District staff presented a proposed board monitoring calendar for the 2025–26 year that aligns board meetings, data releases and statutory trainings with the district’s assessment calendar and governance constraints.

The monitoring calendar is designed to ensure the board meets Lone Star Governance and district constraints: monitor goal progress measures (GPMs) at least four times per year; complete quarterly board self-evaluations; hold the superintendent annual evaluation within 45 days of the board self-evaluation; and ensure at least 50 percent of quarterly board meeting time is devoted to student outcomes. The calendar aligns reporting with the timing of MAP, unit assessments and STAR/STAAR results.

Nut graf: The monitoring calendar creates a consistent public schedule for when the board will see interim and final results for district goals and when the board will review constraint-related topics such as special education implementation and campuses requiring targeted interventions.

Key elements shown to the board include: an August presentation of prior-year accountability (STAR) results and the district’s planned response; two unit-assessment reporting points (early fall and midyear); twice-annual MAP/GPM reports and end-of-year MAP and early childhood (CIRCLE) reporting; and constraint progress updates (for example, conditions affecting students with disabilities and MTSS/IEP quality). The calendar also schedules discussion of targeted interventions for campuses rated D or F for two consecutive years, consistent with the superintendent’s constraints.

Staff said the calendar will present GPMs and related campus plans repeatedly during the year rather than as a single end‑of‑year report; item examples include a midyear review of the annual school plan, a fall look at beginning-of-year unit assessments, and a spring and summer reporting sequence timed to assessment availability.

Board members asked for clarity on which campuses will be considered “strategic intervention” and staff said that would include ACE campuses and any campus that has two consecutive D or F ratings and therefore receives additional district interventions. Staff also said the calendar will incorporate presentations on budget, staffing and other operational topics in a year-at-a-glance approach so the board and community can see when operational items will be brought for review.

Ending: Staff will finalize the calendar and present it as an actionable monitoring schedule tied to assessment release dates and policy monitoring obligations; the calendar will guide when the board expects data, constraint reports and superintendent evaluations.