From Enterprise Staff
Board Secretary Kevin Wooten called LISD’s regular meeting for May to order Monday, which started with Chief Academic Officer Lisa Cagle presenting the Progress Measures to meet House Bill 3 board goals.
“The 86th Texas Legislature in 2019 required that at least 60% of Texans ages 25-34 to have a certificate or a degree by 2030,” Cagle said. “The School Finance Commission recommended establishing PreK-12th grade goals of at least 60% proficiency at TEA’s “Meets” standard at two key checkpoints.”
Those checkpoints are that 60% of all students meeting the state’s “Meets” standard at third grade reading and that 60% of all high school seniors graduate without the need for remediation. They would need to achieve an industry-accepted certificate aligned with a living wage job or enroll in either a post-secondary education or the military.
“Our STAAR test is gauged by approaches, meets and masters. In 2022, LISD elementary math and reading met the 60% required by HB 3. TEA then changed the STAAR test, Cagle said. “We feel we only have a slight regression in reading and math and are happy with the results even with the new assessment. Our teachers and students have shown progress with the new test items. With the help of TEA’s Lone Star Governance team, we looked back at our goals, really dug deep and looked at Texas Essentials Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) that are difficult to reach to create the progress measures required by HB 3.
“As a district, for reading, we selected comprehension, and for math, we chose algebraic reasoning and thinking. We tracked from third grade all the way back to Pre-Kindergarten to identify the TEKS that will be our focus. Our progress measures for early childhood data are based on comprehension, reading and algebraic reasoning. We used testing data and data from iReady, a software used by the district for reading and math. These are the closest predictors that we currently use in the district. We have five years of data goals for each progress measure.
“The CCMR data is lagging. It takes the state a couple of years to return the data to us. We feel we will be in the 60-85% range by 2028. The progress measures are up to us, so we are able to tweak them when we exceed the percentage. We are very happy with the scoring that we are evaluating. We feel confident that we will reach our goals and even surpass them.”
A video put together by the communications department highlighted the year’s accomplishments throughout LISD.
“Each year, we hold the Parade of Champions to highlight the success of our students,” LISD Superintendent Dr. Brent Hawkins said following the video. “We ended up getting behind and felt we could include everyone in a Parade of Champions video to highlight academics, fine arts and athletics and showcase their great success. The recognition builds hope in each one of the kids in the spirit of hard work and success.”
Under the consent agenda, the board unanimously approved the minutes from previous board meetings, the financial statement and payment of bills. Also passed were personal property donations, overnight trips and the sale of property acquired by sheriff’s seizure.
Purchases approved in the consent agenda were of Capturing Kids Heart training for $113,000 and i-Ready Curriculum, license, and training for $146,610 through Curriculum Associates, and Texas Math Solution for secondary students from Carnegie Learning for $231,795.
Repairs at the junior high campus for a water heater tank that burst and the damage to 11 classrooms, a stairwell, two main hallways, and one classroom hall in the amount of $300,473 for floors and walls, boiler and a tankless water heater were approved.
A final item on the consent agenda was for the high school’s transition to Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps from the Navy National Defense Cadet Corps.
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