The Northeast Independent School District board approved the district and campus instructional improvement plans for 2025–26 after an extended presentation and questions about metrics, stakeholder engagement and teacher supports.

Dr. Esmeralda Muñoz, who led the presentation, described a multi-year rollout of the plan-for-learning platform and the Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA) that ties goals and strategies to documented root causes. She told trustees the platform includes an "ask AI" drafting tool to help craft strategy language but emphasized that "it does not create problem statements and root causes for anyone" and that campus and department staff retain final review and control.

Trustees asked for clearer baselines and transparency: Trustee Shelton requested that each goal include a current value and a target ("from x to x") so parents and the public can judge whether a 2–3 percentage‑point increase is meaningful. Trustees also raised staff well-being and burnout (problem statements 22–24) and asked for stronger, more explicit strategies and evidence of support tied to those problems. The board discussed attendance and 9th‑grade retention as a focal point for graduation outcomes and asked for a consolidated table of problem statements by category.

Staff said the district will add baseline evidence to plan entries where missing, consolidate problem-statement lists by category, and provide requested attendance and CIC participation details. Trustees approved the district and campus plans 7–0.

The presentation also listed engagement measures: roughly 130 parent participants across CIC meetings districtwide and DEIC representation in planning; staff noted progress-check deadlines in November, January and March.