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Board approves Graduation Alliance pilot to reach Northside dropouts
Summary
The Northside ISD Board approved an annual application and a pilot partnership with Graduation Alliance to locate and enroll over-age, under-credited former students into the Irene Chavez Excel Academy program, with trustees voting to move forward with a formal application and data-sharing plan.
The Northside ISD Board of Trustees approved an application and waiver Tuesday to continue Irene Chavez Excel Academy and to pilot a partnership with a national vendor, Graduation Alliance, to locate and enroll former Northside students who are over-age and under‑credited.
The vote: At the June 24 regular meeting, Trustee Bobby Blunt moved approval of the application and pilot as discussed; Trustee Karen Freeman seconded. The motion carried on a voice vote.
The matter in brief: Superintendent Kraft introduced Irene Chavez Excel Academy as the district’s dropout‑prevention program serving students who are 17 years old and either behind in credits or otherwise off pace for graduation. The board heard that in 2024–25 some 386 students attended Excel and the campus…
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