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Uvalde CISD discovers Skyward errors that changed class rankings; district begins corrections and outreach
Summary
District staff found configuration errors in the student information system that left some junior‑high high‑school credits and dual‑language honors weights unrecorded; the district says fixes are underway, a list of affected students is being finalized and seniors will be contacted first.
District accountability staff told the Uvalde CISD Board of Trustees on Nov. 18 that an audit of the district student information system discovered configuration errors that affected how some high‑school credits and weighted honors courses were recorded, and that those omissions have altered grade‑point averages and class rankings for current students.
Loretta Dalrymple, director of accountability and assessment, said the problems emerged after high‑school counselors reported missing Algebra I credit for students at the Batesville campus in early September. Dalrymple said she and the district teams coordinator, Lorena Flores, performed a district‑wide audit of course masters in the training instance of Skyward back to 2021, reviewing course catalogs, board policy and Skyward settings.
The audit identified three primary issues: that a board policy change reducing Advanced Placement course weight from +12 to +10 for the class of 2028 onward had not been implemented in Skyward course settings; that several junior‑high courses (principles of agriculture, Art I, NJROTC and others) were not marked to award high‑school credit; and that dual‑language honors Spanish courses and Algebra I taken at Batesville were not flagged as high‑school credit or weighted as honors. Dalrymple said the first issue did not affect current GPAs because those students have not yet taken AP courses, but the second and third issues have produced immediate changes in ranking once corrected in the training system.
"We saw an impact for our sophomores, juniors and seniors," Dalrymple said, noting preliminary aggregates: roughly 38 seniors (class of 2026), about 30 juniors (class of 2027) and about 39 sophomores (class of 2028) saw increases in GPA or rank when the missing credits and weights were enabled. She said those increases will by definition change other students' ranks downward.
Dalrymple said the district is working with Region 12 (and Region 10) and Skyward support to finalize the student lists and replicate fixes from the training database into live Skyward. She said the district has been advised by attorneys and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to correct records for current students only and not to retroactively change records for graduates.
Superintendent Colas described a staged outreach plan: the district will finalize fixes, pull lists of affected students, contact the most highly ranked impacted seniors first and provide counselors with scripts for family communications. Administrators urged patience while the district completes the technical corrections and verification, but trustees pressed for rapid, clear messaging and extra counselor support to field calls.
Dalrymple said staff have spent dozens of hours auditing and are building documentation and a "Skyward PEIMS bible" of settings and procedures to prevent recurrence. "I am just devastated that this has happened, and we are working as hard as we can to get it fixed," she said.
The district did not provide names of affected students at the meeting; staff said they will notify families directly after verification and that the recommended approach from legal counsel and TEA is to correct the live records for students still enrolled rather than attempt to modify closed records for students who already graduated.
