Jacksonville ISD board votes to make face coverings optional Jacksonville ISD (Source: Jacksonville ISD) By KLTV Digital Media Staff | May 14, 2021 at 12:39 PM CDT - Updated May 14 at 1:02 PM
From Jacksonville ISD
JACKSONVILLE, Texas (News Release) - The Jacksonville ISD Board of Trustees voted Friday, May 14 to make face coverings optional while at school or on school property. This will be effective Monday, May 17 for all JISD staff and students. We thank the school community for so willingly cooperating with this mandate during this difficult school year. 73
East Texas âchampion for educationâ Stuart Bird has died Stuart Bird (Source: Jacksonville ISD) By KLTV Digital Media Staff | January 27, 2021 at 4:23 PM CST - Updated January 28 at 10:58 AM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Stuart Bird, a long-serving East Texas educator died Jan. 21 at the age of 73 in Tyler.
Stuart Bird was the former superintendent for both the Jacksonville and Troup Independent School Districts. He was principal at Carthage and Jacksonville high schools, and also served as an interim superintendent for Tyler ISD.
Bird was on the board for the Troup Chamber of Commerce for many years.
Jacksonville High School math teacher, Lucy Deroeck, worked with Bird and said, âyou know you can say he was a champion for education but truly it was more than that. You know he was a champion for your personal development. He really wanted everyone to reach their potential and he really thought he believed in you. You believed in yourself when you were around Stuar