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Schools report academic gains, dual-enrollment success and outreach milestones; SSP and operations update
Summary
Program directors reported academic gains at LSVI and LSD, dual-enrollment successes, higher enrollments in SSP programs, outreach materials distribution and a record federal-quota registration for visually impaired students; operations reported facility upgrades and new safety systems.
Program leaders briefed the board on academic progress, program highlights and operations updates across the district's schools and services.
LSVI reported a successful first year of dual enrollment: instructional coach Alicia Butler was recognized as an outstanding dual-enrollment teacher and students averaged just under 96% in college English 101/102; a graduating senior is leaving with 15 college credits. LSVI also noted strong school-performance growth and plans to expand dual-enrollment offerings.
LSD (Louisiana School for the Deaf) reported significant school-performance-score improvement—the second-highest increase in the state in the most recent cycle—credited to stronger instructional leadership and teacher collaboration. LSD leaders said their MAP and other assessment data show pockets of growth, and they plan to target math through new curriculum and an instructional coach.
Special School Programs (SSP) reported serving 270 students across programs (about 230 under age 22) with 101 students in Office of Juvenile Justice sites and Pinecrest now serving about 100 students. SSP staff reported student-growth data: at Pinecrest, about 68% of students made math gains from baseline and 51% made ELA gains; Renaissance Home for Youth students met targets on fall testing at a 75% rate; OJJ sites reported 63% of special-education students with math increases and 53% with reading gains from baseline.
Outreach and accessible-material services reported notable activity: the Louisiana Instructional Materials and Accessible Educational Materials Center shipped 3,054 books and materials to parish districts during the year and provided hundreds of training and consultation hours. Federal-quota registration—the mechanism that secures federal APH (American Printing House) resources for blind and visually impaired students—registered 1,005 students this year, a large increase from earlier counts; the director said that could translate into roughly $350,000 in federal-quota buying power for braille, large-print and APH materials.
Operations reported facility projects completed and planned: new automatic sliding doors at the student center, replacement of 22 dormitory air handlers, planned roof and HVAC replacement needs across aging buildings, installation of an emergency alert system at campus buildings (phase 1), additional security staff hires and implementation of a Raptor visitor-check system.
Why it matters: The program reports indicate pockets of strong academic gains, expansion of dual-enrollment options that yield college credit for students, increased service reach through outreach and materials distribution, and capital investments to improve safety and accessibility on campus.
