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Permenter Middle School highlights instructional shifts and gains, cites cohort STAAR math progress
Summary
Principal Dr. Katrina Lemmings highlighted Permenter’s instructional reforms, PLC restructuring, academic distinctions, and cited 8th‑grade STAAR math cohort results (80% approaches, 50% meets, 14% masters).
Dr. Katrina Lemmings presented a midyear spotlight on Permenter Middle School, describing the 'Permenter Way'—a set of instructional and cultural practices intended to increase student achievement and improve campus climate.
Lemmings said the school is reorganizing PLCs into job‑embedded instructional working sessions, maintaining RTI practices, and using data to target instruction. She reported Permenter earned three academic distinctions last year and highlighted cohort STAAR math results for 8th grade (80% approaches, 50% meets, 14% masters) as evidence of improvement tied to instructional focus.
She acknowledged ongoing challenges—staff turnover and gaps between growth and proficiency in some subjects—and described supports including mentoring, observation opportunities for newer teachers and expanded recognition programs for staff.
