Board reviews Lone Star governance measures, schedules community input on guardrails
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Trustees reviewed proposed goal progress measures (GPMs) tied to Lone Star governance and approved timelines for community outreach; a committee recommended holding town halls and webinars before adopting superintendent and board guardrails.
The Del Valle ISD Board reviewed draft goal progress measures tied to Lone Star governance and discussed a timetable for community engagement Wednesday as trustees and staff seek public feedback on proposed board and superintendent guardrails.
Mark Cantu, superintendent of governance and education services, told the board the GPMs are “smaller targets” that will indicate whether the district is on track to meet its five-year student outcome goals. He said the administration will present the GPMs for board approval at the Oct. 21 meeting and then provide monthly updates tied to each measure.
Cantu highlighted proposed targets such as raising third-grade STAR reading and math proficiency and increasing college, career and military readiness (CCMR). He described GPMs for kindergarten through third grade using MAP fluency measures and said the district expects to report these monthly.
Trustees described a Lone Star Governance (LSG) committee timeline: the committee proposed completing community input before Thanksgiving and returning for board action in mid-December. Trustee Jason Sierra and committee members said community outreach will include in-person town halls, a webinar or recorded “in-depth” presentation, and multilingual access. Trustee Sierra emphasized broader outreach and recommended a podcast/webinar to explain guardrails and their context.
Board members discussed translation and interpretation needs for community sessions. The committee plans to use district bilingual interpreters and translated materials and to provide recordings for later viewing. Trustees agreed the GPMs (the numeric measures) are time-sensitive and on the Oct. 21 agenda, while the guardrails themselves should await community feedback and committee consolidation before adoption.
No vote was taken Wednesday on guardrails; trustees requested a publicly posted schedule of community sessions and promised to avoid quorum issues by routing comments to the committee rather than editing the shared working documents directly.