Tuloso-Midway ISD breaks ground on new career and tech center<\/a><\/p>\nThe Corpus Christi Independent School District campus recently improved its Texas Education Agency rating from an F to a B, marking a dramatic turnaround years in the making. The achievement also means CCISD now has no campuses rated \u201cF\u201d for the first time since 2023.<\/p>\n
Principal Danny Noyola said the improvement has been a long-term goal since the school\u2019s consolidation with Cullen Middle School in the 2018\u20132019 academic year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m living the dream,\u201d Noyola said. \u201cTo see the success of students, teachers, community, and parents all together, it doesn\u2019t get any better than that.”<\/p>\n
The road to recovery wasn\u2019t easy. Haas Middle School began its improvement journey in 2019 after receiving an \u201cF\u201d rating and a targeted improvement plan from the TEA. Just as the school began showing progress, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted learning across Texas and halted STAAR testing, setting efforts back.<\/p>\n
Still, Noyola said the team stayed focused on their goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnytime two schools combine, we tend to see an academic dip,\u201d he said. \u201cAfter the consolidation, Haas was the only \u2018F\u2019 campus in the district, which can have huge ramifications on morale for students, teachers, and the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Teacher Debra Gonzalez, who has been with Haas since it first opened as a middle school, said renewed collaboration and parent involvement have made a visible difference.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been nice to see more parental involvement,\u201d Gonzalez said. \u201cThere was a time when we didn\u2019t even have a PTA. Now, with our daily team meetings and instructional support, we\u2019re all working together toward the same goal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Noyola said the school\u2019s next challenge is improving student attendance. He and his staff are partnering with Haas\u2019 feeder elementary and high schools to build on the progress and strengthen the district\u2019s academic pipeline.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal isn\u2019t just to be successful for one year,\u201d Noyola said. \u201cIt\u2019s to continue that momentum for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once rated an F, Haas Middle School is now a model of growth, earning a B from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-47252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}