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El Paso ISD trustees discuss ‘North Star’ goal to raise number of A/B schools, end F-rated attendance
Summary
At a special El Paso ISD Board of Trustees workshop on Aug. 27, trustees and consultants reviewed a proposed district “North Star” goal that would set an ambitious target for increasing the percentage of students attending A- or B-rated campuses and removing students from F-rated campuses.
El Paso — At a special El Paso ISD Board of Trustees workshop on Aug. 27, trustees and consultants reviewed a proposed district “North Star” goal that would set an ambitious target for increasing the percentage of students attending A- or B-rated campuses and removing students from F-rated campuses.
Consultants from the System of Great Schools (SGS) network urged trustees to pair any long-term target with annual planning and routine performance checks. “Every system is perfectly designed to get the results you get,” consultant Paul Pastorek said, quoting W. Edwards Deming during the workshop.
The consultants and district staff described a yearly five-step planning cycle that begins with a quality seats analysis — an annual review of each campus’ academic, enrollment and talent data — that the team said should be ready for trustees by October. Administration would return in December with school-by-school recommended actions so the board…
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