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Pasadena ISD trustees review four options to reshape dropout recovery campus amid TEA limits and high per-student cost
Summary
At a May 5 special meeting, Pasadena ISD staff told trustees the district faces TEA limits on IGC graduates and an estimated $16,500 per-student cost at its standalone dropout recovery campus; staff presented four program options and said they will return with a recommendation after providing additional capacity and cost details.
Pasadena Independent School District trustees on May 5 heard a staff workshop on options for the district's dropout recovery campus and flexible attendance services, as administrators outlined trade-offs between cost, compliance and student supports.
Dr. Alita Harrell, the district's chief of schools, opened the presentation and said the workshop aimed to align the district's practices with recent changes in funding and accountability and to surface options for the 2026'27 school year. Dr. Melissa McCullough, who led the program briefing, described the existing model: a dedicated dropout recovery—community school that operates as an alternative education accountability campus and offers optional flexible school day programming the board must review annually for submission to the Texas Education Agency (TEA).
McCullough told trustees the campus serves primarily 11th- and 12th-grade students and reported "about 215 students total"…
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