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School Board GoalsGoal 1: Increase the number of Third Graders to score Meets or above on Reading from 27% to 45%, by June 2024. Incremental Goals: SY19-20 (30%), SY20-21 (33%), SY21-22 (47%), SY22-23 (41%), SY-23-24 (45%)
Goal 2: Increase the number of Third Graders to score Meets or above on Math from 23% to 49%, by June 2024. Incremental Goals: SY19-20 (28%), SY20-21 (33%), SY21-22 (38%), SY22-23 (43%), SY-23-24 (49%) Goal 3: Increase the number of graduates graduating with CCMR indicators at state average or above from 48.3% to 60%, by June 2024. Incremental Goals: SY19-20 (50%), SY20-21 (52%), SY21-22 (54%), SY22-23 (57%), SY-23-24 (60%) The Venus ISD Board of Trustees targeted its goals on Third Grade and Graduating Seniors because research has shown that performance at those grade levels is indicative of future achievement in subsequent grade levels and beyond. Third Grade assessments are the culmination of the efforts made by teachers in grades PK-3, and College, Career, and Military Readiness is a key measure of the readiness of our graduates to be successful in a variety of paths in their lives after public education.
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President
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Chad Sutton was elected in May 2019 serving as Vice President from 2019 to 2021 and currently President. The Sutton family comes from years of serving the Venus community. Overall involvement includes serving on the Venus Youth Sports Association in various leadership roles over 9 years ending in 2016. As a volunteer of the VYSA, he was an active community advocate for improving the community parks within the City of Venus and working closely with Venus ISD for support using athletic facilities for our community that has limited recreational resources. Since 2008 he has proudly served as the spirit crew for every home and away football games and continues volunteering time on the Venus Athletic Booster Club. Chad has spent 23 years in financial communications holding various positions with Donnelly Financial Solutions. Currently, he is a Senior Pricing Analyst that manages public and private companies dealing with regulatory shareholders communications and SEC compliance. Chad has been married to his wife, Kristi, for over 26 years and moved from Cedar Hill to Venus in 2005 to raise Venus ISD graduates – Taylor, Caden & Colten.
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Vice President
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Katie was raised in Allen, Tx. She graduated from Allen High School in 2009. Katie graduated from UT Dallas with her Bachelor's in Criminology. She is currently one semester from graduating with her Masters in Public Administration from Tarleton . She has worked in law enforcement and public service for over 10 years. Katie is currently celebrating 6 years of marriage to her husband Nathan. Katie hopes to help Venus ISD become the district she would want to raise her children in. Primary and elementary school students look forward to visits from Officer Katie. She has fostered relationships and trust between law enforcement and young students. While Katie was a Venus Police Officer and Trustee she helped implement a Guardian program to assist students with special needs to reconnect with their family in times of crisis. Katie was able to use her experience in public service to help hire our new VISD Police Chief Robert Wood. She believes that in the not too distant future Venus will be both a blue ribbon and P-Tech school.
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Secretary
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Tasha was born in Bogalusa, LA. and was an Air Force brat, with that she moved around a lot. Tasha lived in Okinawa Japan from the time she was 11 months old to 5 years old. She then moved back to the US and lived in Bossier City, LA until she was 9 years old. Tasha then moved to the DFW area and finally settled in Mansfield, Texas when she was 12 and that is where she graduated high school. Tasha attended Tarrant County College and also Northwood University.
She is married to Randy Gore and has two sons. One is 20 and the other is 17. Both of her sons started in Venus as kindergartners. She has been an HR professional for over 23 years. Tasha is currently the HR / Safety Manager for McLane Classic Foods in Burleson, TX. Her husband owns a family business that has been in Venus since 1983. Tasha’s goal for the school is to make sure that all students graduate and that we are successful in preparing them for whatever they want to do after graduation. She wants one of the reasons that people move to Venus to be the awesome school district. |
Trustee
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Gerell’s whole life has consisted of a 15 mile radius with Venus being the center. He was born and raised on a farm on CR 506. Gerell is the seventh of nine children of Bennie and Edna Leonard. He was raised to work hard, and to put God first. Gerell graduated from Venus High School in 1985. He has been employed at TXI/ Martin Marietta for 30 years. He has farmed the land in Venus for himself and others for over 25 years. As a result, he believes in our agriculture and CTE programs. He understands the value of these programs and the future it offers our students. He was instrumental in getting welding
equipment for our new welding lab by acting as a liaison between our district and local businesses. Gerell has been married for 27 years and has four children and 3 grandkids. He loves to spend his time with God, family and farming. Gerell strives everyday to glorify God; he truly believes that a man's word should be his bond. |
Trustee
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Joe Russell is a fourth-generation Venusite. His paternal grandfather was a doctor who served Venus in the late 1800s and early 1900s and his maternal grandfather owned the local grocery store. Joe is a member of the Venus High School graduating class of 1962, was married to his wife for 46 years and has 2 children who are both graduates of Venus High School Joe spent 40 plus years in the sewing business and manufactured cheerleader uniforms. For the last 6 years, he has been a local auto repair shop owner. Joe served on the Venus Fire Department for 25 years, and continues to be heavily
involved in the church and community. He is currently serving as president of Venus Community Board. Joe originally ran for the school board when his children were small. He saw a need for improvement and felt he had the passion and some skills that could help accomplish those improvements. Joe has been involved in hiring and working alongside 9 superintendents. He has worked with the community and architects to construct all the facilities that VISD enjoys today. After 36 accumulated years as a trustee Joe still has the passion to see VISD improve facilities, offer more classes and overall serve the kids and citizens of Venus. |
Trustee
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Les Graduated from Alvarado High School in 1963 and then served in the U.S. Army from 1964-1967. He then earned an Associate Degree from Tarrant County Junior College. He moved to Venus with his wife and two sons in 1983. His wife worked for the district for 25 years before retiring and both of his sons graduated from Venus ISD. When his youngest son was in the marching band he assisted the district in renting a diesal truck from where he worked to carry band equipment and instruments. He later helped the district in buying a used truck from his company. Les would drive, help load and unload the truck to
away games and competitions for the band. Les did not seek reelection in 2011 due to his mother's declining health so that he could spend more time with her. After his mother passed away, he ran for school board again in 2016 and has been on the board since. |
Trustee
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Gregory Hoffman has lived in Venus for 41 years and had been married to his wife Teresa for 33 years. They have two children named Sarah and John and in 2022 all four of them
will have graduated from Venus High School. Right out of high school Greg attended UTA, and later in 2008 received an Associate Degree from Hill College. He worked as a shop manager for eight years, owned and operated a carpet cleaning business for 22 years, and finished working for Pier 1 Imports for another five years. His community service for Venus includes serving as President of Venus ISD School Board, Lion's Club, and Venus Chamber of Commerce. Greg and his wife have supported multiple youth groups and have served on many committees. After serving nine terms on school board, and living with three generations of educators, he believes that he has a unique perspective on education. His father retired from teaching at Venus ISD and his wife has been a teacher for nearly thirty years. This is a driving force for Greg to work with the board and growing community to build pride and success in the City of Venus and Venus ISD. |
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