Lubbock ISD is working with the Lubbock Partnership Network (LPN) to help four schools in the district, Alderson, Ervin and Hodges elementary schools and Dunbar middle school.
Of those four schools, Dunbar middle school has the worst score, an F rating.
So LISD is teaming up with LPN starting with kids in elementary to get better scores at the end of the year.
“We want [the elementary schools] to be a B or higher within three years, we know that’s achievable,” said Doyle Vogler, associate superintendent for LISD. “One of them’s already a B, so you know what they’re aspiring to be, an A of course. We want our middle school to be at least a C.”
Vogler said literacy is one of the biggest issues among these students.
“We have three year old Pre-K at three of the [elementary schools] and we’re adding two sections at a fourth campus, at Hodges,“ Vogler said.
Staff members from LPN will be supporting the schools, giving more one on one time for the students. They say their goal is to figure out where schools are lacking, to improve on those subjects.
“We’re also looking at more social-emotional learning support, maybe additional counselors, cause many of our kids have problems with conflict resolutions,” Vogler said.
The TEA looks at performance in four areas, student achievement, student progress, closing performance gaps and post secondary readiness.
“Under the law from TEA, under legislation, it says that the commissioner can close the school,” Vogler said. “However, we have some options and one of those is to create a partnership, create academic programming [or] create a reconfiguration,” Vogler said.
With this partnership, parents should see better opportunities for their children.
“We’re looking at extended time during the day, summer programming for next summer, maybe additional counselors,” Vogler said. “It’s imperative and on us to teach those kids those skills.”
