Del Valle ISD trustees on Nov. 4 heard staff present targeted improvement plans and turnaround plans for five campuses identified under state and federal accountability rules and closed the public hearing by a 7-0 vote.

The presentation described how the state accountability system (student achievement, school progress and closing performance gaps) and federal accountability labels (comprehensive support, targeted support and additional targeted support) map to campus ratings derived from STAR data and college, career and military readiness measures. Staff said the district must submit the plans to the Texas Education Agency by Nov. 21, 2025.

District staff told trustees the district has five identified campuses that require an improvement plan; campus classifications are driven by patterns of D and F ratings. Staff explained that an F rating is always considered unacceptable and that certain patterns of consecutive or nonconsecutive Ds and Fs produce “unacceptable counts.” A campus reaches the threshold for a required turnaround plan when it accumulates three unacceptable counts, staff said.

Staff reviewed each identified campus and the focus areas in its plan, including strengthening campus leadership and routines, building a positive school culture, providing job-embedded professional development for effective classroom instruction, increasing observation-and-feedback cycles for teachers, and using data-driven instruction in PLCs. For one campus the district is pursuing a redesign supported by a prior grant to move toward a STEM/STEAM focus; that campus still carries a targeted improvement plan, staff said.

The district said it will work with Region 13 and the School Empowerment Network to conduct needs assessments, provide coaching and walkthroughs, and support implementation. Staff listed operational commitments: frequent district and classroom walkthroughs, artifact collection, district support for content planning, tracking benchmark and nationally normed assessments, and targeted campus leader coaching.

Trustees asked procedural questions. Trustee Samuel Franco asked what formal action the board is required to take; staff responded that the board could approve or decline the plans and that staff were not requesting board action at the Nov. 4 meeting. Vice President Ladesma Witte urged patience with the changes and said, “Our kids deserve better,” while reiterating the district’s emphasis on improving student outcomes.

President Wagner closed the public hearing at about 6:35 p.m. Secretary Guadagn moved to adjourn the hearing; Trustee Pintoja seconded. The board voted 7-0 to adjourn the public hearing.

Staff said the district will finalize the plans with its partners and submit them to the Texas Education Agency by Nov. 21 so the required documents are in TEA’s review process.