Robert Blackmon

The 2025-2026 Campus Improvement Plan for Van Vleck Elementary outlines strategies to improve and enhance the academic performance of every student from Pre-K through 5th Grade. It focuses on retaining, supporting, and recruiting quality staff; providing a safe, nurturing, and supportive learning environment; maintaining a positive culture of trust with all stakeholders through communication, support, involvement opportunities, and collaboration; and promoting the accomplishments of every school, program, staff member, and student. The plan aims to challenge each student to achieve maximum potential and success in a positive, safe, and stimulating environment.

This Campus Improvement Plan for Van Vleck Junior High School is designed to foster maximum student potential and success by providing extraordinary learning opportunities. The plan focuses on five key areas: improving academic performance for all students, recruiting and retaining highly effective staff, reducing student crime and substance abuse while heightening campus safety, promoting parent and community involvement in student education, and celebrating the accomplishments of the school, its programs, staff, and students.

This document outlines the framework for a local innovation plan, which school districts must develop to be designated as an Innovation District. The plan specifies a comprehensive educational program encompassing innovative curriculum, instructional methods, community participation, governance of campuses, parental involvement, modifications to the school year, district budget and sustainable program funding, and accountability measures. It also details the process for identifying and seeking exemptions from specific Texas Education Code requirements that may impede the plan's objectives.

This document details an amendment to the Van Vleck Independent School District's District of Innovation Plan. The amendment seeks to modify state requirements at the local level to enhance operational flexibility and better address the district's vision, particularly concerning family and community engagement, instructional delivery, staff recruitment and retention, and school safety and security. Key proposed changes include seeking relief from mandates regarding the immediate removal of unwanted visitors, the mandatory Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP) placement for vaping offenses, and the required frequency of School Health Advisory Council meetings, aiming to align policies with the district's specific needs and resources.

The document details the Texas Education Agency's State Accountability System, outlining long-term goals and interim progress measurements for student academic performance, English Learner progress, and graduation rates for all students and various subgroups through the 2037-38 academic year. It describes key strategic pillars including academic achievement in Reading/ELA and Mathematics, EL progress, and graduation rates. It also defines the indicators and methodologies used for meaningfully differentiating public schools, specifying criteria for identifying Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) and Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) schools, along with their respective exit criteria. The overall vision is to ensure accountability and provide targeted support for schools.