James Acuna

The Lockhart Isd Teacher Incentive Allotment Plan for the 2025-2026 school year establishes a locally designed system to recruit, retain, and reward exceptional teachers through performance-based designations and increased compensation. It outlines eligibility, a designation system based on teacher observation (T-TESS) and student growth measures, funding allocation, and timelines. The plan emphasizes ensuring validity and reliability of measures to support teacher professional growth and improve equitable access to effective educators.

This Campus Improvement Plan for Plum Creek Elementary outlines a strategic direction focused on achieving academic excellence, fostering a positive school culture, and promoting staff and student development. Key objectives include ensuring 1.5 years of growth in reading and mathematics for all students, improving attendance rates, decreasing student discipline referrals through leadership opportunities, enhancing parent and community engagement, and increasing staff retention through instructional support and professional growth opportunities. The plan emphasizes high-quality instruction, social-emotional learning, and strong stakeholder relationships.

The Lockhart Independent School District articulates a mission to cultivate innovative learners and empower bold leaders prepared for a future yet to be imagined. The district is anchored by core values of "LockHeart for People," "Locked on Excellence," and "UnLocking Potential." The document details comprehensive secondary educational pathways, including diverse academic offerings, career and technical education programs across various clusters, and initiatives for college, career, and military readiness, all aimed at fostering student success and building a legacy of excellence.

This Campus Improvement Plan for Borchert Loop Elementary outlines a strategic direction focused on achieving academic excellence, building strong relational capacity, and empowering staff development. Key priorities include ensuring students achieve 1.5 years of growth in Reading and Math, fostering a positive school culture with low discipline referrals and high attendance, increasing parent involvement, and maintaining a high staff retention rate through robust instructional support and leadership opportunities.

This document outlines the Lockhart Independent School District's District of Innovation Plan, which leverages state legislation to gain flexibility and local control similar to charter schools. The plan is guided by three core goals: fostering a collaborative culture of ambition, promoting staff growth opportunities, and empowering students to achieve at high levels. To achieve these, the district seeks exemptions from various state mandates, including those related to library advisory councils, acquisition of library materials, teacher-parent conferences, grievance procedures, instructional information requirements, teacher and principal evaluations, school calendar start dates, and teacher certification. The aim is to maximize responsiveness to community needs, minimize barriers to innovation, and enable the district to adapt quickly to changing demographics and pedagogical frameworks, ultimately enhancing student achievement and operational efficiency.