AGENDA - San Antonio Housing Authority

TRANSFORMATION PLANPhillis Wheatley Middle School• Implement an aligned, integrated K–12Science, Technology, Engineering andMath (STEM) instructional thread, groundedin service learning and real worldcontent applications in all EPN schools,creating a prepared student pipeline forSam Houston’s New Tech High magnetschool.• Expand the resources of SAISD’s successfulOver-age Student Program to allWheatley Middle School students who areolder than average.• Expand City Year absentee follow-up(day-of calls for all absent students,cabs for transportation) and mentoringprograms to all EPN schools. ExpandSAISD attendance incentive programs andtruancy prevention programs to all EPNSchools.• Increase parent-to-parent support andparents’ engagement in their children’seducation by extending the Family-School-Community Partnership to all sixEPN schools.Youth Graduate from High School CollegeandCareer-ReadyAt a time when postsecondary educationor training has increasingly become a mustfor young people, most students continueto leave our high schools unprepared topursue those options.Priority Services and Programs:• Expand partnership with local colleges anduniversities to encourage more on-campuscollege recruitment of EPN students.• Equip Career Readiness Lab at WheatleyMiddle School to supply career explorationopportunities and world of work informationto stimulate college and careergoals.• Ensure Wheatley Middle School studentsbenefit from in-school GEAR UP resourcesand services, which is a Department ofEducation-funded college readiness programthat starts with a 7th grade cohortand follows them through high schoolgraduation and into college.• Import the City of San Antonio’s CaféCollege resources, including Free Applicationfor Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)and TASFA (Texas Application for StateFinancial Aid, a tool for students who arenot eligible to complete FAFSA because ofcitizenship status) assistance, test prepclasses and scholarship information.Place FAFS/TAFSA enabled computers inall EPN school libraries and parent roomsto assist parents applying for financial aidfor their postsecondary-bound children.• Partner with SAHA’s Moving to Work Programto increase the number of WheatleyCourts young adults enrolled in collegeand/or career training.• Partner with EPN businesses and the artscommunity to provide apprenticeships,internships, STEM competitions andmentoring opportunities for middle/highschool students.• Expand adult education opportunitieswith wraparound services to disconnectedyouth, to re-engage them into themainstream academic system.• GED Programs. Despite the extensive listof strategies, some of our youth may failto graduate from high school. To ensurethey have access to the opportunities of aEASTSIDE CHOICE NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION PLAN37