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Joshua ISD recognizes volunteers, JROTC cadets; local Masonic lodge requests cornerstone placement
Summary
Board recognized longtime education foundation leader Jeff Bull and three JROTC cadets who volunteered with Outdoors Dreaming Foundation. Representatives of the Cattle Grove Masonic Lodge described decades of local charitable work and asked to place a cornerstone on an elementary school.
During the meeting the board recognized several community contributors. Trustees presented an acknowledgment to Jeff Bull for 16 years of service as a founding board member and president of the Joshua ISD Education Foundation.
Board members also recognized Joshua High School JROTC cadets Corbin Bowman, Brodie Motley and Ethan Henry. Third Lieutenant Colonel Davidson described the cadets' volunteer work with the Outdoors Dreaming Foundation, saying the students logged a combined 60 hours assisting a Labor Day weekend event that provided hunting opportunities for children with serious health challenges.
Representatives of the Cattle Grove Masonic Lodge spoke about their local philanthropic work. A lodge representative described longstanding contributions to scholarships, holiday assistance, hygiene-kit drives and partnerships with organizations such as Masonic Children and Family Services of Texas and the Shriners. The lodge requested permission to place a cornerstone on an elementary school to continue a local tradition of lodge cornerstones in public buildings.
Why it matters: the recognitions highlight long-term community support for district students; the lodge's request, if pursued further, would involve district consideration of a public-symbol placement on school property.
No formal board vote on the lodge's request was recorded in the transcript; the remarks were presented to the board as recognitions and a public request.
