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ALICE ISD awarded $1 million Stronger Connections grant to support mental health
Summary
ALICE ISD officials reported the district received a two-year $1,000,000 Stronger Connections grant in August 2024 aimed at mental-health services; district staff also described teacher-absence data and discussed campus security and a spring "Purple Out" observance.
ALICE ISD received a two-year Stronger Connections grant totaling $1,000,000 in August 2024 to support mental-health services, a district staff member said during the meeting.
The grant, the staff member said, “focuses solely on mental health.” District presenters described data on teacher absences and their fiscal impact as part of explaining the grant’s relevance.
Why it matters: District mental-health funding can affect student supports and staff capacity. ALICE ISD officials framed the Stronger Connections grant as one tool to reinforce student and family outreach and to reduce staff disruptions related to absences.
Details presented at the meeting included the district’s reported teacher-absence totals and associated costs. According to the presenter, “Teacher absences were 16 34 days, which cost our district 130,720, a difference of 339 pays, saving us 27,160.” The presenter also said the district generated a year-end data report intended to record reasons for each teacher absence and whether staff used authorized leave categories.
Meeting remarks also referenced security and authentication improvements for campuses. A staff member said those measures provide “a higher level of authentication and above all, security” for campuses and departments, and that the district supports implementing them. The meeting did not specify what technologies or vendors would be used.
Separately, the presenter noted the district’s observance of a spring “Purple Out,” encouraging students and staff to wear purple “in honor of these students.” The presenter also referenced a student metric recorded as “5 9 percent” and “a 2.26 increase,” but did not provide a clear, attributable definition for those figures during the remarks.
No formal motions or votes related to the grant, staffing changes, security upgrades or the Purple Out were recorded in the transcript excerpt provided. The staff member described data collection and outreach activities but did not state specific next steps, contract approvals or implementation timelines.
The district’s presentation combined grant information, staffing data and general programmatic remarks; additional documentation from ALICE ISD (agenda, grant award notice or staff reports) would be needed to confirm award dates, grant deliverables, precise absence counts and any planned security procurements.
