What are School Boundaries?

A school boundary, also referred to as an attendance zone, defines a geographic zone within which a student is eligible to attend that designated school. Consequently, most students attend a school based on their address.

Parenting Styles

Any time we reduce human behavior to simple terms we gloss over the nuances and subtleties of actual behavior and interactions. This topic is meant to start conversations, to appreciate the important role parents play in public education, and to raise awareness about the impact of parenting on the broader community.

What is the Double-Edged Sword of Unfunded Mandates?

An unfunded mandate for public education refers to a legislative act that requires a school district to implement some practice or procedure for which no monies have been allocated. 

What is CTE?

Preparing students for meaningful work and a productive life.

Clear Creek ISD’s Teachers of the Year

Clear Creek ISD announced the 2023 Teachers of the Year nominees, finalists and top two winners at the traditional awards luncheon. Jennifer Ramsey from Wedgewood Elementary School was named the Elementary Teacher of the Year and Erin Quinones from Clear Creek Intermediate School was named the Secondary Teacher of the Year. Ramsey has been an […]

Clear Creek ISD Hosts State Robotics Competition

Clear Creek ISD made history by hosting the first UIL Robotics 2023 VEX Pilot State Championship at the CCISD Robotics Event Center. The VEX Robotics Competition, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation (RECF), is the largest and fastest growing middle school and high school robotics program globally. For the last two seasons, CCISD […]

Clear Creek ISD Students Showcase Coding Projects at The Capitol

Six Clear Springs High School students joined five other school districts from across the state for the Code @ the Capitol event in Austin presented by Computer Science for Texas (CS4TX). Janice Thomas, Mariam Aziz, Zara Siddiqi, David Corvaglia, Zaid Albustami and Caleb Lightfoot were recognized by the Texas State Legislature and had the opportunity […]

Student Internships and Externships

Response from “Ask a Former Board Trustee”- Clear Creek ISD Chapter: Joanna Baleson, Ken Baliker, Jennifer Broddle, Bob Davee, Glenn Freedman, Ann Hammond, Charlie Pond, Page Rander Dee Scott, Win Weber © AFTCCISD2022 What are student internships and externships? A student internship provides on-the-job training within an organization to learn about a given profession or […]

Classroom Leadership

Response from “Ask a Former Board Trustee”- Clear Creek ISD Chapter: Joanna Baleson, Ken Baliker, Jennifer Broddle, Bob Davee, Glenn Freedman, Ann Hammond, Charlie Pond, Page Rander Dee Scott, Win Weber © AFTCCISD2022 What is a classroom leadership moment? The average teacher makes around 1,500 educational decisions on an average day. That is about 4 […]

How Can We Foster Improved Critical Thinking?

Response from “Ask a Former Board Trustee”- Clear Creek ISD Chapter: Joanna Baleson, Ken Baliker, Jennifer Broddle, Bob Davee, Glenn Freedman, Ann Hammond, Charlie Pond, Page Rander Dee Scott, Win Weber © AFTCCISD2022 What is critical thinking? “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character […]