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Boerne ISD highlights PEK early-college pathways and expands family engagement efforts
Summary
Boerne ISD trustees heard reports that two PEK (Pathways to Early College) programs — cybersecurity and health science — enrolled roughly 700 students with thousands of dual-credit hours earned and significant family cost savings; the district also described new family-engagement events, counselor outreach and a planned college and career center.
Boerne ISD presented program updates April 20 showing growth in two Pathways to Early College (PEK) programs and expanded family-engagement work intended to support student transitions and college/career readiness.
District leaders reported that roughly 21% of rising ninth-graders chose a PEK program of study and that about 700 students will be enrolled across the cybersecurity and health-science tracks next year. The cybersecurity PEK, partnered with Northwest Vista College, has cohorts that have accumulated thousands of dual-credit college hours; the district said families have collectively saved about $540,000 in dual-credit tuition and testing vouchers across programs.
The district described outcome-based measures (access, achievement, attainment) used to evaluate PEK success and highlighted summer-bridge programming that brings students to campus and to partner college facilities. Superintendent and trustees said PEK expansion allowed the district to add wings to existing high schools rather than build a third comprehensive high school, producing capital and operational savings estimated by trustees as a substantial fraction of new construction costs.
Separately, the student support services report described Family University online resources, the Starry Start kindergarten transition event (about 50 family attendees), individualized planning meetings (18 secondary counselors met one-on-one with more than 6,000 students between January and March, per the transcript), and grant-funded renovations to create a new college and career center.
Board members praised counselors’ roles in making programs accessible and noted PEK program counselors were important supports for students navigating college coursework and certifications.
