Board of Trustees

Randy Stipes, President
Michael Hill, Vice President
Ken Murray, Secretary

Reeves Named Outstanding Graduate

Melinda Griggs Reeves, a 1975 graduate of Nimitz, was honored as an Outstanding Graduate. She has served as principal of Decatur High School in Decatur, Texas for the past 11 years.

After graduating from Nimitz in 1975, Reeves attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in education in December 1977. She later obtained her Master of Arts in education from TCU in 1984.

Reeves taught kindergarten, first grade and fourth grade in Arlington ISD from 1977 to 1984. During the course of her teaching career, she earned additional responsibilities as a team leader and gained experience in areas such as curriculum and budgeting. Reeves then began the next phase of her career, serving as an assistant principal at the elementary, junior high and high school levels with Arlington between 1988 and 1996.

She was hired as principal of Decatur High in 1996 and has presided over the most successful period in that school’s history. It was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2001 and recognized as an Exemplary campus by the Texas Education Agency between 1999 and 2003. Decatur High was also designated by TEA as a Mentor School and Pathfinder School.

Reeves was named Outstanding Secondary Principal of the Year for 2003-2004 by the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals, and finished as a Top 3 national finalist in 2005 for Outstanding Secondary Principal of the Year by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. She also was named Region 11 Principal of the Year in 2003.

Lee Honored for Recycling Program Success

Lee Elementary School was honored by Abitibi Consolidated for being the top recycler in the IISD recycling program. The program is a partnership involving IISD, Abitibi, the City of Irving, and Keep Irving Beautiful.

In 2006, approximately 512,000 pounds of paper and about 36,000 pounds of aluminum were recycled in the district, resulting in a total payout of more than $4,300 for use in each school’s general fund.

MacArthur Gym Project Wins Summit Award

The MacArthur High School gymnasium construction project was the recipient of the 2007 Summit Award from QUOIN, formerly known as the Associated General Contractors.  The project was recognized for its design, difficulty, quality and construction safety, and was selected for the North Texas region in competition with 10 other projects.

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Reading Recovery Student Recognized

A former student in Reading Recovery, a reading intervention for struggling first graders, was recognized during an instructional report by Paula Dugger, reading coordinator. Saul Membreno, who was a Reading Recovery student while in first grade at Barton Elementary School, is now a Duke Talent Scholar at Lamar Middle School. Dugger cited Membreno as an example of the program’s effectiveness. Currently, seven schools offer the program.

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