Elizabeth Carlson-Young

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors addressed several key agenda items. Formal actions included the vote to approve the Federal Audit Certification for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, and the unanimous approval of the board policy titled PG-3.509 Student and Parent Complaints and Grievances. The consent agenda involved numerous items, such as approving waiver requests for low attendance and missed school days, approving Non-profit Security Grant Program applications, approving contract renewals for Food Services Management services with Sodexo, approving purchases for long-lead items for Northside Secondary and Fifth Ward Elementary, and approving the purchase of staff and student electronic devices through state and cooperative contracts. Additionally, the board approved awarding E-Rate contracts for infrastructure equipment and managed direct internet access services. Several other items were ratified, including contractor agreements, license agreements, contract amendments, partnership agreements, and the approval of the SY26-27 Elementary and Secondary Academic Calendars. The meeting concluded with deliberations in Executive Session regarding specific personnel matters.

The agenda for this regular meeting included several key discussions and formal actions. Business items involved voting to approve the Federal Audit Certification for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, and adopting the board policy titled PG-3.509 concerning Student and Parent Complaints and Grievances. The consent agenda featured multiple votes, including approving Low Attendance Day waiver requests and a Missed School Day waiver request for specific dates in January 2026. Further consent items included approving the submission of Non-profit Security Grant Program applications, approving contract renewals with Sodexo for Food Services Management services, and approving purchases for long-lead building items for Northside Secondary and Fifth Ward Elementary. Other ratifications and approvals covered contracts for electronic devices, E-Rate services, various partnership agreements, academic calendars, and support services from external consultants like Metis Associates and CliftonLarsonAllen LLP. The Board also planned to enter Executive Session to deliberate on recent unannounced intruder detection audit findings and specific personnel matters.

The meeting included business concerning the approval of a board resolution supporting certification of compliance with TEC sections. The consent agenda covered multiple votes, including authorizing a contract for electronic devices, awarding contracts for audiovisual improvements and school furniture purchases, approving a TXU Energy contract, adopting the Renaissance Learning assessment platform with a 3-year agreement, ratifying contracts with Nick Finnegan Counseling Center and ESC Region 4, approving a contract with Alchemy Studios & Labs, ratifying a nutrition education program agreement, and approving completion of a U.S. Department of State policy form. The board also held an executive session to deliberate on recent intruder detection audit findings and specific personnel matters. The document also contains details from a separate workshop covering a notification on the intruder detection audit, a board tour of Brays Oaks Elementary and Secondary, a strategic topic on enrollment threat and opportunity analysis, a program report covering staff satisfaction, retention, compensation, and common assessment results, a presentation of the 2024-2025 Texas Academic Performance Reports, and priorities for the FY27 Budget.

This 2025 Federal Report Card from the Texas Education Agency outlines the state's educational accountability system. It establishes long-term goals and interim progress targets for student academic performance in Reading/ELA and Mathematics, English Learner progress, and graduation rates for all students and various subgroups, spanning from 2022-23 to 2037-38. The report details the indicators and methodologies used for meaningfully differentiating public schools, identifying underperforming schools, and assessing school quality and student success, including college, career, and military readiness.

The 'Power of Yes' is a bold campaign by Yes Prep Public Schools dedicated to ensuring every child in Houston has access to high-quality, college-ready education, enabling them to thrive and pursue their dreams. The campaign focuses on three strategic goals: achieving academic excellence across all campuses to attain an 'A' district rating, expanding facilities to increase enrollment to 25,000 students by 2029, and investing in advanced technology to prepare students for future success.