The Carroll ISD chapter of Business Professionals of America hosted its first regional leadership conference on January 25, after six years of being hosted at Keller High School.
Sixty-eight of the Carroll ISD group’s 94 members participated in the event, and 39 students advanced to the state competition based on performance. The region had 27 chapters participate: Keller High School, Fossil Ridge High School, Colleyville Heritage, Grapevine High School, Arlington High School, Ben Barber High School, James Bowie High School, Springtown High School, Holliday High School, Henrietta High School, Lake Worth High School, Carter Junior High School, Aledo High School and Sam Houston High School.
“Of course the most successful moment of the event is the last hour and half when awards are named, and students receive their plaques and learn if they are state qualified,” Carroll ISD chapter adviser Kimberly Goodman says.
The 39 Carroll students who are moving on will compete at state in Dallas March 5-7, which will in total include more than 3,000 students. If students advance from state, they will take part in the national conference in Washington D.C. May 6-9.