Lewisville Independent School District (LISD) students qualifying as “at-risk” of dropping out will once again have the opportunity to take night classes this upcoming school year.
The optional flexible school day program (OFSDP) was approved by the LISD board of trustees at a meeting on June 12, according to Community Impact.
Since the state-supported program was rolled out in the district in the fall of 2008, it has offered qualifying students the opportunity to take night courses at the Lewisville Learning Center.
It is an accelerated program for high schoolers (grades 9-12) between the ages of 16 and 23 to take classes Monday to Thursday from 2:05 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Classes run for 90 minutes each and treat the core subjects of history, math, writing, and science.
Students who attend these classes are sometimes those who have already dropped out of an LISD school, are in danger of doing so, or want to speed up their graduation date.
Night courses are funded by the state, which allocates funds based on the amount of time spent attending classes per eligible student.
The program’s ultimate aim is to increase the graduation rates among students by providing a flexible academic structure and more personalized support from teachers and counselors.
For the 2021-2022 school year, 96.6% of LISD seniors graduated within four years, according to the Texas Education Agency’s accountability report. It had a dropout rate of just 1%.
For comparison, at Dallas ISD, 81.1% of the graduating Class of 2022 earned a diploma on time, and the district logged a 4.5% dropout rate. This is just one example of its lackluster performance scores, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.
About 20 of Dallas ISD campuses participated in OFSDP in the 2021-2022 school year, and this number ticked up to around 22 last year.
Alongside approving evening courses to resume next year, LISD trustees approved a new district scorecard during its June 12 meeting. This will be used to gauge schools’ performances against established goals over the course of the 2023-2024 academic year.
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