Many Bryan school district students will be experiencing academic changes when classes resume in about six weeks. That’s the result of the school board approving the district’s improvement plan (DIP).
Superintendent Tommy Wallis referred multiple times to focusing on reading and writing from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade.
Dr. Wallis also talked about providing an expanded opportunity for elementary students who are academically gifted.
Assistant Superintendent Barbara Ybarra says they are also planning to keep track of incoming high school seniors at risk of having to go through an appeal process to graduate.
Last week, three central office administrators were out of town for three days looking into how an unidentified middle school works with high and low performing students to get ideas in Bryan ISD.
Click below to hear a summary of what was said about the Bryan ISD district improvement plan:
While the board approved the improvement plan, a copy of it is not available. A district spokesman says the DIP document is undergoing fine-tuning for some grammar and formatting issues, with the flexibility the board provided to refine the document.
Dr. Wallis also reported Bryan ISD won’t participate in the state’s new pre-kindergarten program until a year from now because of the time it will take to find highly qualified teachers. House Bill 4 gives school districts up to $1,500 dollars for each four year old participating in qualifying pre-k programs. Classroom sizes are limited to 11 students for each teacher.