Save the Date!

In honor of our 10th Anniversary, FOTPS is holding a celebration reception on Friday, September 26 in Dallas during the TASA/TASB Convention.

Watch our website and Facebook page for final details.

Our FRIENDS NETWORK is 180 districts strong and growing!

For information or questions, email our Executive Director, Amber Fulton, at

afulton@fotps.org

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Click HERE to join online.

School districts can piggyback on money-saving contracts available through two national cooperative purchasing programs under one roof, The Keystone Purchasing Network and PEPPM Technology Bidding and Purchasing Program. Both programs advertise and solicit sealed bids, which are awarded to the most responsive and responsible bidders. The result is higher quality at lower prices.

Friends to Friends

Thank you for coming to share your message with the Pflugerville ISD staff yesterday! You were funny, engaging and inspirational! Wonderful way to start off a school year. You are a gem, Leslie Milder!

- Amanda Brim, Communications Officer, Pflugerville ISD

DK Haney Roofing is a certified TIPS and TXMAS vendor dedicated to helping schools get roofing projects done. Schools have been our specialty for 23 years, so we can help you navigate insurance claims and board approvals. Our state-of-the-art roof management portal provides instant access to all your roofs and reports. Call 866.379.4846!

It's great to be LIKED!

Advertise with Friends!

With more than a million hits annually on its website and more than 22,000 e-news subscribers, Friends of Texas Public Schools is making advertising/sponsor opportunities available to organizations wishing to reach school leaders across Texas.

For information on getting your organization's message out to Friends of Texas Public Schools followers and readers, please email Amber Fulton at Afulton@fotps.org.

Friends of Texas Public Schools
Scott Milder
830 Shores Blvd.
Rockwall, TX 75087
smilder@fotps.org
214-497-6411

Dear Friends!

Back-to-school season is always an exciting time of year. We all start the new school year with high hopes and eager to move mountains for students. As the year goes on and we are faced with daily challenges, negativity from the press and politics, and the pressure of looming state testing, it is easy to lose sight of the hope and enthusiasm with which we started the year.

We aim to prevent that hope and enthusiasm from fading! Friends of Texas Public Schools will send monthly reminders of the extraordinary work occurring daily in our public schools, thanks to hard working and dedicated educators and their incredible students. It is our desire to lift the spirits of educators and students across the state throughout the school year by featuring their many strengths and achievements.

Whether you are a teacher, an administrator, a school board member or a community ambassador, we want you to know we have your back!

You are awesome and we know it. We exist to make sure others know it too. We look forward to spreading the word about your extraordinary efforts this year!

Scott and Leslie Milder, Founders of Friends of Texas Public Schools

Let's make this year more awesome!

Kid President's Pep Talk to Teachers and Students!

STATE NEWS

Texas ISD's Outperform Their Charter School Counterparts on State Ratings

92.59% of school districts across Texas have achieved the rating of Met Standard. The percentage of charter schools earning the "Met Standard" rating was 81.77%.

The Texas Education Agency released the 2014 state accountability system ratings for more than 1,200 school districts and charters, and more than 8,500 campuses.

The ratings reveal that 92.59% percent of school districts across Texas have achieved the rating of Met Standard. The percentage of charter schools earning the "Met Standard" rating was 81.77%.

Only 7.41% of ISDs statewide received an "Improvement Required" rating for 2013-14 versus the 18.23% of charter schools.