Struggling South Texas school district meets academic goals
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A struggling South Texas school district that cut its sports programs in 2012 to focus on academics has met academic standards for the first time since 2011.
State accountability ratings made available to districts Friday show the Premont Independent School District has met academic standards districtwide, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times (http://bit.ly/2bqhxzF ) reported.
The district, in a rural farming community about 70 miles southwest of Corpus Christi, overcame financial struggles but student academic performance was not up to par.
If the district had received poor preliminary academic or financial ratings, a board of managers would have been appointed, suspending the powers and duties of elected trustees for the appointment period.