Highlights
CISD Board of Trustees June W . Davis , President Ryan Ray , Vice President Gary Grassia , Secretary Lyndsae Benton Thedrick Franklin Mia Hall
4 MEET DR . LINARES
Crowley ISD has an interim leader with a wealth of education experience .
10 CHICAGO BOUND
The District Court Mock Trial team will take on the best in the nation this summer .
6 AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS
Students find creative opportunities when the school day ends .
22 MARK JONES FIELD
Crowley High School baseball program honors longtime head coach and teacher .
9 MR . MAVS MANIACC
An elementary music teacher has an alter ego on an NBA dance team .
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
13 Board Spotlight 14 Alumni Spotlight 17 Youth Entrepreneurs 18 Heartbeat Team 21 Jr . Ironclad Chef 24 # LetThisBeTheYear
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Interim Superintendent Patricia A . Linares , Ph . D .
CISD Communications & Marketing Anthony Kirchner , Director Jaime Handy , Coordinator Megan Middleton , Multimedia Manager Matt Hoover , Webmaster / Digital Content
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ON THE COVER
Fourth-grader Ty Spencer plants vegetables in the campus garden at J . A . Hargrave Elementary School as part of his afterschool program .
Interim Superintendent Patricia A . Linares , Ph . D ., introduces herself to faculty and staff at the February board meeting . www . crowleyisdtx . org