Lever IV: Culture of Accountability
4.1 Foster a welcoming and safe environment where all students, families, staff, and community members feel supported.
Key Target 4.1.1 Increase student attendance rate from 89% to 94%. [Supt. Eval 4.1]
Status: Watch
2022 Baseline | 2025 Target | 2024-25 (Jan.) Progress |
|---|---|---|
89% | 94% | EPISD had a 90.83% attendance rate at the conclusion of 2024 |
Key Target 4.1.2 Increase level of accountability by ensuring 100% of schools offer all required community events over a three-year period. [Supt. Eval 4.2]
Status: Met
2022 Baseline | 2025 Target | 2024-25 (Jan.) Progress |
|---|---|---|
71% | 100% | EPISD had 100% of schools offer required community events in 2023-24 |
4.2 Ensure effective two-way communication with families, students, and community.
Key Target 4.2.1 Implement a two-way communication plan designed to increase the number and quality of opportunities to engage, inform, train, and gather input from family and community stakeholders as measured on Thought Exchange (3 times per year with 40% response rate) and Let's Talk Platform (customer satisfaction rating from 7.8 to 9 and response rate from 10.5 days to 3 days)
Status: On Track
2022 Baseline | 2025 Target | 2024-25 (Jan.) Progress |
|---|---|---|
Thought Exchange: (baseline) Let's Talk: (7.8 rate 10.5 days) | Thought Exchange: (baseline) Let's Talk: (9.0 rate 3 days) | Let's Talk: 7.0 Cx Score |
4.3 Continue to be an accountable entity that is fiscally responsible, efficient in its use of resources, and strives for transparency with public-facing information.
Key Target 4.3.1 Increase the annual percentage of entitlement program expenditures (i.e., Title I Part A: Improving Basic Programs, Title I Part C: Migrant, Title I Part D, Subpart 2: Delinquent Programs, Title II Part A: Supporting Effective Instruction, Title III Part A: ELA, and Title IV Part A, Subpart 1). [Supt. Eval 4.3]
Status: Watch
2022 Baseline | 2025 Target | 2024-25 (Jan.) Progress |
|---|---|---|
NA | 90% | EPISD utilized 72% of Title I, 75% of Title II, 43% of Title III, and 61% of Title IV funds by June of 2024 |
Key Target 4.3.2 Increase the annual percentage of state allotment expenditures for special programs (Bilingual and State Compensatory Education). [Supt. Eval 4.4]
Status: Watch
2022 Baseline | 2025 Target | 2024-25 (Jan.) Progress |
|---|---|---|
65% | 95% | EPISD utilized 97% of State Compensatory Education (SCE) and 94% of Bilingual Allotment by June of 2024 |
Key Target 4.3.3 Maintain a healthy unassigned general fund balance. [Supt. Eval 4.5]
Status: On Track
2022 Baseline | 2025 Target | 2024-25 (Jan.) Progress |
|---|---|---|
89 days | 76 days | EPISD had 81 days in the unassigned general fund balance at the end of 2023-24 |