The Waco Independent School District board approved turnaround and targeted improvement plans for campuses identified under state accountability rules.

Carmen Logan, the district lead on school improvement, told the board the plans address campuses rated D or F for multiple years and are intended to drive rapid improvement through coherent instruction, leadership and capacity building. She listed schools slated for turnaround-plan requirements as GW Carver and Dean Hyland (middle schools) and Cesar Chavez, Parkdale and Kendrick (elementary schools). Additional campuses identified for targeted improvement included Waco High, Cedar Ridge, Crestview, J.H. Hines and Mountain View.

Logan said the district is using a systemwide improvement strategy that includes adoption of state-approved curriculum (she referenced a new math adoption, Bluebonnet Math, and aligned reading/language-arts materials), a district calendar meeting the 165-day instructional requirement, and a minimum expectation that campuses run at least one quality professional learning community (PLC) weekly. District principal supervisors, curriculum coordinators and partners from Instruction Partners and Region 12 will support implementation.

"We first look at what we were doing in curriculum," Logan said, describing district-level curriculum alignment work and coaching that will be applied to turnaround campuses. She said Instruction Partners is currently working with Dean Hyland and GW Carver on targeted classroom observations, PLC coaching and follow-up support.

Logan explained stakeholder engagement efforts: campuses posted notifications, held parent meetings and used ParentSquare to solicit feedback. She outlined the state timeline: board approval at the Oct. 30 meeting, district submission to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in mid-November and a TEA revision timeline that could require district responses in January and March 2026, with final TEA notices in April 2026.

After discussion, a trustee moved to approve the TAP and TIP plans; the motion was seconded and passed on a voice vote with no roll-call tally recorded in the minutes.