Williams High School 2011

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August 6, 2008

Welcome
Those attending were Sara Bonser, Cathy Galloway, Jim Hirsch, Mike
Collinsworth, Susan Modisette, Mary Hewett, Jim Wussow, Roxanne
Burleson, Karen McDonald and Jeff Bailey.

Charge to group

Ill. Williams High School 2011

A. Attendance zone/feeder patterns

B. Demographics

C. Facility/space

D. Programs Pre-lB, AP, Career & Technical Ed, Academics/Small

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Learning Communities, Visual Arts, ESL, Special Education, etc.

• Graphic Design
• Legal pathway
• Culinary Arts
• Banking
• Medical and Dental
• Visual Arts

E. “Pathways” specialized programs, STEM, technology, licensing,

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certifications
• State pathways

F. Continuum of programs 9-12 with Piano East Senior High

IV. Community Connectedness

A. Student and Family Services programs

B. Destination Graduation

C. CIS

D. Corporate partnerships
V. Discussion
• Programs are in Irving, Garland and Frisco ISD
• 13 Academies at Williams; core teachers assigned and special
ed assigned to each team
• May 2008 Red notebook; article ASCD
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VI. Next steps

• State Plan for Pathways Jim
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• Sara & Cathy will develop a list of programs offered at other

district academies.
• Cathy Galloway will check on waiver process and credits at the
Frisco program.
• Achieve Texas Pathways Mary Hewett
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• Sara Bonser Garland ISD Chamber of Commerce

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• Sara Bonser— Federal Grant

Campus Enrollment Free & Reduced

Williams HS 1843 34%

Bowman 954 64%

McCall 54%

Memorial 626 79%

Mendenhall 531 80%

Hickey 549 39%

Ba rro n

Armstrong 795 55%

Dooley 456 28%

Forman 574 72%

Meadows 612 81%

Murphy 1241 9%

Schell 570 12%

Miller 635 8%

Boggess 507 6%

Stinson 687 3%

Hunt 7%
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October 8, 2008

Jeff Bailey welcomed everyone to the meeting. Those attending included Cathy
Galloway, Jim Hirsch, Jim Wussow, Karen McDonald, Mary Hewett, Susan
Modisette, Sara Bonser, Mike Collinsworth, Roxanne Burleson and Margie
Grounds.

•. State plan for Pathways: Jim Hirsch

Jim provided several handouts including the SCCI (States’ Career Clusters
Initiative). The information included the vision, mission and goals. The state has
adopted the 16 career clusters which include the following:
1. Agriculture Food & Natural Resources
2. Architecture and Construction
3. Arts, AN, Technology and Communication
4. Business Management and Administration
5. Education and Training
6. Finance
7. Government and Public Administration
8. Health Science
9. Hospitality and Tourism
10. Human Services
11. Information Technology
12. Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
13. Manufacturing
14. Marketing
15. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
16.Transportation, Distribution and Logistics

This plan is designed to help students with their post-high school transition and to
make decisions about their future.

•:• Achieve Texas Pathways Mary Hewett

All of PISD’s Career and Technical Education courses are aligned in the 16
career clusters under one of the career paths. Mary provided a handout of the
courses that are available in each of the 16 clusters. She also provided a
handout showing the number of certifications by category received by PISD
students in 2007-08. Mary gave the group a sample copy of a career path in the
area of health science technology. The document shows the courses that a
student would take in grades 9-12 to complete the health science technology
program. Mary also has the same sample plans available in all of the other
career areas offered in PISD.
 •. Offerings at other district academies Cathy Galloway & Sara Bonser
Lewisville ISD and Frisco ISD are following the Achieve Texas model. Both
districts have been selected to be one of a handful of GO Centers in the state. A
GO Center is a college and career information center primarily located in high
schools that focus on creating a school-wide college-going culture and promotes
college awareness and accessibility. The GO Center serves as the primary point
of coordination between the Get-It-campaign efforts and the local communities.
Frisco ISD is not currently receiving any waivers but they are accessing some
loopholes in the career and technology areas. Can we see some sample class
schedules to see what courses they are taking? Yes. The group also asked if
we can find out if there are specific courses that can substitute for math and
science courses. They also want to know how many certification programs
Frisco offers.

