Board reviews targeted improvement plan for Harmony Science Academy Brownsville; staff outline interventions and parent engagement
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Summary
Harmony Public Schools South Texas staff presented a TIP for Harmony Science Academy Brownsville with targets by domain, new intervention positions, expanded tutorials and a plan to work with Region 1; a motion to approve the TIP was made and seconded during the meeting (final recorded vote not present in excerpt).
Representatives for Harmony Science Academy Brownsville presented a targeted improvement plan to the Harmony Public Schools board and described a strategy of reallocating time and staff to increase instructional fidelity and student growth.
Area and campus staff described Brownbsville as a high-need campus, presented interim checkpoint data and set year-one targets across state accountability domains. Presenters said the TIP was developed with guidance from Region 1 and the district's diagnostic; the document lists evidence-based interventions, curricular materials and a schedule for observation-feedback cycles and monitoring.
Why it matters: The campus was identified for targeted improvement by TEA because of weakness in the closing-the-gap domain; the TIP outlines concrete training, monitoring and intervention steps the district says will raise student performance and compliance with TEA requirements.
Key details - Campus profile: Presenters said the campus serves grades K'7 (adding eighth grade next year) with an enrollment figure given as 4,499 (transcript number). Presenters reported approximately 74% English learners, more than 10% special education and roughly 96.8% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. - Numeric goals: District staff described targeting row-score and scaled-score improvements to reach a passing composite (the presenters cited a school-level goal that would align with a scaled score of roughly 60). They provided interim targets for reading, math and science and described focus groups for third, fourth and sixth grades. - Interventions and staffing: The district will add math intervention and reading/language specialist positions, increase tutorial offerings (after-school, Saturday and spring-break sessions) and use diagnostic and tracking tools to align professional development with observation-feedback cycles. - Community engagement: Presenters said they conducted a public hearing on January 23 and met with parents and caregivers to collect feedback used in drafting the TIP.
Board action and next steps A board member moved to approve the Brownsville TIP and another board member seconded; the transcript records the motion and second but does not include a roll-call vote within the provided excerpt. Presenters said the TIP would be submitted to TEA and that district staff would return with interim assessment results.