West Oso ISD board approves 2025–26 district and campus improvement plans and several routine measures

The West Oso ISD Board of Trustees voted to approve the district and campus improvement plans for the 2025–26 school year after administrators presented district-wide goals and campus-level targets.

District leaders outlined accountability goals — including Amplify literacy targets for early grades, an increase in the district accountability score, attendance and staff-retention targets, and expanded family‑engagement aims. The board heard campus-by-campus presentations from principals who summarized their priorities and actions: the high school emphasized writing structures, student growth monitoring and CCMR/TSI preparation; the junior high highlighted a reading diagnosis that showed a substantial share of students below grade level and described interventions (bilingual and dyslexia tutoring, IXL and structured advisory); elementary campuses described literacy work, attendance initiatives and donor-funded arts and playground projects.

Trustees asked for more disaggregated data and concrete timelines. Several trustees pressed the junior high principal and district staff for a grade-level breakdown of STAR/Renaissance reading results and the total counts of students receiving dyslexia or bilingual services; district staff committed to provide the requested numbers and quarterly updates. Trustees also requested a short timeline for any SECO loan application and follow-up on warranties and maintenance obligations if that project proceeds.

Votes at a glance: - District and campus improvement plans (agenda item 4c): approved, roll-call recorded as 5–0. - Targeted improvement plan (TIP) for West Oso Junior High and Local Improvement Plan (LIP) for West Oso Elementary (agenda item 4d): approved for submission to TEA, recorded 5–0. - Consent agenda (minutes and finance reports, items 5a–c): approved on a single vote, recorded outcome 3–1 (one trustee registered a Nay); items included approval of meeting minutes and the monthly investment and general fund financial reports for October 31, 2025. - Campus library purchases (agenda item 6a): approved as recommended by the School Library Advisory Council; recorded 4–0. - Nueces County Appraisal District board vote allocation (agenda item 6b): board cast its district votes for a named candidate; recorded outcome 3–1. - Resolution regarding Senate Bill 12 (parents’ rights) (agenda item 6c): board approved a resolution stating the district will comply with the statutory requirements; recorded 4–0. - TASB localized policy update (multiple local policies, agenda item 6d): second reading and adoption of TASB-localized updates approved; recorded 4–1. Board discussion included a request to clarify wording related to the district’s data collection and reporting for certain safety and child-abuse-related records.

Board members emphasized accountability: several trustees asked that the junior high reading and intervention numbers be broken down by grade and that the district provide the number of students receiving dyslexia and bilingual services at each campus. District staff said the junior high currently has approximately 28 students in dyslexia-specific instruction and that those students receive daily, specialist-led instruction; staff committed to provide exact counts and to include those figures in the next quarterly report.

Superintendent Kimberly Moore and campus leaders also highlighted community engagement efforts and fundraising: the West Oso ISD Education Foundation and local donors have contributed to arts programming, playground shading, and grants supporting a reading specialist at the junior high.

The board adjourned after routine calendar notices and Thanksgiving-week scheduling notes.