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CONTRIBUTIONS BY SHAWN ARRAJJ BY WESLEY GARDNER
Forty-five Houston ISD schools will be subject to extensive reform beginning in the 2024-25 school year following an announcement from Superintendent Mike Miles that the schools were added to the district’s list of New Education System campuses. Under the NES, district officials aim to improve academic outcomes by implementing central- ized schedules and curriculum, and providing additional resources for teachers, among other changes. New schools to join the system include Westbury High School, Anderson Elementary School and Tinsley Elementary School, each of which serve the Brays Oaks and Westbury areas. The overview Twenty-six schools were added to the district’s list of NES campuses on Jan. 23 by Miles, including Westbury and Anderson. Another 19 schools were added Feb. 9 after principals at those schools opted into the system, including Tinsley. Previously, district officials used official Texas Education Agency accountability ratings to determine which campuses would be eligible for the program. However, the TEA did not release official accountability ratings for the 2022-23 school year due to pending litigation related to newly developed metrics. In an ongoing lawsuit, officials with 120 school districts across the state are challenging the new metrics, which they said are overly harsh and present a false picture. HISD expands New Education System, adds local schools
The following Houston ISD campuses will be designated as New Education System schools beginning in the 2024-25 school year based on the district’s calculation of accountability ratings using data from the Texas Education Agency. Several local schools saw drops in ratings under HISD’s calculation. New Education System campuses and 2022-23 accountability ratings
Kelso: F Ketelsen: D Longfellow: F Milne: F Mitchell: F Montgomery: D
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1 Elementary schools Almeda: D Anderson Askew: F Bell: D Browning: F
High schools Austin: D
Valley West: D Walnut Bend: F Wesley: F
Northside: D Sharpstown: F Westbury
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Middle schools Clifton: F Deady: D
Codwell: F Crockett: D Foerster: D Frost: D Golfcrest: D Grissom: F Gross: D Jefferson: D
Neff: D Peck: D
Other schools
Gregory-Lincoln Education Center: F Woodson Leadership Academy: F
Petersen: D Reynolds: D Ross: D Sanchez: D Southmayd: D Stevens: F
Fonville: F Marshall: D Navarro: D Ortiz: F Thomas: F Welch: F
Newly added local schools
Miles said the district used TEA data from the 2022-23 school year to calculate ratings based on how the new metrics would have played out. Between the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, the number of HISD campuses with D or F ratings jumped from 10 to 123 using the new metrics. A closer look HISD officials launched the district’s NES program at 85 campuses at the beginning of the 2023-24 school year following the TEA’s announcement that the state would take over the district in June. Resources offered to teachers at NES campuses include additional staff that handle a variety of tasks outside the classroom. Teachers and staff members at NES campuses receive a higher base salary than teachers at non-NES schools.
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2021-22 accountability rating: A 2022-23 accountability rating: F
2021-22 accountability rating: C 2022-23 accountability rating: D
2021-22 accountability rating: C 2022-23 accountability rating: D
SOURCES: HOUSTON ISD, TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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