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Lancaster ISD presents Targeted Improvement Plans for Lancaster Middle and Pleasant Run Elementary
Summary
School leaders presented targeted improvement plans required by the Texas Education Agency, cited low scores in specific grades and subgroups, and outlined interventions including added interventionists, vertical alignment with K–3, second classes for struggling students and increased coaching at the middle school.
School improvement coordinators and campus leaders presented Targeted Improvement Plans (TIPs) for Lancaster Middle School (LMS) and Pleasant Run Elementary (PRE) during the Dec. 3 Lancaster ISD work session, detailing accountability ratings, grade‑level performance gaps and interventions the district will implement.
Redick Ayala introduced coordinators Cassandra Lott Mitchell (K–2) and Travis Moore (6–8). Mitchell described PRE’s accountability results for 2024 (student achievement cited near 58–59% and an F rating in the transcript) and identified the campus’s lowest‑performing grade‑level subjects as third‑grade and fourth‑grade math and fifth‑grade science. She said the campus has adopted measurable goals and accountability structures in the proposed TIP.
At LMS, presenters (including LC Robinson) described progress from a 60 overall rating in 2024 to a 68 in the subsequent year and said the campus’s greatest opportunities for improvement are in seventh‑ and eighth‑grade math and in some science and social‑studies areas. Presenters described interventions already in place or planned: increasing bandwidth and specialist support, adding two interventionists (one for K–2 and one housed at LMS for grades 6–8), creating vertical alignment PLCs that include second grade with third grade, a second math or reading class for students who fail STAAR tests, and co‑taught intervention classes with two teachers.
Trustees asked several clarifying questions about which grade levels drive ratings and about coaching and intervention timelines. Presenters emphasized that the district added school‑improvement coordinators and intensified coaching prior to the TEA requirement and characterized the current plans as actionable steps to accelerate growth.
No final board vote was taken; the TIPs will be placed on the regular meeting agenda for formal approval.
