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Stafford board approves expansion of STEM Magnet Academy to add first grade
Summary
The Stafford Municipal School Board voted 7–0 Nov. 10 to expand the Stafford STEM Magnet Academy to include first grade for the 2026–27 school year. Administrators said a $118,000 budget amendment will be needed this fiscal year, with $379,000 budgeted for 2026–27; staff said the program is projected net-positive at target enrollment.
STAFFORD, Texas — The Stafford Municipal School Board on Nov. 10 approved an expansion of the Stafford STEM Magnet Academy to add a first-grade cohort for the 2026–27 school year, voting 7–0 after trustees and staff debated enrollment projections, testing and startup costs.
Superintendent’s staff presented the expansion as a continuation of an existing kindergarten STEM program, arguing that early hands-on STEM instruction strengthens ‘‘executive functioning and memory’’ and builds a pipeline into the district’s elementary and secondary STEM offerings. ‘‘STEM and then what we're doing right now, it cultivates … critical thinking, creativity [and] innovation,’’ said Dr. Perry Allen, who led the classroom-level presentation and recruitment remarks. He said the program currently enrolls about 41…
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