Richardson ISD posted its campus improvement plans for public review Monday, Oct. 19, including turnaround plans for three schools and targeted improvement plans for six more.
The district said the plans lay out the improvements the Texas Education Agency expects and the interventions or sanctions that could follow tied to campus performance. A public hearing and a board vote on the plans are set for November. The district's announcement gives the date as Nov. 20; the plan documents themselves list Nov. 19 as the board approval date.
Which campuses
Turnaround plans were posted for Dover Elementary, Skyview Elementary and Liberty Junior High. Targeted improvement plans were posted for Forest Meadow Middle School, Forestridge Elementary, Hamilton Park Pacesetter Magnet, Northrich Elementary, Northwood Hills Elementary and Stults Road Elementary. Every campus, including those nine, also has a standard campus improvement plan on the same district page.
Each turnaround plan includes assurances that the campus completed an on-site needs assessment, that a campus intervention team held a public meeting with the principal, parents and community members, and that the board will hold a hearing to tell the public about the campus's performance and the possible state interventions.
Money and staffing
All three turnaround plans describe the approach as intensive curriculum and instruction work with Region 10 support.
- Dover lists a lead academic success coach, two academic success coaches at $95,000 each and a culture coach at $98,000. The plan says those four jobs are paid with federal Title I money and would stay even if a Region 10 coaching grant ended.
- Skyview budgets $378,446 in Title I money for four academic success coaches, plus tutoring, and $4,692 from its grant for substitute teachers so staff can plan longer.
- Liberty lists an academic success coach at $78,292, a lead coach at $88,471, school improvement specialists at $82,000 and $7,000 for tutoring.