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Crowley ISD to relocate College Prep Academy to Baylor Elementary; board unanimously confirms four principal reassignments
Summary
Crowley ISD trustees voted unanimously to confirm four principal reassignments and heard a district presentation recommending moving the College Prep Academy from Pointer to Baylor Elementary to expand enrollment and reduce budgetary strain.
Dr. McFarland, a district administrator, told the Crowley ISD Board of Trustees that the district recommends moving the College Prep Academy now housed at Pointer to Baylor Elementary, saying the shift would address both educational goals and budget pressures. "We can both meet the educational needs of our students and the fiscal responsible needs of our district by moving the college prep academy ... to Baylor Elementary," Dr. McFarland said during the April called meeting.
The recommendation followed the district's midyear budget review and outreach with parents and staff. Dr. McFarland said district leaders had evaluated multiple alternatives and ‘‘have to find a way to ... make sure that this expense becomes more of an investment.’’ He described the move as a way to expand the program from the current, limited enrollment and to align the program with the district’s Vision 2030…
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