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Five public commenters—students and parents—told the board Spring High's pool has been unusable for nearly two months, leaving the team without a coach or buses and prompting calls for urgent repairs and clearer communication.
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District leaders presented a discipline update that sets a goal of a 10% decrease in overall infractions and in suspensions among African American and special-education students; officials described weekly monitoring, root-cause work and parent-facing interventions.
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Human Resources told trustees Spring ISD's in-house guest-teacher pool has improved fill rates and incentive participation, but special-education teacher vacancies and low fill rates continue to drag overall coverage and will require targeted incentives and recruitment.
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The Spring ISD Board unanimously authorized negotiations with a partner-managed turnaround operator and adopted a new campus performance framework intended to speed supports on underperforming campuses; trustees also approved an ACE compensation model and several grants.
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Multiple parents and current and former student-athletes told the Spring ISD Board of Trustees that the removal of swim coach Michael Hernandez and ongoing pool closures have damaged team morale and training; speakers asked the district to prioritize repairs and stability while an investigation proceeds.
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Trustees approved purchase of the Curriculum Associates 'Elevation' platform to centralize identification and monitoring of emergent bilingual students; administration said the first year includes higher setup costs and recurring annual subscription of roughly $132,000 thereafter.
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Spring ISD said staff participation in its employee engagement survey rose to about 74% and that 78% of respondents were classified as engaged or highly engaged; the district unveiled an "Uplift" plan of customer-service training, system building, strategic marketing and QR feedback to raise engagement to 80.2% by Dec. 2026.
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The board approved a motion to terminate the ongoing architectural and construction contract for the Sheila Jackson Lee Family & Community Engagement Center, declare the property surplus and pursue relocation and retrofitting of FACE staff to the Teach Up building; trustees requested detailed renovation and funding plans prior to new construction.
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The board adopted TASB Local Update 1-25 (second reading) for select policies and approved the consent agenda (with item 14.9 discussed separately); trustees asked procurement to bring scoring rubrics back for review so prior district experience and customer-satisfaction metrics can be scored separately.
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DeCaney High School leaders described classroom routines, weekly assessments and coaching tied to the Spring 6 transformation; district presenters said DeCaney outperformed state EOC benchmarks on select retest measures (Algebra I +8%, English I +4%, English II +3%, U.S. History +36%).