BY MARK FADDEN & COLBY FARR
GCISD reports highest passing AP exam rate since 2011
Carroll ISD board addresses possible school closures Carroll ISD board president Cameron Bryan responded to a social media post from a member of the Budget Reduction Action Committee that shared information about Durham Intermediate School possibly closing as soon as the 2025-26 school year. At a glance Bryan used a portion of his president’s report time during a meeting with the school board Oct. 7 to address community concerns the post generated. “I want to clarify that this idea is just one of many options being considered and discussed by the committee,” Bryan said. “At this point, no decisions have been made regarding any potential closures or changes.”
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD students passed more than 3,200 advanced placement tests in 2024, an 8.6% increase over results recorded in 2023, according to district o cials. The big picture Shannon Tovar, director of accountability and continuous improvement, shared the district’s AP exam performance during the 2023-24 school year during a Sept. 23 board of trustees meeting. She reviewed the number of students who passed AP exams, the number of AP exams issued and the number of passed AP exams overall. During the 2023-24 school year, 79% of students passed an AP exam with a score of three or higher, Tovar said. The percentage of passing exams was reported at 75.3%, the district’s highest since at least 2011. Overall, the number of passed AP exams at GCISD increased more than 29% between 2011 and 2024, according to the presentation.
Number of AP exams passed in GCISD
4K 3K 2K 1K 0 Students must score at least a 3 out of 5 to pass. +29.26% increase 3,282 2,539
SOURCE: GRAPEVINE COLLEYVILLE ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
Quote of note “We just did the best that we’ve ever done in terms of AP testing and so that is something that we can brag about,” Board President Shannon Braun said.
CISD board members call OCR resolution ‘retaliation’ Carroll ISD board members voted unanimously to reject the most recent actions by the O ce of Civil Rights in their ongoing investigation into racially-charged incidents. The details
was passed, 5-0. Board members Renee Bottom and Alex Sexton were absent from the meeting. Reading from the resolution, board president Cameron Bryan said the OCR’s resolution was “retaliation” and further described it as “costly, unlawful and unexplained.” Bryan added the district has fully cooperated with the OCR’s investigation over the last three years.
During a regular meeting of the Carroll ISD board Oct. 21, a resolution opposing the OCR’s actions to reopen a previously closed investigation
Board president Cameron Bryan said CISD spent more than $320,000 in tax dollars on the investigation.
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