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AISD officials cite staffing gaps and assessment changes as rationale for Paredes action
Summary
Administration told trustees that mid‑year growth at Paredes reversed by end of year and that staffing shortfalls (18 vacancies, 14 teaching) limit the campus' ability to meet turnaround restart criteria; rescoring and MAP/STAR data informed the recommendation.
District leaders presented recent assessment comparisons and monitoring data for turnaround campuses and said Paredes showed mid‑year improvement but declined by the end of the year, widening the gap with other AISD middle schools. Lakisha Drinks summarized the monitoring findings and said some observation feedback did not align with student outcomes at Paredes.
Drinks gave a concrete staffing figure: "Currently they have 18 vacancies and 14 of those vacancies are teaching vacancies," and administrators said that level of vacancies would prevent meeting restart requirements. Administration also described the TEA 'rescore' process for state assessments and noted the district had submitted rescoring requests—at roughly $50 per test—and that the district's rescore effort could total around $300,000 before offsets. Trustees pressed administrators on how robust the MAP and other data points were as decision inputs.
