Cornerstone Academy

[Jennifer Blaine @jennifer_blaine]

Thank you to our amazing finance team! We are #sbisdproud @SBISD

[Cornerstone Academy @CSASBISD]

Proud of these former CSA Cougars!

[Spring Branch ISD @SBISD]

SBISD outperforms the state and nation and ranks among only 100 districts showing 5-year gains in both reading in math on NAEP according to the Education Recovery Scorecard based on —

[Cornerstone Academy @CSASBISD]

@jennifer_blaine @SBISD @awolfeinnovate @jervayne We had so much fun! Looking forward to our next visit!

[Cornerstone Academy @CSASBISD]

@BrigLeane What’s the reason behind it? As a reader I would wonder if there was significance behind that each letter meant and what else it corresponds to. If it’s just color for the sake of color, leave it one color.

[Lisa Alpe for SBISD @lisaalpe4sbisd]

It’s so disingenuous when @TeamBettencourt says he “appropriated 4 billion” for public education as if that gave us one penny. When #txlege appropriates money, but fails to pass a bill giving us the money, IT MEANS NOTHING. @chris_earnest21 @SBISD @jennifer_blaine @SBgrassrooted

[Cornerstone Academy @CSASBISD]

Happy Burger Day, CSA! Today we celebrate the lives of our beloved Bill Burger and his beloved, Noreen. It’s been two years, and we miss them each day!

[Cornerstone Academy @CSASBISD]

@MikeMorath @GovAbbott

[Chris Earnest @chris_earnest21]

Morath claims $7M in “new” funding for @SBISD. The “new” money is really just SBISD keeping a tiny bit more of the taxes we raise locally before we send our recapture payment to Austin which I’ll remind everyone was $80M last year. Our money and other district’s recapture payments then get laundered through the general fund producing a significant portion of the $30+ billion surplus our state government is sitting on.

Shameful to have a governor sitting on that money and neglecting TX students and teachers to play political games. @GregAbbott_TX

[Chris Earnest @chris_earnest21]

It has been so disappointing to watch our elected and appointed officials in TX disparage public ed as part of a narrative to push vouchers. As a conservative I feel completely abandoned by republican state leaders. If that weren’t bad enough, elected R’s are not only neglecting conservatives in public ed but they speak down to us with disdain.

This morning our local elected State Board of Education member @willhickman asked Commissioner Morath @MikeMorath about @SBISD budget troubles. I thank Will Hickman for advocating for us.

Morath dismisses our budget crisis as mismanagement of “one-time” federal funds meant to address learning loss due to COVID. In the clip Morath says that unlike most other districts in TX we didn’t understand those were one-time funds. We DID and personally reviewed that with him in Austin. He is lying to distract away from the funding issue we face. It’s lazy and dishonest.

SBISD has already eliminated over $20M in ESSER related supports including 123 positions. We did that LAST SPRING. We spent 65% of those federal $s in the classroom and our improvement in scores since COVID show the money was used effectively.

We now have another $35M to eliminate from our budget which is largely due to inflation and no additional funding. I explained this to Morath in Austin earlier this year and he acknowledged it was a real challenge.

[Spring Branch ISD @SBISD]

Thank you to Will Hickman, Member of the Texas State Board of Education, for your continued support of SBISD!

Please read an important letter from SBISD Superintendent @jennifer_blaine and Board President Chris Earnest 📲 https://t.co/6gy5TnQqCE

[Jennifer Blaine @jennifer_blaine]

Laser focused! Proud of our @SBISD family! Well done team!!

[Jennifer Blaine @jennifer_blaine]

Not a Pre-K program anywhere in the great state of Texas better than @SBISD - we are parent choice every.single.time. Click link & arrow to view- Premier program in Houston! Bring on that $8,000 per student! We win every time! #T24 @LionLanePrek

https://t.co/jMxajKJWyO

[Cornerstone Academy @CSASBISD]

8th grade dance!!!

[Lisa Alpe for SBISD @lisaalpe4sbisd]

@TeamBettencourt I’m glad you agree! That’s why @SBISD advocated more flexibility in how we spend our dollars. More control by the state is bad! It also doesn’t allow us to use money to combat the realities of inflation.

[JTPTexas @JTPTexas]

Let me get this straight - you are advocating for elected officials to have more control of their jurisdiction's property taxes? Totally agree. Now please return our taxpayers' money and don't collect any more. @TXLege you still have time to be a hero. Florida found a way.

[Cornerstone Academy @CSASBISD]

So proud of our CSA artists!

[Cornerstone Academy @CSASBISD]

Getting our Saturday morning math workout in at CSA!

[Spring Branch ISD @SBISD]

The @Alliance_Texas, representing 45 of the largest Texas districts and 41% of students, has issued a statement affirming SBISD is not alone in the fight to fully fund public schools to avoid painful budgeting decisions over the next two years. Read more: https://t.co/IwICQvzQfQ

[Cornerstone Academy @CSASBISD]

Well said, Trustee Gonzalez!

[Chris Gonzalez @GonzalChris]

We are not even close to an all-time high in @sbisd or #txed. Funding formulas are still broken and #txlege won’t use excess to increase basic allotment, so I have to figure out how to cut 50M of 340M budget. If I could keep (some) of $84M* recapture that’d help. (*most recent #)

[Cornerstone Academy @CSASBISD]

Well said, President Earnest! #fullyfundSBISD

[Chris Earnest @chris_earnest21]

Imagine bragging about being at an all time high in per student funding and still ranking 43rd among states while building a record surplus on the backs of school districts through recapture🙄 @govabbott @sbisd