Education
BY BRITTANY ANDERSON & BROOKE SJOBERG
7 PfISD campuses to get improvement plans Four elementary schools, two middle schools and a high school have been identi ed as needing a state-required campus improvement plan. The gist P ugerville ISD Chief of Sta Brandy Baker said a targeted improvement plan, or TIP, is required when a campus receives its rst “unacceptable” rating from the Texas Education Agency’s account- ability rating system or the federal rating system. A turnaround plan, or TAP, is required when unacceptable performance continues for multiple years. These plans involve more intensive strate- gies and additional state oversight, Baker said. All of the plans are aligned with TEA require- ments and developed with stakeholder input, she said. The PfISD board of trustees later approved the submission of the improvement plans to TEA during the consent agenda.
Hutto ISD purchases land for campuses
Campuses in need
1 Dessau Elementary
5 Northwest Elementary
2 Spring Hill Elementary
Hutto ISD announced the purchase of two sites in the district for future campuses
6 Timmerman Elementary
3 P ugerville Middle
in October. The details
7 Westview Middle
4 John B.
Connally High
The district purchased two properties—17 acres near the Flora housing development and 20 acres near a future data center and the Hutto Mega Site—for future campuses, according to a news release shared Oct. 27. The site near the Flora housing devel- opment cost $6,028,704 and was funded through the 2023 bond, while the site near the data center cost $5,738,200 and was funded by a combination of monies from the 2019 and 2023 bonds. In May 2023, voters approved the use of $522 million to expand and improve district facilities as HISD is growing.
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PfISD receives top nancial rating for 2023 24 PfISD received 96 out of a possible 100 points from the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas, or FIRST, for Fiscal Year 2023-24. Overview
PfISD nancial rating Scores are out of ten possible points. These are ve of 21 factors.
Su cient cash on hand to fund expenditures 8 Current assets to current liabilities ratio
The system rst underwent major changes in 2021, and the revised system has 21 indicators. “Year after year, like many trustees have said, we’re trying to accomplish more with less and less,” trustee Chevonne Lorigo-Johst said. “It is a testament that we are doing everything we possibly can as a community and a district to try to keep our dollars close to the classroom, close to our students, and supporting our teachers.
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Revenue greater than expenditures
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FIRST was implemented by the Texas Education Agency in 2003 as a means to measure the nan- cial performance of school districts, PfISD Chief Financial O cer Jennifer Land said.
Long-term liabilities to total assets ratio
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Debt requirements for payment
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