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.