC) will be selling spirit wear and providing food.

BY LEW K. COHN
THE HIGHLANDER
MANAGING EDITOR

By Lew K. Cohn

Managing Editor

The Highlander

Community members who are interested in serving out the unexpired term for Place 7 on the Marble Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees are encouraged to apply for the position through the district's website.

Board members agreed during a regular meeting Tuesday, July 19, to accept forms of interest from interested citizens up to a deadline of 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2. The form of interest can be found on the district website at http://marblefallsisd.org.