BY ANGELA BONILLA, DON MUNSCH & JONATHAN PERRIELLO
Lightbridge plans Flower Mound school A new early education child care center is moving forward with plans to open in Flower Mound after the location received clearance from council. On July 1, Flower Mound Town Council approved a request to grant a specific use permit for Lightbridge Academy’s new location that included a waiver to town code requirements related to roof pitch. In a nutshell The planned 14,300-square-foot academy is located south of Sagebrush Drive and west of Long Prairie Road. Zooming in Patricia Fant, land planner for design firm McAdams, said that the project could open in the next year or two.
Texas spring 2024 STAAR end-of-course scores The percentage of students who received an assessment of “meets grade level” remained consistent from 2023 to 2024 in algebra I, biology and English I according to the TEA.
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SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Algebra I
Biology English I
English II U.S. History
Texas STAAR test scores remain consistent Standardized testing scores in Texas for high school students show State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness performance largely held steady this spring compared to previous years, according to a June 14 news release from the Texas Education Agency.
The details The percentage of students who received an assessment of “meets grade level” remained con- sistent from 2023 to 2024 in algebra I, biology and English I, according to the TEA. However, there was a 2 percentage point decrease, from 71% to 69%, in the percentage of students meeting grade level in U.S. history. In other news Results show a decline in math and science for students in third through eighth grade.
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