Tootin' My Own Horn

Before Gavin was born, I completed an application for the Academy program I run at work. This week, the Texas Commissioner of Education recognized the program as an exceptional use of the state's High School Allotment Funding. At the time I wrote the application, for the students enrolled in the program earned 88% of the credits they were working toward versus 68% prior to being enrolled in the program. While I'd like to see 100%, I'll take the increase. Additionally, student attendance rates increased 10% over the previous school year. While I've been on maternity leave, students have continued to be enrolled in the program under the direction of a lead teacher and the counselors. I can't wait to do my year-end numbers for the second year; I know good things are happening for these kids.

You can read the district's press release here.

You can read the state's press release here.

Much of the wording in the press releases is taken verbatim from the application I submitted.