Lauren Meriwether

This Campus Improvement Plan outlines the strategic direction for Stipes Elementary School for the 2025-2026 academic year. It focuses on three main goals: ensuring each student reaches their highest potential for college and career readiness, providing state-of-the-art facilities, and increasing parent and community engagement. The plan's vision is to prepare all students to positively impact the community and foster life-long learners who achieve at high levels through social-emotional learning.

This Campus Improvement Plan for Lady Bird Johnson Middle School outlines strategies to empower students to reach their highest potential and be college and career ready. The plan focuses on three primary goals: increasing student academic growth in reading and mathematics, providing state-of-the-art facilities while improving student behavior and reducing disciplinary referrals, and increasing parent and community engagement. Key initiatives include implementing quality questioning strategies, using weekly common formative assessments, focusing on lesson internalization, and providing targeted interventions for underperforming student groups. The plan also emphasizes fostering a positive school culture and enhancing communication with stakeholders.

The Board meeting included the recognition of a Teacher and Employee of the Month, and a presentation for School Board Recognition Month. Key business items addressed included the approval of financial statements, budget amendments, and updates to tax rolls. The Board considered several procurement matters, including the selection of architectural firms and construction procurement methods for renovation projects at district schools and facilities. Additionally, the Board reviewed agreements with the Irving Schools Foundation and the City of Irving, discussed the sale of real property, and reviewed the district's comprehensive annual financial report. The session also involved the review of department reports and an executive session to discuss litigation, real estate matters, and personnel actions.

This document outlines proposed amendments to the Irving Independent School District's local innovation plan. The plan seeks additional flexibility by proposing exemptions from specific sections of the Texas Education Code, including provisions related to the expulsion of individuals from district property and the limitation on out-of-school suspensions for students below grade 3. The primary objective is to empower school administrators to maintain a safe and orderly learning environment for all students through professional judgment in disciplinary actions.

The Irving ISD District of Innovation Renewal Plan outlines the district's strategy to leverage flexibilities under the Texas Education Code. It proposes specific exemptions related to campus discipline coordinator designation, teacher planning and preparation periods, probationary contracts, procedures for removal from district property/facilities, teacher certification requirements, and the uniform school start date. The plan aims to enhance operational efficiency, improve student support, optimize staff resources, ensure safety, and maintain high standards for hiring by providing greater local discretion.