The SA国际传媒 ISD Board of Trustees has approved Third Future SA国际传媒s to turn Mendez Middle SA国际传媒鈥檚 academic performance around as part of what鈥檚 called an 1882 partnership.
Why it matters: Mendez has been rated as an 鈥淔鈥 school by the Texas Education Agency since 2013. If the campus doesn鈥檛 improve academics during the 2022-23 school year, or the Texas Education Agency could take over the district.
- The new partner has outlined a plan to improve the campus to a 鈥淒鈥 rating in the 2022-23 school year, improve to a 鈥淐鈥 rating in the 2023-24 school year, and a 鈥淏鈥 rating by the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years.
How we got here: ending the previous partnership with T-STEM Texas in December. That same month the board terminated the partnership and the district started engaging with the Mendez community to find a new partner.
- On Feb. 8, the district made a call for 1882 proposals due Feb. 25.
- The district began screening the received proposals on Feb. 28 and notified the on March 1.
- Throughout March, a transition oversight committee received presentations from the finalist and made a final recommendation to the administration.
- The was brought to the SA国际传媒 ISD Board of Trustees for final approval March 24.
Zoom out: Along with this new partner, SA国际传媒 ISD leaders announced in February that sixth-grade would be transitioning to 10 elementary schools that feed into Martin and Mendez middle schools. This transition would reduce the number of fifth graders who unenroll from SA国际传媒 ISD instead of attending those two middle schools.
- After the announcement, (66.41%) of sixth-grade families intend to stay enrolled at their elementary schools.
- Another 17.67% said they are transitioning to another AISD middle school.
- Before, on average, 40% of sixth-grade families from those schools went to Martin and Mendez middle schools.
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