Results of a recent Van ISD employee online survey taken by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) were released June 16 during the regular monthly meeting of the Van School Board. Cheryl Hoover, representing TASB, went over the survey results during a power point presentation to the trustees.

Filling a current vacancy on the Van City Council led to lots of discussion among the remaining council members during a special called meeting June 23. The vacancy on the council was created when former Van Mayor Pro-Tem Amanda Davis announced her resignation at the end of the council’s regular monthly meeting June 9.

Jon Phillips, a deputy with the Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office, was arrested last weekend on drug-related charges in Hopkins County. Phillips was arrested Saturday, June 11, and booked into the Hopkins County Jail on three charges consisting of: possession of a controlled substance >= 200g <400g, possession of a controlled substance <1 g, and possession of marijuana <2 oz.

At first, we were all taken aback by this onslaught of forthrightness, but then realized that we probably did need her help, and after all, she was working for free. She reminded us of that often, and would march right out the door whenever she felt like it. If she needed to go, she went, and if she stayed it was because she wanted to, and if she had something to say, she’d say it. And boy, will we miss her. Carol passed away last Monday, and we are feeling the loss of her absence.