West Oso trustees hear TAPR and learn how AVID, MTSS and Region 2 coaching are supporting student progress
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Summary
District leaders presented the Texas academic performance report and a suite of interventionsd to support student growth: targeted MOY interventions, Saturday school, AVID expansion and a Texas Instructional Leadership partnership with Region 2; trustees praised progress but pressed for more student-level numbers and engagement strategies.
Superintendent Kimberly Moore and district instructional leader Rhonda Garcia presented the Texas academic performance report (TAPR) and the districtd balance scorecard, telling trustees the district was above the state in its three College, Career and Military Readiness measures and that campuses are using middle-of-year (MOY) data to target interventions.
"We are above the state in all three categories," Kimberly Moore said while highlighting the reportd s availability on the TEA and district websites. Garcia described how teachers use MOY data to identify students for targeted supports (ACE after-school programs, Power Hour, advisory, Saturday school) and said campus leadership is monitoring individual growth charts.
Trustees pressed for more granular, student-level counts rather than percentages; one trustee said she preferred knowing how many students in a class are below grade level rather than a percentage.
An AVID teacher at the junior high (identified in the meeting as Miss Barbosa) outlined classroom and extracurricular supports for AVID students: daily journals, binders for organization, field excursions (Texas State Aquarium and a University of Texas at San Antonio visit for eighth graders), and partnerships with LULAC and TRIO that provided student planners and clear backpacks. AVID enrollment currently stands at 95 junior-high students (30 sixth-graders, 43 seventh-graders and 22 eighth-graders) with a goal to add 25 students next year.
Amy Chase, a program manager and Texas Instructional Leadership coach from Education Service Center Region 2, described the service centerd work with West Oso on school culture and routines, MTSS and performance-management walks. Chase said the partnership includes coaching and follow-up implementation visits intended to build sustainable instructional leadership capacity.
Trustees thanked presenters and asked about parent outreach, Saturday-school participation (administration estimated roughly 50% attendance for invited students) and how the district will sustain gains. Garcia and Chase said principals and counselors are making calls to families, providing breakfast on Saturdays and aligning districtwide supports so interventions carry across campuses.
The district will post the TAPR as required by TEA after the board vote and continue the work of translating MOY data into targeted interventions across campuses.
