Tanya Cain

This document outlines Spurger Independent School District's Board Goals for the 2024-2025 academic year, structured around three core pillars: Student Performance, Operations, and Leadership. The plan aims to significantly improve student outcomes by enhancing College, Career, and Military Readiness, increasing early childhood and overall academic performance in STAAR Reading and Math, and boosting on-grade level reading and math scores via NWEA Mapping. Operations goals focus on maintaining and improving campus facilities through an updated District Facility Plan and ensuring a safe, modern transportation fleet. The Leadership pillar is dedicated to fostering a safe and secure learning environment, promoting professional staff conduct, enforcing student guidelines, facilitating effective communication, and recognizing student and staff successes.

The ESSA goals for Spurger EL focus on improving academic performance in reading/ELA and mathematics, as well as increasing the graduation rate and English learner progress. The plan includes specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals for all students and various subgroups, with targets set for the years 2022-23 through 2037-38. These goals aim to ensure that all students, including those who are economically disadvantaged, have special education needs, or are English learners, make significant progress in their academic achievement and overall success.

The document presents the 2024 Federal Report Card for Spurger H S, detailing the accountability system, long-term goals, and progress measurements for all students and subgroups. It includes ESSA goals, academic performance, graduation rates, and EL progress. The report also covers indicators for school differentiation, student achievement by proficiency level, academic growth, graduation rates, English language proficiency, and school quality or student success indicators. Additionally, it addresses STAAR participation, civil rights data, teacher quality, per-pupil expenditure, STAAR Alternate 2 participation, statewide NAEP results, cohort rates of graduates in postsecondary education, chronic absenteeism, and Section 1003 fund usage.

The Texas Education Agency's 2023 Federal Report Card for Spurger H S outlines the state's accountability system, long-term goals, and progress measurements for all students and subgroups. It details indicators for differentiating public schools, including academic achievement, growth, graduation rates, and English learner proficiency. The report includes data on student achievement by proficiency level, academic growth, graduation rates, English language proficiency, and school quality or student success indicators. It also covers goal meeting status, STAAR participation, civil rights data, teacher quality, per-pupil expenditure, STAAR Alternate 2 participation, statewide NAEP results, cohort rates of graduates in postsecondary education, and chronic absenteeism.

This District Improvement Plan for Spurger Independent School District outlines strategic goals to empower students for lifelong learning and success. Key priorities include enhancing student academic performance in reading and mathematics, increasing district attendance rates, and improving college readiness indicators. The plan also focuses on maintaining and improving district facilities and transportation, ensuring a safe and secure learning environment through various initiatives and training, and fostering a positive culture for staff.