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Parents and community members press Edgewood ISD board over D rating and student supports
Summary
Dozens of public commenters urged the Edgewood ISD board to address a district D accountability rating, classroom sizes, IEP compliance, and transparency; petitioners asked the board to adopt a community resolution and publish clearer public data.
Parents, teachers and community advocates used the board’s public comment period on Aug. 19 to press trustees for faster action on academic outcomes, classroom size, special-education compliance and district transparency after the district’s recent Texas Education Agency accountability rating.
Speakers described the district’s D rating as evidence that leaders must change course. Dorothy Borges told trustees: "You were elected to serve, to represent and to fight for our kids. Instead, you failed them," and called for new leadership. Another community member, Agapita Jaramillo, said the rating reflected "failed leadership" and urged support for a petition and resolution…
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