Carlisle Independent School District

The plan outlines a commitment to preparing all students for lifelong success through a positive learning environment, emphasizing student safety, progressive learning, and community involvement. Key strategic pillars include increasing student academic performance on standardized tests and screeners, ensuring comprehensive support for eligible migratory and Priority for Service students, recruiting and retaining highly qualified staff, and implementing enhanced safety measures. The plan also focuses on professional development, data-driven decision-making, and effective communication to achieve its objectives.

The Carlisle ISD District of Innovation Plan (2022-2027) focuses on enhancing local control and flexibility to better meet student and community needs. Key areas of innovation include modifying the first day of instruction to create a more balanced instructional calendar, adjusting teacher certification requirements to address staffing challenges and enhance educational offerings, extending probationary contracts for experienced teachers, modifying campus behavior coordinator responsibilities, streamlining site-based decision-making processes, revising the local school health advisory council process, and modifying the inter-district transfer student policy to improve student outcomes and address disciplinary issues. The plan aims to improve instructional time, teacher effectiveness, student discipline, and resource allocation while maintaining alignment with community values and state regulations.

Carlisle ISD's High-Quality Prekindergarten Family Engagement Plan aims to foster high levels of family involvement and positive attitudes toward education. It focuses on creating a collaborative environment, embracing the uniqueness of families, and promoting a child-centered, family-driven culture of learning. The plan articulates expectations, eliminates barriers to parent participation, and uses data to monitor and improve family engagement efforts, ensuring a well-rounded education for children.

The meeting will include a public hearing on the 2022-2023 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR). Key discussion topics include student outcome goals for reading and math, approval of an additional school days waiver, January 2024 expenditures, financial reports, campus principal reports, a superintendent report covering UIL realignment and school fence updates, administrative personnel contracts, band director and instructional technology contracts, and a resignation/retirement. An executive session will be held to discuss administrative personnel contracts.

The meeting will include an open forum, a board appreciation presentation, an update on the 2023-2024 band trip, consideration and approval of student outcome goals for reading and math, review of December 2023 expenditures, financial reports, campus principal reports, and a superintendent report including information on school calendar considerations for the 2024-2025 school year. The meeting will also include a closed/executive session to discuss the school board self-evaluation and consideration of the superintendent's contract.