Members 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS 

Note: Melissa Elias was not present. 

Celebrations  & Something Unique 

• Square: Three twin sisters / Nephew playing in Super Bowl 
• Walton: I am a dad / celebration she starting rolling over  
• Hernandez: Celebration is my daughter is a senior / Unique: Instead of giving my daughter a quinceanera she wanted to go to Paris, France  
• Huff: Celebration is my middle son turned 21 today/ unique I have had a lot of adversity to overcome and I've overcome it with endurance with no complaints  
• Dr. Saenz: Unique - I am the family mother of this school - it has been a very important part of my life since 18 months before it opened / my husband teaches there Mr. Saenz / celebration :  I sent a proposal to AACC and it was accepted - the conference is in New York  
• Daniels: I am going to stick with my usual, I won a baby pageant at a year and a half old. Celebration—Chinese New Year's is almost over and business can start shipping out again soon 

Daniels: I won a baby pageant at the tender age of 1.5yrs /  

 
Pauloski: I was talking to my son, a Bengal's fan, I told them our Principal's nephew is on the team. My son is a senior at TAMU and is about to graduate in a computer science degree. He already has a job lined up and contract signed. That's the difference between me and him. I spent much of his childhood as a single mom. I am so grateful that I see him flourishing. That's what's on my mind today.  

Marquina: I have a 14 month old daughter that's really cute. She's learning words, and sign language. She's trolling me. When I try to get her to say, "papa," she responds with "mama." I like to form relationships with my students and I try to joke with them and get under their skin. She's learning from me and just laughs about it.  

Rodriguez: I want to honor school counselor week. It's our first year with a counselor and it's been amazing working with her. I'm a lefty and I'm from San Antonio. I've been in Houston a decade so I think I can officially call myself a Houstonian.  
 
Herrera: I've been with EECHS a long time. I love coming to work every day. I love my coworkers. It's a blessing to know I can go to work every day and be happy.  

School Waivers for next school year: Alternate Start/End Times 

The purpose of this waiver is to request alternate Start/Dismissal times for East Early College High School. Our bell schedule is required to align with Institute of Higher Education (IHE partner), Houston Community College so our students may take advantage of college level courses during each class period. As an Early College High School it is imperative that our school hours align with the times that Houston Community College Classes offers at the Southeast Campus - Felix Fraga location. This allows our students to  take courses that count both toward their Associate Degree and their High School Diploma. East ECHS will begin at 7:50 and end at 3:30each day. Metric for success will be percentage of students taking dual credit and college coursework and decrease in number of students taking courses at other HCC campus. 

Vote for school waiver regarding start/dismissal time was unanimous in favor of continuing start/dismissal aligned with IHE partner (HCC) 

School Waivers for next school year:  

High School – Credits/Curriculum Health Combination of Classes 

The purpose of this waiver is to allow students to earn one‐half health credit required for graduation through the Biology 1 course by compositing health TEKS and aligning them with the biology TEKS. The biology teacher must also be certified in health. 

Integration of health TEKS must be documented in the course syllabus and submitted to Curriculum for approval; principals must monitor implementation to ensure health TEKS are taught. 

Schools that previously requested:   

KHSPVA 

Houston MSTC 

Energy Institute HS 

Lamar HS 

Eastwood Academy 

Principal Square explains why we are considering this waiver. Our previous KINE professor was an embedded instructor that recently retired. Since then, we have not had a consistent professor and last semester we saw a low success rate. Our goal is to get students to pass this high school graduation requirement prior to the 11th grade. Square will also ask Cantu, Porter, Leal to get certified in health.  
 
Dr. Pauloski mentions that biology teacher is working on STAAR material. She mentions that high school is one of the last opportunities for students to learn about mental, emotional, nutritional, etc. Elements of health. She worries that the important issues being taught in health class are going to be glossed over if we incorporate it into Biology course or if it's done via APEX.  

Vote: The vote in favor of the waiver was unanimous with several individuals expressing reservations. Many have expressed that they would prefer Leal and Porter to obtain certification.  

Graduation Requirements: LOTE 

New Language:  

Two credits 

The credits may be selected from the following: 

• any two levels in the same language; or 
• two credits in computer programming languages selected from Computer Science I, II, and III, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Computer Science A, IB Computer Science HL, or IB Computer Science SL.  

