EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Clear Creek ISD
QUOTE OF NOTE
Vision 2030 plan to help address Clear Creek ISD’s declines in enrollment
FUTURE GOALS Clear Creek ISD’s Vision 2030 plan aims to make the district the No. 1 choice for learning, discovery, creativity and innovation by the end of the decade. According to CCISD, students under this plan will be: • Creators
Clear Creek ISD board of trustees will meet at 6 p.m. May 22 at the Education Support Center, 2425 E. Main St., League City. Meetings are streamed at www.ccisd.net/ thestream. MEETINGS WE COVER increased compared to the 2020-21 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency. The Vision 2030 plan, in part, aims to address the fact that CCISD is no longer a fast- growing school district, according to district officials. 95 “I THINK THIS IS A VERY GOOD PLAN, AND I THINK THAT THE GOALS IT SETS FORWARD ARE ACHIEVABLE AND PRECISE.” SCOTT BOWEN, CLEAR CREEK ISD TRUSTEE, ON THE RECENTLY PASSED VISION 2030 PLAN NUMBER TO KNOW is how much Clear Creek ISD’s total enrollment for the 2021-22 school year
• Risk takers • Team players • Leaders
• Critical thinkers • Problem solvers
BY SAAB SAHI
SOURCE: CLEAR CREEK ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
CLEAR CREEK ISD The board of trustees approved the district’s Vision 2030 plan at its March 27 meeting. The plan aims to address declining enrollment following the COVID-19 pandemic at the elementary and intermediate school levels along with underutilized and aging school facilities, Chief Communications Officer Elaina Polsen shared as part of a March 6 presentation. Facility renova- tions could lead to a bond to pay for costs, Trustee Scott Bowen said. “We’re not a fast-growing school district any longer; our demographic projections show us steady for the next 10 years,” Polsen said. As part of the now-approved plan, the district is consid- ering expanding its tuition-based prekindergarten offer- ings, scaling up its Leader in Me program to a districtwide level, modifying learning spaces and expanding student programming, according to a presentation by Superinten- dent Karen Engle. “[The plan was] months of work focused on students,” Engle said. “Students have really driven our work.” Following the approval, the district will now begin to
develop action plans, and the CCISD Facility Advisory Committee will consider necessary facility modifications throughout meetings in the spring. “I think this is a very good plan, and I think that the goals it sets forward are achievable and precise,” Bowen said. “I think that’s a hallmark of good planning.” The district plans to conduct a market study to gauge whether it is feasible to expand tuition-based prekinder- garten offerings and will also seek legislative support to fully fund prekindergarten for each 4-year-old in Texas. “We know the demand for tuition-based prekindergar- ten is really high,” Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education Holly Hughes said. The district also plans to develop proposals to support the creation of innovation centers at 10 intermediate schools and/or four schools of innovation. Furthermore, the district also plans to expand career exploration options for students in sixth to eighth grades and develop additional high school career and technical education programs.
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