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Board approves MOU to provide Waxahachie ISD education at Ellis County juvenile detention center
Summary
The Waxahachie ISD Board approved a memorandum of understanding with the Ellis County Juvenile Board to provide educational services inside a local juvenile detention facility; the campus will start with eight beds and use the Edgenuity curriculum.
Corey (district staff) presented a memorandum of understanding creating an education campus at the planned Ellis County Juvenile Services Detention Center and recommended board approval.
“This evening, I'm bringing to you, a new MOU that would create the Ellis County Juvenile Services Detention Center,” the presenter said, describing the agreement as a district partnership with the Ellis County Juvenile Board to provide required educational services to juveniles detained in the county.
The presentation said juveniles who are brought to the center and determined at a pre‑adjudication hearing (within the first 72 hours) to require detention would be eligible to enroll. The district expects to receive average daily attendance (ADA) allotment for those enrollments. The facility is planned to start with eight beds, staffed primarily by personnel who run the district’s Juvenile Justice Alternative Program (JJAP). The detention‑center campus will use the same Edgenuity curriculum platform already used by JJAP.
District staff said the Ellis County Juvenile Board has already approved the MOU; Waxahachie ISD has obtained a PEIMS number for the campus and set up a Skyward profile. Staff said they were applying for an alternative‑education accountability designation for the campus. The earliest optimistic enrollment timeline mentioned was late February, but state inspection and certification remained pending and could delay initial student placement. Staff also planned a June follow‑up meeting to review the MOU and implementation progress.
At the board meeting Mrs. Timmerman moved to approve the MOU and Mr. Pitts seconded. The motion carried 6–0.
No specific dollar amounts for staffing or recurring costs were provided in the presentation; staff said some state inspections and certifications remained outstanding before students could be enrolled.
