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Temple ISD approves MOU with Baylor College of Medicine and Baylor Scott & White to launch high-school health pathway
Summary
The board approved a memorandum of understanding with Baylor College of Medicine and Baylor Scott & White to create a multi-year health-care career pathway for Temple High students including labs, shadowing and panel events; the program will start with a freshman launch in 2026.
Temple ISD trustees voted March 9 to approve a memorandum of understanding with Baylor College of Medicine and Baylor Scott & White that the district says will create a multi-year health-care career pathway for Temple High School students.
Administrator speaker 5 described a multi-year timeline and partner commitments that administrators said grew from conversations begun in 2022. "With your approval of the MOU that has before you, we'll be able to leverage those partnerships to provide unique health care pathway experiences for our students," speaker 5 said.
Sarah Bartlett, director of CTE for Temple ISD (speaker 9), outlined grade-by-grade opportunities: a freshman open house with about 150 students and families, sophomore case-study sessions led by Baylor College of Medicine students using 3-D Anatomage tables, a junior-year application process with roughly 30 students shadowing in clinical settings, and a senior cohort of about 15 students placed for intensive clinical engagement.
"Between sophomore and junior year, we will develop an application process," Bartlett said. She told trustees Baylor partners will provide curriculum expertise, professional development for teachers and clinical shadowing opportunities, while Temple ISD will identify and supervise participating students and provide program coordination and data.
Dr. Caitlin Herschel (speaker 10), representing Baylor partners at the meeting, said the collaboration had been built "intentionally" and praised the supervision and safeguards planned for students in clinical settings.
Board members voted in favor of the MOU. The board record notes three trustees did not participate in that particular vote (their abstentions were recorded by staff). The approved MOU authorizes the district to launch the program in 2026 and use district staff and CTE resources to coordinate student selection, supervision and data reporting.
The agreement aims to connect students to pathway experiences, career guidance panels and shadowing at local health-care facilities; specific placement numbers and program details are described in the MOU and will be refined during program implementation.
