Kurtis and Dr. Hawkins are joined by Deputy Superintendent Dr. Amanda Crawley to discuss the launch of Central Texas Innovation Academy, a new free online public school open to students across Texas in Grades 3-12. Plus, new programs headed to Cove, updated principal assignments and salary schedules for the 2026-27 school year.

Table of Contents:

00:00 Welcome

00:33 Good Things

18:20 Central Texas Innovation Academy

42:44 EMT program coming to CCHS & other new academic programs headed to Cove in 2026-27

51:36 Crossroads HS named CKH National Showcase School

57:22 Updated principal assignments for 2026-27

01:07:10 Salary & Compensation updates for 2026-27

01:27:28 Month of the Military Child & Resolution in Support of Military Children and Families

01:32:16 Looking Forward: Banquet Season

Copperas Cove ISD hosted its annual State of the District presentation on Feb 12, 2025, inside Lea Ledger Auditorium at Copperas Cove High School. Superintendent Dr. Brent Hawkins updated the community on the district's performance, his vision and then answered community questions.

Table of Contents:

0:00 Martin Walker & Williams/Ledger Elementary Joint Choir

8:48 Welcome

10:55 Singing Jewells from Fairview/Jewell Elementary

18:46 Welcome & National Anthem by Copperas Cove HS Voices of Cove Choir and Bulldawg Battalion Army JROTC Color Guard

22:59 Board of Trustees address

29:12 Superintendent address

35:54 Today's Educational Environment

38:17 The Cove Difference

44:32 Annual Performance Report

48:22 District Awards

49:52 Student Breakdown

53:27 Financial Integrity & District Tax Rate

54:26 Bond 2025

01:02:00 More Facility Improvements

01:05:57 Budget, Fund Balance & Administrative Cost Ratio

01:07:54 A-F State Accountability & STAAR Distinctions

01:09:55 Academic Results

01:10:37 Program Achievements

01:12:47 Child Nutrition & the Community Eligibility Provision

01:14:06 Class of 2025 by the Numbers, Dual Credit & Student Opportunities

01:20:39 Student Success

01:23:09 Programs Coming Soon to Cove

01:26:52 Question & Answer Session

Kurtis Quillin and Dr. Brent Hawkins return for a lengthy update on recent awards to several CCISD campuses, the reason CCISD is advertising transfers into the district, new programs coming to the district, construction and facility updates in the district, and preparing for the 2026-27 salary schedule.

Table of Contents:

0:00 Welcome & Good Things

10:26 Bulldawg Vouchers & Transfers

30:16 Lifetouch in CCISD

39:06 Programs Coming Soon to CCISD

52:10 Construction & Facility Updates

1:20:46 Salary Preparation

1:53:30 Looking Forward

Kurtis and Dr. Hawkins discuss Crossroads HS's upcoming winter graduation, where the district is on implementing Bond 2025, an update on other ongoing construction projects and the district opening applications for new transfers at no cost to families.

Table of Contents:

00:00 Welcome

00:51 Good Things

07:30 Bond 2025 Update

17:13 CCISD Ongoing Construction Update

34:54 Texas Academic Performance Report Key Takeaways

44:57 Bulldawg Vouchers

53:22 Looking Forward

Dr. Hawkins and Kurtis discuss student success in CCISD, Bond 2025's passage and what those two propositions look like moving forward, Mike Wilburn's retirement from the Board of Trustees and provide an update on the reconstruction at Williams/Ledger Elementary.

Table of Contents:

00:00 - Welcome

00:47 - Good Things: Playoff Dawgs

03:39 - 2 Bond 2025 propositions pass, what this looks like moving forward

34:18 - Mike Wilburn retires from the Board of Trustees, recent Board Recap

57:59 - Williams/Ledger Elementary reconstruction update

01:07:57 - Looking Forward: Continued progress

Kurtis and Dr. Hawkins are joined by Doug Whitt, from Samco Capital, to take a deep dive into school finance and how school bonds work from a financial viewpoint.

Table of Contents:

00:00 - Welcome

00:55 - Good Things: Pizza with Parents

03:22 - How finance is examined for bond capacity

04:42 - How often is a district debt free?

06:17 - What is CCISD's maximum bonding capacity?

07:16 - What is the process to form a Long Range Facilities Planning Committee?

11:42 - What happens once a district passes a bond?

17:38 - What might it look like in CCISD if Bond 2025 passes?

21:34 - What does it mean when a district pays off its debt & how often does that really happen?

24:30 - What has the CCISD board done to address facilities so far?

27:44 - How did we get here?

29:57 - Capital projects vs. Maintenance in schools

31:55 - A look at today's bond environment

35:26 - Common bond misnomers, including how the M&O tax rate works

39:28 - Personal finance vs. public school finance

41:08 - School bonds vs. Federal Government debt

41:58 - How bond capacity is calculated & how refinancing could work

47:52 - Understanding a parent's perspective

51:32 - Estimated financial impact in the community

54:13 - Normal place to be & final bond stats

55:04 - Looking Forward

Kurtis and Dr. Hawkins begin by discussing the academic pep rallies which have taken place across the district. After that, they dive into a discussion on trying to build community unity and addressing misinformation surrounding both Bond 2025 and the district, at large.

Table of Contents:

00:00 - Welcome

07:07 - Final Community Walk & Talk

14:22 - Community Unity & Misinformation Management

23:30 - Who conducted the facilities study in CCISD?

30:53 - School finance basics surrounding bonds

43:02 - Financial Management

48:19 - Band & Football Uniforms

59:01 - Proposition C: Open Air Pavilion & Artificial Turf

01:07:24 - Maintenance in CCISD

01:13:30 - Addressing Overcrowding

01:17:22 - What happens if it doesn't pass?

01:23:01 - Estimated funding impact and how it was calculated

01:26:52 - Tax Rate comparison & selling the bonds

01:31:27 - Looking Forward

Kurtis and Dr. Hawkins start by celebrating a great start to "Bandtober" with the Pride of Cove, answer Bond 2025 FAQ's and break down Proposition B.

Table of Contents:

00:00 - Welcome

00:55 - "Bandtober"

04:57 - Dr. Hawkins' speaking tour

05:57 - Bond 2025 FAQ's

26:32 - Bond 2025: What deferred maintenance is and why it matters

35:03 - Bond 2025 Proposition B breakdown

48:48 - Looking Forward

51:16 - Bond 2025 Key Dates