One credit in a foreign language and one credit in: Special Topics in Language& Culture, LOTE, or computer programming languages, if student is unlikely to be successful in 2nd year language. 

Current Challenges at East:  

• No LOTE teacher (we have had teachers try to get certified)  

A district shall allow a student who successfully completes AP Computer Science A or IB Computer Science Higher Level to satisfy both one advanced mathematics requirement and one languages other than English requirement for graduation. 

AP Computer Science A, MATH, LOTE  

A3580110 (MATH) (1 credit)  

A3580120 (LOTE) (1 credit) 

Click here to view secondary guidelines 

Square shared secondary guidelines linked above and detailed the changes this year. In the meeting, she emphasized the portion of text highlighted in red above. Issues on our campus are related that Speier is the only person credentialed to teach Spanish. Another issue is that on the college level, the class is a four credit hour course, which negatively affects students that rely on HISD transportation. It also potentially leads to scheduling conflicts with students needing a full load of college courses.  

Offering computer science as an LOTE allows them to get additional AP credit and one is a course we are already offering. We had already considered adding the second course to our schedule as well. Students can use this sequence of courses to satisfy LOTE requirement and potentially a fourth year math as well.  

Square displays sample college schedule that highlights how this would change the sequence of courses offered to sophomores. Student schedule can be found here: https://www.houstonisd.org/Page/173236 

Vote: Vote is unanimous in support of adding computer science sequence to our master schedule and using it as a method to satisfy LOTE.  
 

Graduation Requirements CPR 

§74.38. Requirements for Instruction in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). (a) A school district or an open-enrollment charter school shall provide instruction to students in Grades 7-12 in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The instruction: (1) may be provided as a part of any course; and (2) must be provided to each student at least once before graduation from high school. (b) CPR instruction must include training that has been developed: (1) by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross; or (2) using nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines for emergency cardiovascular care and incorporating psychomotor skills to support the instruction. (c) A school district or an open-enrollment charter school may use emergency medical technicians, paramedics, police officers, firefighters, representatives of the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross, teachers, other school employees, or other similarly qualified individuals to provide CPR instruction and training under this section. Except as specified in subsection (d) of this section, an instructor of this training is not required to be certified in CPR. (d) Instruction provided under this section is not required to result in certification by a student in CPR. If instruction is intended to result in certification in CPR, the course instructor must be authorized to provide the instruction by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or a similar nationally recognized association. (e) A school district or an open-enrollment charter school may waive the requirement under this section for a student, who due to a disability, is unable to complete the requirement. The determination regarding a student's ability to complete the CPR requirement will be made by: (1) the student's ARD committee if the student receives special education services under the Texas Education Code (TEC), Chapter 29, Subchapter A; or (2) the committee established for the student under Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 United States Code, §794) if the student does not receive special education services under the TEC, Chapter 29, Subchapter A, but is covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. (f) This section applies to any student who entered Grade 7 in the 2010-2011 school year and thereafter. Statutory Authority: The provisions of this §74.38 issued under the Texas Education Code, §28.0023. Source: The provisions of this §74.38 adopted to be effective August 25, 2014, 39 TexReg 5384. 

Subchapter C. Other Provisions 

We will be partnering this requirement with PE classes. We will need to capture CPR certification for students that transfer in with PE credit.   
 

Graduation Requirements SB30 

§74.39. Requirements for Instruction on Proper Interaction with Peace Officers. (a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school shall provide instruction in one or more courses to students in Grades 9-12 on proper interaction with peace officers during traffic stops and other in-person encounters. The required instruction: (1) may be provided as a part of any course or courses; and (2) must be provided to each student at least once before graduation from high school. (b) The instruction must include all of the following information: (1) the role of law enforcement and the duties and responsibilities of peace officers; §74.C. Other Provisions Page 18 March 2020 Update (2) a person's rights concerning interactions with peace officers; (3) proper behavior for civilians and peace officers during interactions; (4) laws regarding questioning and detention by peace officers, including any law requiring a person to present proof of identity to a peace officer, and the consequences for a person's or officer's failure to comply with those laws; and (5) how and where to file a complaint against or a compliment on behalf of a peace officer. (c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school shall use materials developed through a memorandum of understanding among the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, the State Board of Education, and the Texas Education Agency. (d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may tailor the instruction developed under this section as appropriate for the district's or school's community. In tailoring the instruction, the district or school shall solicit input from local law enforcement agencies, driver training schools, and the community. (e) In accordance with §74.5 of this title (relating to Academic Achievement Record (Transcript)), a school district or an open-enrollment charter school shall clearly indicate on the transcript or academic achievement record the year in which the instruction was provided to the student. (f) This section applies to any student who enters Grade 9 in the 2018-2019 school year and thereafter. Statutory Authority: The provisions of this §74.39 issued under the Texas Education Code, §§7.102, 28.012, and 28.025. Source: The provisions of this §74.39 adopted to be effective August 27, 2018, 43 TexReg 5523 

