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Program:
2016 GCISD Bond Package
Dr. Robin Ryan, GCISD Superintendent

Sponsor:
Northstar Bank

Caterer:
Buca di Beppo

About the Bond Program:
The Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to call a $248,975,000 bond election for May 7, 2016. The bond package was assembled by FIRST - the Facility Innovation & Readiness Stakeholder Team.

The proposed bond projects will impact every campus in GCISD and address growth and facility improvements for GCISD students in four main areas:

• Securing Students and Staff
• Growth and Evolution
• Infrastructure
• Classroom Experience

About the Speaker:
Dr. Robin Ryan joined GCISD as Superintendent on June 15, 2010. He has served 30 years in education, all in Texas, including as principal of Colleyville Heritage High School from 2004-2006.

He previously served in Dallas ISD as Chief Academic Officer and Area Superintendent; in Carroll ISD as a high school principal, junior high principal, middle school principal and assistant principal; in Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD as a life science teacher and Student Services Coordinator; in San Angelo ISD as the administrator of one of the first discipline alternative schools in Texas; and as a high school biology teacher in Graham ISD.

Dr. Ryan earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University, Master of Education degree from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, and Doctorate degree from the University of North Texas. He also served 20 years in the Army National Guard and Reserves, retiring as a major in 2004.

Dr. Ryan and his family have lived in Grapevine since 1995. His wife, Dr. Cindy Ryan, is Associate Minister at First United Methodist Church of Grapevine. They have three children: daughter, Daryl, is a graduate of Grapevine High School and Texas A&M and is now a speech-language pathologist for Santa Fe ISD; son, Reed, is a graduate of Grapevine High School and Texas A&M and is a teacher/coach for Prosper ISD; and their youngest son, Graham, is in the 11th grade at Grapevine High School.