SAISD identifies six campuses for turnaround plans as official ratings trigger faster timeline

San Angelo Independent School District officials told the board Tuesday that six campuses will develop or implement state-required turnaround plans after the release of official accountability ratings. Doctor Gomez said McGill, Bel Air, Bradford, Fannin, Goliad and Lincoln are on the district’s list; McGill must implement its approved plan immediately because a recent consolidation carried another campus’s accountability rating into McGill.

The plans are “a roadmap” required by the state to strengthen teaching and learning and provide extra support where student achievement falls short, Doctor Gomez said. She told trustees the state requires a campus that is identified as unacceptable for two consecutive years to prepare a plan and requires implementation in the third consecutive year; the district intends to pursue implementation earlier in many cases.

The plans will be tailored to each campus and will be presented to the board for approval in October, Doctor Gomez said. She described components the district is already pursuing: alignment of district instructional resources, professional learning communities, teacher and leadership coaching, strategic staffing changes and consolidation where necessary. “These plans…identify areas where students need additional support, set clear goals for growth and put in place strategies that have been proven to help students succeed,” she said.

Gomez said turnaround planning reflects multi‑year trends in student performance, not just last school year’s results, and that the district is working with the local education service center and other state partners as part of the improvement process. She said stakeholder feedback will be collected at campus open houses and used to shape the plans before they are submitted to the Texas Education Agency for approval.

Board members asked how often the district will review implementation. Gomez said monitoring will occur “at a minimum monthly,” with some strategies reviewed weekly and formal quarterly reporting to campus supervisors. Trustees emphasized support for staff and requested clear, data‑driven updates as plans move toward approval.

The district did not take a vote on the turnaround plans at Tuesday’s meeting; staff said formal approvals will come after plans are drafted and shared with trustees.