Subchapter C. Other Provisions 

We will be partnering this requirement with Ms. Vining/world history. We do this every year with the sophomores. Any junior or senior that missed it is invited to complete with sophomores.  

Graduation Requirements: Health 

Plan to request 3 teachers to seek certification to teach  

• Leal 
• Porter 
• Cantu 

One-half credit - Principles of Health Science (one credit)  

Graduation Requirements: FAFSA 

• FAFSA 
  • Beginning with students enrolled in Grade 12 during the 2021-2022 school year, each student in Grade 12 must complete and submit a free application for federal student aid (FAFSA) or a Texas application for state financial aid (TASFA) before graduating from high school 

Subchapter BB. Commissioner's Rules Concerning High School Graduation 

Class of 2022 

• We have a new College Readiness Advisor at East Early College High School - Emily Cortinas 

Snapshot of East Early’s college readiness benchmarks below 

Application activities are particularly strong with 88% of the class having completed application as of the 12-10 week. Several weeks have passed since the date of reported activities.  Copilot reflects that, as of January 11th, approximately 92% of the class have submitted applications to college. Kudos to Mr. Walton, Mr. Bradley and Ms. Soto (our former College Readiness Advisor)  

Similarly, financial aid activity has well surpassed December targets. The week of 12-10 reflects a 75% financial aid app submission rate but as of January 11th that number is closer to 88%.   

Please support senior fundraiser!!! www.HoustonISD.org/Classof2022  

We have a tentative graduation date for HISD but not for HCC 

ECHS Designation Application Update 

OBM will be used to determine campus designation status for 2022-2023, and thereafter. As such, all data provided are for information and planning purposes only. 

For admissions, the ECHS shall use either a performance-blind, open-access lottery system that encourages and considers applications from all students (all students have an equal opportunity for acceptance, regardless of background or academic performance) 

Our data for 2021-2022 designation year: 

• We anticipate our at risk this year (current 42.5) to rise to 45% (We require 44.3 to maintain designation assuming district number remains constant) 
• Years of designation: 16 
• Access: Do specific student groups have access to the program? Access OBM are based on the proportion of students at each campus within specific student groups (e.g., at-risk, or economically disadvantaged) compared to district rates. 

 Membership  / Projections 

• Current enrollment 
  • 9th 113 
  • 10th: 110 
  • 11th: 104 
  • 12th: 112 
• Projection 440 
  • 9th: 115 
  • 10th: 115 
  • 11th: 110 
  • 12th: 100 

We submit these projections to inform budget-making decisions. The district is switching from a more decentralized budgeting method to one that's more centralized and based on staffing. Square will provide additional details on this at the next SDMC, after the preliminary budget meetings.  

Plan for Incoming Students 

Next Steps 

1. Accept offered seat online through the HISD application portal. 
2. Sign the digital Early College Magnet Entrance Agreement.  Be sure to select “Early College” 
3. Upload proof of residency (deed, lease, electric bill, gas bill, or water bill) including parent/guardian name and the address listed on the application 

Tentative Dates  

• 4/2 Signing Day  / Registration Packet Pickup  9am-11am 
• 4/9 Registration Day (No HCC app) for incoming 9th only 8am-3pm 
• 4/23 Registration day (HCC app) for incoming 10th & 11th  - make up for 9th 8am-11am 
• 6/13-16 Summer Bridge  
  • Staffing 
• 6/20-23 TSI Testing  

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