SHAC
Our school board is dedicated to fostering an environment where every student can achieve academic excellence and personal growth in a safe and supportive setting.
As elected representatives of our community, we are committed to making informed decisions that shape the future of our schools. Our responsibilities include:
- Policy Development: Crafting and implementing policies that promote high educational standards and equity.
- Budget Oversight: Ensuring that financial resources are allocated efficiently and effectively to support student learning and well-being.
- Superintendent Supervision: Collaborating with and providing oversight for the Superintendent to ensure the district's strategic goals are met.
- Curriculum and Instruction: Evaluating and approving curricula that meet the diverse needs of our students and prepare them for future success.
- Facilities Management: Overseeing the maintenance and improvement of school facilities to provide a safe and conducive learning environment.
- Community Engagement: Encouraging active participation from parents, students, teachers, and community members to foster a collaborative educational community.
Our mission is to support every student in reaching their full potential by prioritizing safety, equity, and excellence in all our decisions. We invite you to explore our initiatives, participate in our meetings, and join us in our dedication to student success and safety.
Roles of School Health Advisory Councils
A SHAC has many roles. At minimum, Texas SHACs must do the job outlined in the TEC Section 28.004. The most effective SHACs create recommendations that speak to the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) approach to health and learning (CDC, 2020). SHACs may have the following roles:
- Program Planning: SHACs work together with schools to carefully plan school health programming and the impact on student health. Sharing teaching methods, working through obstacles and helping with assessment activities may be a part of a SHAC’s work. Talking over health issues, selecting programs and having training time for members are also ways to use a SHAC’s time. The most effective SHACs create recommendations that speak to the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child approach to health and learning.
- Promotion: SHACs assist in promoting school health. School health promotion allows the school district and community to see what the SHAC has to offer. Shining a spotlight on the work of a SHAC is one way to promote school health. This work also includes promoting school health coordination within the school district and in the community. The benefits can range from receiving more resources to building better understanding between the school and community.
- Fiscal Impact:One of the main roles of any SHAC is to make school health recommendations to the school board. The SHAC should work with school personnel to figure out if a school health recommendation will bring any cost to the school district. Helping the school district raise money for suggested programs and preparing grant requests are some of the ways a SHAC can offset costs.
- Collaboration with District and State Agencies:SHACs work with school district and state agency personnel in many ways. Sometimes they work together to recommend health programs, locate health services, create food service programs, share federal and state funds, and make policy.
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This document, referred to as the “wellness plan” (the plan), is intended to implement policy FFA(LOCAL), which has been adopted by the Board to comply with the requirements for a school wellness policy. [Section 9A(a) of the National School Lunch Act (NSLA), 42 U.S.C. 1758b; 7 C.F.R. Part 210] The District’s local school health advisory council (SHAC) will work on behalf of the District to review and consider evidence-based strategies and techniques to develop and implement nutrition guidelines and wellness goals required by federal law.
Meeting Schedule
- September 2, 2026
- November 10, 2026
- February 9, 2026
- April 6, 2026