Education
BY CHLOE YOUNG
Liberty Hill ISD sets goals to boost achievement Liberty Hill ISD has adopted new goals to improve student performance in the 2025-26 school year and beyond. LHISD officials presented an updated district improvement plan, as mandated by state law, at an Oct. 20 board of trustees meeting. The plan details goals to raise student achieve- ment in math and reading as well as college, career and military readiness, or CCMR, along- side providing additional support for historically underperforming student groups, said Heather Stoner, LHISD’s new assistant superintendent of teaching and learning. The approach To accomplish these goals, LHISD will provide professional learning for teachers in math, read- ing and other core subjects alongside training for instructional coaches who will guide strategies
LHISD’s tax-rate election passes
LHISD’s performance goals
Reducing achievement gaps by 5% or more for historically underperforming groups Increasing graduates meeting CCMR criteria from 78% in 2022 to 90% by 2027 Ensuring 75% of 4th-9th grade students meet or exceed previous STAAR math and reading scores Increasing math and reading STAAR scores by at least 5%.
Voters passed Liberty Hill ISD’s Prop- osition A tax rate increase, uncanvassed election night results show. The results On Nov. 4, 52.19% of voters, or 3,986 people, cast their ballots in favor of Prop A, while 47.81% of voters, or 3,651 people, voted against the measure. The district had previously called for a tax rate election in November 2024, during which voters failed to approve a nearly $0.06 increase. Zooming out LHISD asked voters to approve a main- tenance and operations, or M&O, tax rate of $0.7389 per $100 valuation, about $0.07 higher than the fiscal year 2024-25 M&O tax rate of $0.6669 per $100 valuation.
Increasing reading fluency for K-5 by at least 5%
SOURCE: LIBERTY HILL ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
in the classroom, Stoner said. LHISD is aiming to increase access to its career and technical education programs and industry-based certifications while forming partnerships with colleges and career industries, Stoner said.
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