Education
BY BRITTANY ANDERSON & BROOKE SJOBERG
Pflugerville ISD’s annual per- formance report—which details violent and criminal incidents, State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness scores, chronic absenteeism data, and more—was presented to the board Report outlines violent events, STAAR scores
STAAR exams, “meets” indicates students have met grade level expectations, and “masters” indicates students have mastered the grade level. From 2022 to 2023, the district’s “approaches” and “meets” percentages increased across all four subjects. However, math STAAR “masters” percentages remained the same at 17%, while English language arts, science and social studies STAAR “masters” percentages all dropped by 2%, 1% and 3%, respectively. What else? The report includes graduation rates, progress in meeting House Bill 3 goals and more, which can be found on PfISD’s website.
of trustees in January. What you need to know Karen Shah, executive
director for accountability and compliance, said “approaches” indicates students have passed
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By the numbers Texas statute requires school districts to report violent or criminal incidents annually. PfISD’s latest report shows from 2021-22:
There were 415 incidents of possession of marijuana or a controlled substance, up from 325 incidents.
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There was an increase in terroristic threat incidents from 16 to 21 ; assault against an employee or volunteer from 14 to 21; and assault against a nonemployee or volunteer from 49 to 66. and one serious misbehavior while at an alternative school incident, down from seven. There were 239 fighting/mutual combat incidents, down from 245; 14 bullying incidents, down from 23;
SOURCE: PFLUGERVILLE ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Eclipse glasses donated to HISD
Hutto ISD officials say all students and staff will be able to safely view the April 8 eclipse from their campuses, thanks to a donation of 14,000 pairs of eclipse glasses. What you need to know HISD administrators said in February that the district received the donation from a
former teacher currently based in Australia. Without the donation, providing the glasses would have been cost-prohibitive, said Brit- tany Swanson, HISD’s assistant superintendent of instruction and innovation. The eclipse is expected to reach a maximum totality around 1:37 p.m.
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