Greetings Falcons! As we enter the fourth week of the 2023-2024 school year, we want to provide our community with important information about the Texas Education Agency (TEA) Accountability system. Starting in 2018, TEA has rated school districts across Texas using an A-F classification system. Last year, Royal ISD received a “B” rating. Following an overhaul of the accountability system school districts across Texas, including RISD, are now bracing for a declining state-assessed letter grades, […]
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Texas A&M System Expands Access to High-Quality Pre-K
Three-year-olds and four-year olds across Texas soon will have better access to high-quality, pre-kindergarten education, thanks to a new partnership between the Texas Education Agency and The Texas A&M University System. “Kids who start elementary school knowing how to write their own names and count to ten, start ready to succeed,” said John Sharp, chancellor of The Texas A&M University System. “And everyone knows that successful kids in Texas wind up attending Texas A&M University […]
Katy ISD Bond Committee Hones in on Specific Topics and Projects
During their third meeting together, the Katy ISD Community Bond Advisory Committee (CBAC) continued to vet campus and facility projects, this time utilizing much of their time closely examining topics they identified as needing more information about in order to make an informed decision about a future schools bond. The committee selected topics included ballot language, the District’s financial capacity and future tax rate, campus renovations, and instructional technology — including a one-to-one districtwide student […]
Harmony Public Schools teachers to receive additional salary through TEA’s Teacher Incentive Allotment
The Texas Education Agency has announced that Harmony Public Schools is eligible this cycle for the Teacher Incentive Allotment, a special fund created to reward the state’s highest-performing teachers. The recognition means that hundreds of Harmony teachers across the state will receive up to $22,000 in additional salary starting this fall. The Texas Legislature created the Teacher Incentive Allotment in 2019 as part of the state’s new education bill, known as HB3. The primary purpose of HB3 was to provide […]
Katy ISD Public Notice and Opportunity to Comment on the Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan and Use of Funds Plan
Texas Education Agency (TEA) has allocated Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds in response to the Covid-19 pandemic for the 2021-2024 school years to Katy ISD. Katy ISD continues to review both plans semi-annually with an opportunity for stakeholders to give feedback. Katy ISD is currently requesting stakeholder feedback to assess the district’s updated Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan and Use of Funds Plan. Stakeholders are invited to give […]
Katy ISD Earns an “A” in the 2022 TEA Accountability Rating System
It’s report card time for school districts across the State of Texas, and Katy ISD has earned an overall A rating (91) from the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) A-F Accountability Rating System. Out of more than 1,000 school districts in Texas, Katy ISD was one of 396 districts and the second largest school district in Texas to receive the “A” rating. Additionally, Katy ISD campuses also received letter grades that include: 37 campuses earned an […]
Harmony Public Schools South & West Texas Districts Earn “A” Rating in New TEA Accountability Ratings
Harmony Public Schools Houston South and West Districts has earned an “A” in the Texas Education Agency’s first accountability ratings since the COVID pandemic began. All six schools in Harmony Public Schools Houston West District earned an “A” rating. Three out of six campuses in Harmony Public Schools Houston South District received an “A” rating while the other three campuses earned a “B” rating. “These results showcase the hard work and dedication of every educator in […]
Summer seminar spotlights school gardens
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension will present a mid-summer conference on “Cultivating School Gardens” for educators to prepare youth for healthy learning. The effort works as illustrated by an elementary school in Katy that has been providing students a hands-on gardening experience for eight years. Stacy Slater, Stephens Elementary School science teacher, said “Students are getting gardening experience and taking that home to their families. Several students have shared that they have started their own garden […]
Niche rankings of Fort Bend County’s Best Charter Schools for 2022 dominated by Harmony Public Schools campuses
The rankings are in and once again Harmony Public Schools has dominated Niche’s annual rankings of the Best Charter Schools in Fort Bend County. The STEM-focused public charter school system had all five schools in Fort Bend County rank #1 or #2 of their respective categories by Niche for 2022. Each of these schools received an “A” Grade from Niche, which lauded the schools for their low student-to-staff ratio, academic achievement, college preparation and student body diversity. Harmony […]
Katy ISD Earns TEA’s Highest Fiscal Accountability Rating
Katy Independent School District has once again received a rating of “A” for “Superior Achievement” under the Texas Schools FIRST (Financial Accountability Rating System of Texas). This is the highest rating possible as established under guidelines and rules created by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). The “Superior Achievement” demonstrates the quality of Katy ISD’s financial management and reporting system. This year the District passed all the critical indicators and received all 100 points as part […]