Community Collaboration Helps Close Achievement Gap for Title I Campus
果冻传媒app, TX鈥擳exas Education Agency Commissioner Michael Williams and 果冻传媒app Independent School District Superintendent Meria Carstarphen will tour Dobie Middle School鈥檚 nationally recognized Advancement via Individual Determination program, which helps close the achievement gap by preparing students for the rigors of college and success in a global society.
Who: TEA Commissioner Williams, Superintendent Carstarphen, AVID Executive Director Jim Nelson and Dobie students
What: Tour of nationally recognized AVID Program, including visits to library, classrooms and tutoring session
When: 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22
Where: Dobie Middle School, 1200 E. Rundberg Lane
Background: AISD has offered AVID for the past decade and the program has expanded during the past three years. At Dobie, the program serves about 250 students in an elective class that meets five times each week. Since its inception, Dobie鈥檚 program has grown from two to 11 classes and from serving 5 percent of students to more than 30. AVID鈥檚 enrollment mirrors Dobie鈥檚 student population: 82.8 percent are Latino, 11.8 percent are African American and 5.4 percent comprise other ethnicities.
Dobie is a Title I school, where 97.5 percent of students receive free or reduced price lunch.
Last year, Dobie was selected as a national demonstration school for meeting鈥攚ith high proficiency鈥攖he essential elements to preparing student for college, from tutoring protocols to rigorous requirements for university enrollment.