June 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

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Board Policy CBB(Legal) states that the District shall provide evidence to TEA that a public meeting or hearing was held in a timely manner solely to seek public comment on the needs or uses of block grant funds received by the district. The District shall make available opportunities for public input as required by law or the granting agency. The ESSA Consolidated Federal Program is granted through the Texas Education Agency by an application process. The attached document provides additional details regarding the supplemental expenditures supported with this funding source. The School Improvement Federal Program supports the state’s goal to improve low-performing schools.

Description:  Annually, contracts are recommended and approved by the Superintendent. Previously the Board voted to
give the Superintendent the hiring authority over these employees.
? Chapter 21 of the Texas Education Code (TEC) requires specific full-time professional and administrative employees and
school nurses to be employed by a probationary or term contract. These contracts are often referred to as Chapter 21
contracts. The law mandates specific rights and administrative procedures for each type of Chapter 21 contract. term
contract employees' statutory due-process rights above and beyond that provided by the U.S. Constitution before
terminating, discharging, or non renewing those employees.
? A probationary contract is for one year only; it may be renewed for two additional one-year periods. Discharge can occur for
failure to meet the accepted standards of conduct for the profession. Board action is not appealable.
? A term contract may not exceed five school years. The discharge must be for reasons contained in the district policy. The
teacher/administrator is entitled to a school board hearing. The decision can be appealed.
? Non-Chapter 21 contracts are given to people in positions that do not require certification or are on a DOI exemption (Local
Certification)
? NSPIRE candidates - these people are not yet certified and are in our NSPIRE program and not subject to Chapter - 21 rules
and regulations.
Please see the following list attached for contract recommendations made by the Superintendent.

Description:  Consider approval of the End of Year Updates for District Improvement Plan, Shepherd Primary Campus Improvement Plan, Shepherd Intermediate Campus Improvement Plan, Shepherd Middle School Improvement Plan and the Shepherd High School Campus Improvement Plan.

Description:  BDB(LOCAL): BOARD INTERNAL ORGANIZATION - BOARD COMMITTEES

Description:  FDE(LOCAL): ADMISSIONS - SCHOOL SAFETY TRANSFERS

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The Optional Flexible School Day Program serves students who:

• Have dropped out or are at risk of dropping out of school
• Attend a campus that is implementing an innovative redesign of the campus as an early college high school under a plan approved by the commissioner; or
• As a result of attendance requirements will be denied credit for one or more classes in which the students have been enrolled
• To enable a school district to provide a program under this section that meets the needs of students described by Subsection (a), a school district that meets application requirements may:

  1. Provide flexibility in the number of hours each day a student attends;

  2. Provide flexibility in the number of days each week a student attends;

  3. Allow a student to enroll in less than or more than a full course load; or

  4. Allow a student to enroll in a dropout recovery program in which courses are conducted online

 

Applications are approved for a period of one (1) school year and continuation of the approval will be contingent on the demonstrated success.  Determination of success will include a review and analysis of data provided in the mandatory final progress report(s).

Upon acceptance and approval of the program, the Shepherd ISD Board of Managers must discuss the progress of the program before approving the program and applying to operate each year thereafter.

 

The Hope Academy began its inaugural year as an Optional Flexible School Day Program of Shepherd High School in the 2020-2021 school year. 

 

We at Hope Academy are committed to increasing our previous enrollment and graduation rate.  We have set our goal of recruiting and graduation at least 10 students during the 2025-2026 school year.