PISD%20High%20Schools:%20A%20Vision%20and%20Plan%20for%20the%20Future%20March%2022,%202012%20Board%20Presentation

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PISD High SchoolsA Vision and Planfor the
FutureMarch 22, 2012Board Presentation
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Focus of the Group Work

• To identify the most viable means for managing
  growth needs in PISD
• To consider expansion of educational
  opportunities to better meet students needs

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Refining our Vision

• Envisioning a high school system of services
  designed to meet the needs of current and future
  PISD students.

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Visioning A Collaborative Process

• Stakeholder Groups
• Parents and booster representatives
• Business and community representatives
• Elementary and secondary staff
• Spanish and Vietnamese speaking stakeholders
• Two group meetings
• Two combined meetings

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21st Century Student Outcomes
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Roles and Responsibilities

• Serve in an advisory capacity to the district
  leadership team
• Engage in productive dialogue
• Be objective and maintain a district level
  perspective
• Explore possibilities
• Represent your community
• Share information and gather feedback from
  friends, neighbors and business associates

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Protocol for Each Meeting

• Desired outcomes
• Roles and responsibilities
• Data review
• Reflective questioning
• Follow up questions

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Overview of First Meeting

• Growth projections
• Demographic data
• College readiness
• Graduate profile

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Graduate Profile

• Basic skills
• Strong work ethic
• Life long learner
• Critical thinker
• Integrity
• Communication

• Civic pride
• Respectful
• Self reliant
• Goal focused
• Apply learning

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Additional Information Requested

• List of questions generated by various groups
  shaped the second visioning meeting
• Facts and Figures handout addressed all inquiries

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Overview of Second Meeting

• PISD Class of 2010
• What did they plan to do?
• Where are they today?
• Explored options and examples
• Career center
• Magnet school
• School within a school
• Other ideas
• Clarification about educational programming

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Overview of First Combined Meeting

• Begin to move toward consensus on
• Managing growth
• Providing educational opportunities
• Preliminary preference

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Preliminary Choices

• First choice for managing growth?
• Comprehensive High School 38
• Redraw Boundaries to Balance 18
• Flexible Scheduling 8
• Remodel Existing Facilities 5

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Preliminary Choices

• First choice for providing educational
  opportunities?
• Career Center 36
• Dual Credit 13
• Expand/Develop Career Academies 11
• 9th Grade Academy 5
• Early College 2
• School of Choice 2

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Overview of Final Combined Meeting

• Reviewed preference choices from first combined
  meeting
• Considered three sample plans
• Developed from committee input and feedback
• Rank ordered the three sample plans

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Plan A
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Plan B
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Plan C
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Tabulation of Ranking of 3 Plans
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For Board Consideration

• PISD HS 4 construction funds in 2013 bond
  election
• Planning and design funds included in 2007 bond
  election
• CTE expansion funds in 2013 bond election
• PISD career center design funds in 2013 Bond
• PISD career center construction funds in future
  bond election (2016)

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Next Steps

• Further discussion at Board Workshop on April 4
• Conduct community forums
• April 3 and April 10
• Proposed action at April 19 Board Meeting
• Begin site selection, design and cost estimates
  for consideration by Citizens Bond Advisory
  Committee in Fall 2012