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Board hears IDEA Travis improvement plan; directs negotiation of tighter contract accountability
Summary
After a public hearing and a presentation from IDEA leadership, the Midland ISD board approved IDEA Travis’s 2025–26 targeted improvement plan and directed staff and counsel to negotiate contract amendments focused on board goals, teacher quality and progress reporting.
The Midland Independent School District Board of Trustees unanimously approved the 2025–26 targeted improvement plan for IDEA Travis on March 24 after a public hearing that included parents, students and an IDEA representative.
IDEA presenter Doctor Cottrell reviewed the partnership’s history with MISD, accountability measures and recent academic data for the campus known as IDEA Travis. He said the campus has seen historical variability in students “meeting grade level,” noting a low of about 8% in 2015–16 and a forecast around 38% for 2025–26, which he called “not good enough.” Cottrell described…
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