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Superintendent updates board on safety audit, weapons screening plans, enrollment and CCMR projections
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Sarmani briefed trustees on a Center for Safe Schools behavioral health audit (score 74/100), planned weapons-detection equipment, fencing for New Tech campuses, rising enrollment (10,086) and College, Career and Military Readiness (CCMR) data and projections.
Superintendent Dr. Sarmani updated the Manor ISD Board of Trustees on April 21 about a district behavioral health and safety audit, planned security equipment, enrollment growth and academic readiness metrics.
The district commissioned the Center for Safe Schools for a behavioral health and school-climate review. Administration said the Center scored the district 74 out of 100 on its metric and made several recommendations; the district said it had already implemented or planned many suggested changes. The superintendent highlighted recommendations to reduce shuttle busing between the senior complex and the main high school, revise hallway supervision, improve signage, and expand training for staff.
On physical security, the superintendent said the district has chosen a weapons-detection system and was negotiating a contract; the goal is to install detection at the Manor High School complex by the end of the school year. A separate physical-safety assessment remained pending from the same vendor. The district also began staging materials for fencing at New Tech Middle School and New Tech High School, with materials to arrive around May 1 and substantial completion targeted before the first day of school.
District enrollment continues to grow, the superintendent said: "We were up to 10,086 students as of this morning," compared with roughly 9,385 students about 18 months earlier, an increase the superintendent likened to the size of an additional middle school. The district also reported a surge in pre-K enrollment, noting 676 pre-K students currently enrolled and an increase of 281 year over year.
On academic readiness, administration presented College, Career and Military Readiness (CCMR) metrics. Informational slides showed a projected CCMR rate of about 67% for the class of 2025 based on current internal data and ongoing verification through May and June. Officials emphasized that some state accountability scores are delayed by litigation; the district noted the 2022–23 TEA scores would be released publicly April 24 and that 2023–24 scores remain under litigation.
District leaders said they are aligning testing calendars (including TSIA and PSAT) earlier for middle- and high-school cohorts, adding master-scheduling changes and targeted interventions such as MasteryPrep to increase readiness indicators. The superintendent and staff said they will continue data dives through May and June to finalize year-end counts and will present any resulting budget/program changes to the board.
