Daniel E. Avila

This presentation provides progress monitoring for Weslaco Independent School District's strategic goals and superintendent constraints from the 2023/2024 to 2027/2028 academic years. It outlines key performance indicators for student outcomes, including College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) benchmarks, TSI attainment, and academic growth in reading and math. The document also monitors constraints related to student emotional regulation and school climate for staff, detailing current strategies, areas for improvement, and responses to board member inquiries on student support, academic mastery goals, and targeted interventions for specific campuses.

This document outlines the Weslaco Independent School District's Lone Star Governance Board Monitoring Calendar, focusing on student outcome goals and constraint progress measures for the academic years 2023-2028. Key objectives include increasing student performance on STAAR Benchmarks in Math and Reading for 4th, 5th, and 6th-grade students by specific targets for June 2026 and August 2028. Additionally, the plan monitors superintendent constraints related to instructional quality, specifically through TTESS calibration activities to improve teaching practices.

This document presents the Weslaco Independent School District's Lone Star Governance Board Monitoring Calendar, outlining progress toward strategic goals for the 2023-2028 period. Key areas of focus include increasing student achievement in Reading Language Arts and Mathematics, particularly for 3rd-grade STAAR proficiency, and managing class counts while ensuring equitable resource allocation across campuses. The report also addresses implementation strategies, challenges related to updated assessment norms, and specific interventions to accelerate student progress.

The session began with a public hearing concerning amendments to the previously approved Optional Flexible School Day Program for at-risk students, proposing an expansion to all WSD campuses and summer school programs to improve course credits earned and promotion rates. This was followed by a second public hearing regarding the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) indicators, where the district reported achieving a superior performance rating for the fifteenth year, including perfect scores for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 fiscal years across all ten financial indicators discussed. Key financial metrics such as timely audit submissions, unmodified opinions, sufficient cash on hand (99 days), positive unrestricted net assets, and strong solvency ratios were confirmed. The regular board meeting then commenced, starting with the opening prayer and Pledge of Allegiance.

The meeting commenced with the invocation and the pledges of allegiance. A significant portion of the meeting was dedicated to awards and recognitions, specifically honoring Brandon Figueroa, a professional boxer and alumnus, for winning the WBA featherweight championship belt. Proclamations were made for March 2026 as Youth Art Month and Social Workers Month, and for Educational Diagnosticians Week. The Superintendent's report detailed the increase in teachers qualifying for the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) in 2026 compared to the previous year. Furthermore, the report addressed declining student enrollment, noting a decrease of 277 students year-over-year, which projects a need for staff reductions through attrition over the summer to balance the budget, impacting teachers, administrators, and auxiliary staff. Trustees raised detailed questions regarding the financial impact, specific positions targeted for reduction, and the student-to-teacher ratios across campuses.