The Cheering Continues!

The last time I wrote you, I recapped the incredible year we had in 2016-2017—replete with athletic state championships, fine arts achievements and academic successes.

We certainly have a lot to cheer about in CFISD, and that continued over the summer as we celebrated more than 8,000 combined graduates between the June and August commencement ceremonies. We also celebrated a first for our district when one of our Cypress Lakes High School alumni, De’Aaron Fox, was drafted fifth overall by the Sacramento Kings in the NBA Draft in June.

This summer has been an especially busy one for our facilities team, as we will open four new campuses in 2017-2018: Bridgeland High School (No. 12), Wells Elementary School (No. 55), Hoover Elementary School (No. 56) and the Matzke Elementary School replacement campus.

They have also completed our new natatorium by Pridgeon Stadium, a cold food storage warehouse near Cypress Woods High School and several renovations at campuses like Dean and Watkins middle schools and Adam and Bane elementary schools.

I would like to give an early reminder that we will hold a Board of Trustees election in conjunction with the general election on Nov. 7. I believe it is all of our civic duty to register, study the federal, state and local issues/candidates and cast an informed vote—so please do!

This is an exciting time to be a part of Cypress-Fairbanks ISD. We are expecting 116,000 students to walk through our doors on the first day of school on Aug. 28, and we can’t wait to deliver an unparalleled educational experience to every one of them.

Thank you for showing your #CFISDspirit, and for being a part of #CFISDforAll as we give the entire community something to cheer about in 2017-2018!

Sincerely,

Mark Henry, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools