April 22, 2021
Mr. Chris Cuny, Board of Trustees Place 1, and Mr. Russ Childers, Board of Trustees Place 2, are retiring from the Board of Trustees after 12 years of services as Trustees of the District. As Trustees, Mr. Cuny and Mr. Childers have individually devoted approximately 648 hours in monthly Board meetings and Special Sessions serving the students, staff, and families of Rockwall ISD as unpaid public servants.
As members of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Cuny and Mr. Childers were part of the leadership team that managed Rockwall ISD’s fast growth, a successful bond program, and the construction of seven new campus facilities in 11 years while being fiscally conservative with taxpayer funds.
A few of the accolades during their time on the Board:
- Student enrollment grew from 13,732 in 2009 to 17,126 in 2021, a 24% increase;
- A successful 2015 bond program completed under budget that built five new campuses, including the first college and career academy in the District, which has resulted in a 110% increase in student participation in CTE courses;
- Lowered tax rate from $1.47 in 2009 to $1.31 in 2021;
- State accountability rated ‘A’ District two years in a row;
- More than 500 5th graders, approximately 43% of the cohort, enrolled in Advanced Math Pathways program taking compacted or PreAP math courses,
- Top Five Honor Board in the State of Texas for governance, fiscal responsibility, and academic/extracurricular achievement out of more than 1,000 school districts in the state;
- One of the highest graduation rates in the region at 99.6% for the Class of 2020,
- Shook hands with approximately 12,000 high school students as they graduated to higher education, military, technical school, and workforce opportunities.
