Accountability/Accreditation

HISD puts redesign of Sam Houston High on hold
Houston schools Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra intended to seek board approval today to redesign the long-troubled Sam Houston High School, but decided late Tuesday to postpone the vote after parents voiced a familiar complaint that his administration didn't seek their input. He had planned to ask the school board to spend as much as $3 million to start an intense science, math and technology program for the freshmen at the north Houston school, which is the longest-running "academically unacceptable" campus in Texas.[ View Article ] May 15, 2008, 08:31

Rio Hondo Restructuring Several School Campuses
May 14--RIO HONDO -- Elementary and intermediate school campuses will be restructured for the 2009-2010 school year to deal with what the superintendent called some students "failing miserably" on standardized testing. The school board on Monday voted unanimously to create two pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade campuses for the 2009-2010 school year. School officials say the move will help the district's English Language Learners program. At the regular monthly meeting, parents and teachers crowded into the meeting room at the Administration Building, which the large audience spilling into the building's lobby. Superintendent Annie McMinn said the restructuring talks came from a Texas Education Agency monitoring team that found the school's ELL program isn't operating as it should.[ View Article ] May 15, 2008, 07:47

Program preps children for school
There is no “I” in “TEEM”, but it does take plenty of individuals to make the “TEEM” work. Teachers, mentors, directors, project managers and coordinators from Fort Bend and other counties have teamed up to better educate and prepare prekindergarten students by becoming members of the TEEM (Texas Early Education Model) program. Years ago, the state recognized the need to address a problem happening in schools - children entering kindergarten lacking certain necessary skills and as a result falling significantly behind their peers. So the state took action.[ View Article ] May 15, 2008, 06:54

Cleburne: Board to discuss status, response to TEA report
The Cleburne ISD school board will discuss the status of the district’s response to the Texas Education Agency’s preliminary report on the spending of federal funds. The board, which meets Monday, will review the report and provide an update on the district’s response, though a full response may not be available for the meeting, Board President Stu Madison said.[ View Article ] May 14, 2008, 07:50

Goose Creek: Senior TAKS failures might get to graduate
The Goose Creek board voted Monday to call a special meeting May 22 to decide on whether to allow students who have failed the exit-level TAKS test to participate in graduation ceremonies if they have completed all other graduation requirements. After hearing from district and campus administrators Monday, trustees will discuss a possible change to district policy at the board’s regular meeting next Monday, then vote on such a change the following Thursday. The current policy prevents students from “walking” at commencement if they have failed one or more portions of the state test. [ View Article ] May 14, 2008, 07:46

Educators want TAKS to count progress
Texas students should be measured on gains they make throughout the school year, rather than facing punitive measures if they fail to clear the hurdles set by the state's standardized test, educators and community leaders told legislators Monday. Making progress on the test, they argue, is a more important indicator that students and teachers are trying their hardest. It would also take pressure off students, who can currently be retained or kept from graduating if they don't pass certain parts of the exam, educators told members of the Select Committee on Public School Accountability during a public hearing in Aldine.[ View Article ] May 13, 2008, 08:32

Increased Cost Of Alternative Education Questioned
Superintendents from the eight Smith County school districts voiced concerns to judges Monday about the increased cost of sending student offenders to the county's Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program - a price the school administrators say they can't afford. The superintendents gave a presentation to the Smith County Juvenile Board, complaining that they can't pay the $203 per day per student fee to send disruptive students who should be placed there, so the delinquents are instead sitting in class with regular students [ View Article ] May 13, 2008, 07:50

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