Education
BY COLBY FARR
GCISD board reviews improvement plans for all 21 campuses
While all schools focus on Priority 1 initiatives, campuses were divided into three groups by their secondary priorities. GCISD priorities
Campus principals sat down with the Grape- vine-Colleyville ISD board of trustees during their Sept. 23 meeting and laid out their priorities for the coming year. The overview District officials reviewed improvement plans for all 21 GCISD schools during the meeting. Cam- pus improvement plans are required by the Texas Education Code and outline a plan for improving student performance each year, according to the meeting agenda. Each campus’s improvement plan is completed by its principal and a Campus Excellence Com- mittee composed of staff, parents and community members. The plan includes a list of identified strengths, areas of needed improvement and key strategic actions for the 2024-25 school year. In building the plans, officials review data specific to each campus, and they use the infor- mation to make action plans in accordance with district priorities, Chief Academic Officer Shiela Shiver said. “This is where we really see our priority score- card report come to life,” Shiver said. At a glance Presentation of the plans was split up into three different groups based on which priorities the schools were focused on in the coming year. Four priorities were represented: • Priority 1: student achievement and post-sec- ondary readiness • Priority 2: faculty and staff recruitment, reten- tion and capacity building • Priority 3: parents, families and community
Priority 3: parents, families and community satisfaction and engagement Priority 4: strong financial stewardship and internal system efficiency
Priority 1: student
achievement and post-secondary readiness Priority 2: faculty and staff recruitment, retention and capacity building
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Group 1: Priorities 1 and 2 1 Colleyville Elementary 2 Grapevine Elementary 3 Glenhope Elementary 4 Timberline Elementary 5 Grapevine Middle 6 Colleyville Heritage High Group 2: Priorities 1 and 3 7 Bransford Elementary 8 Cannon Elementary 9 OC Taylor Elementary 10 Cross Timbers Middle
11 Heritage Middle 12 Collegiate Academy 13 iUniversity Prep Group 3: Priorities 1 and 4 14 Bear Creek Elementary 15 Dove Elementary 16 Heritage Elementary 17 Silver Lake Elementary 18 Colleyville Middle
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Colleyville
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19 Grapevine High 20 Bridges School 21 Vista Alternative
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SOURCE: GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
satisfaction and engagement • Priority 4: strong financial stewardship and internal system efficiency Since all schools have a Priority 1 status, they were grouped based on their secondary priorities. A closer look Each campus highlighted key strategic actions in accordance with one of the selected priorities for the upcoming year, according to the presentation. Actions highlighted include further implemen- tation of i-Ready, an online learning program
that helps students in grades K–8 build reading and math skills, and improving math instruction indicators and college readiness indicators. Officials are also prioritizing efficient opera- tions and community engagement for all GCISD campuses in the coming year, according to the presentation. Officials sent surveys after the first nine weeks of classes to gather feedback from families. The results will be used to establish a satisfaction baseline by June 2025 through the survey results, according to the staff report.
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