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San Felipe-Del Rio CISD reviews Blended Academy optional flexible school day program; board approves renewal application
Summary
District staff reviewed attendance, credits, end-of-course results and graduation outcomes for students in the Blended Academy optional flexible school day program and recommended renewing the program for 2025–26; the board authorized staff to file the application with TEA.
Laura Sandak, district alternative programs coordinator, presented the annual review of the Optional Flexible School Day Program (OFSDP) at Blended Academy during the San Felipe-Del Rio CISD Board of Trustees meeting on June 16, 2025. The program provides flexible hours and days for students at risk of dropping out or otherwise behind on credits. Trustees asked questions about attendance monitoring, tutorial supports and how many students could still meet graduation requirements in summer school.
Sandak said attendance for OFSDP students is recorded by minutes (TEA requires at least 45 minutes per day to claim minutes) and recommended 90 minutes or a full day when possible. For the year presented, Blended Academy participants “generated 1,325 minutes” in the period shown, and students in the program earned 797 semester credits that count toward graduation. Sandak also reported end-of-course pass rates for the academy cohort this year: English I, 36%; English II, 28%; Algebra I, 17%; biology, 67%; and U.S. history, 93% (comparisons to prior years were included in the presentation).
Sandak told the board that 95 students had an enrollment record at Blended Academy this school year; of those, 84 graduated on May 30. Staff said remaining students were typically missing credits and were expected to be enrolled in Del Rio High School summer programs with the possibility of participating in the August graduation if credits are completed. Sandak described monitoring practices: the principal, counselors and staff review attendance, credits and individualized progress plans—sometimes weekly—so students stay on track.
After the presentation, the administration recommended renewing the OFSDP application for the 2025–26 school year and asked the board to authorize the president and superintendent to sign the TEA application. Trustee Orfeld moved to approve the application; Trustee Webb seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
The board’s approval authorizes staff to submit the OFSDP application on behalf of Blended Academy; no changes to program rules were adopted at the meeting.