Lewisville ISD currently has two centers. They do not hold any waivers towards
4 x 4. They serve grades 9-12 with students attending the Dale Jackson Career
Center (DJCC) half days and the other half at their home campus. They are on
the accelerated block schedule. The district supplies bus service from the
student’s home campus to DJCC. Students attending the Health Science
program must provide their own transportation from school to the assigned
medical rotation location.

Several districts including Lewisville, Carrollton and Garland offer a night school
program that students can attend for four hours per night rather than going to
regular day school.

Irving ISD Academy:

The Irving Academy is similar to the Frisco program using internships. Students
do have options to do something other than an internship.

Which programs are the students most interested in attending?

•‘ Garland ISD Partnership with the Chamber of Commerce:

Garland ISD currently has a partnership with the Chamber of Commerce which is
an economic development partnership that started with Richland College. They
work directly with the chamber of commerce and the school district. They are
offering some dual credit courses and some career and technology. Students do
their internship with businesses that participate in the program.

•• Federal Grants:
The smaller learning communities grant is gone, and we are not aware of any
other grants available.
PISD offers a large number of elective courses, but we probably need to develop
pathways for the various career areas. Mary said we will be surveying all of the
students later this semester about their career and educational pathways.

Williams High School will continue to serve the students in their feeder program.
Developing a career academy at WHS is also a possibility. Students would apply
to attend the program which will be open to all students in the district. Williams
will have the space available to house this type of program.

Collin College grow your own concept:

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Jeff met with officials from Collin College about this type of program. He will ask
Collin College to send some staff members to one of our future meetings and
speak to this group about their program. In Aug 2010, TWU, A&M Commerce
and UNT will start a partnership with Collin College to offer 4-year degree
programs for students. Our other high school senior high school campuses will
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continue as mainstream campuses. The career program will be a 9-12 program

with students taking their core courses at their home campus and the elective
classes at the Career Center.

Cathy Galloway would like to get input from counselors in our district on this
concept and see what career paths they recommend. Should we offer dual
credit?

•• Next meeting:
1. Jeff will invite officials from Collin College to come to a future
meeting.

2. Cathy Galloway will bring some information on things that our

counselors are currently doing with students that are enrolled or
interested in enrolling in career planning.

3. Mary will make sure the current programs are aligned with the 4 x
4.
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January 30, 2009

Jeff Bailey welcomed everyone to the meeting. Attending were Cathy

Galloway, Sara Bonser, Karen McDonald, Mike Collinsworth, Roxanne Burleson,
Susan Mod isette, Jim Wussow, Mary Hewett, Jeff Bailey and Margie Grounds.

The purpose of today’s meeting is to follow-up on the group’s visit to Collin

College on December 2, 2008. We need to discuss which programs might be
offered. Jeff would like to get some information on the school’s medical program.
No one from that department attended the December meeting.

Cathy Galloway said that the most popular career education pathways at
Frisco ISD are criminal justice (Collin College), health science (TWU) and
engineering, architecture and culinary arts (University of Houston). The students
in the engineering program move straight from Collin College to UTD. All of their
credits transfer with them.
Karen McDonald said the enrollment in the culinary arts program at PESH
is dwindling. The group discussed the fact that there are numerous degree
plans, certification programs and career pathways in this field. Possibly we
should consider other program options for this program.

Certification programs: Some feel that we should consider looking at

programs that will attract students into fields offering certifications. We currently
have a few programs that offer certifications such as the EMT program and
nursing program. Jim Wussow said there is a large network of curriculum for
career education-technical programs that we have not looked in to and feels that
we should.

Sara Bonser attended a meeting with Senator Shapiro earlier this week
where they discussed the new graduation programs. Apparently there are three
possible pathways being considered: math science; career and technology; and
arts and humanities. Sara feels that we need to get more information on how the
state will structure the career and technology program before we make any
decisions on our changes.

Karen McDonald said Senator Shapiro invited the PESH art team leader
to meet with her and her assistants regarding an art science program.
Apparently they are working on other options for students in this area.

Jeff said our next step is to identify the programs that will be offered at
Williams High School when the sixth 9-10 high school opens. Do we also want to
consider having specific programs at each senior high school? Possible
programs include:
 • lB Program (consider housing them at Williams and PESH. Both
campuses have the space)
• Medical Science program (Our current program is limited; consider
expanding it)
• Music, Art and Technology programs
• A Night School program for career education offerings
• Magnet schools or academies
• STEM and UTD: should we have a conversation about developing a
program?
• Concurrent classes
• Project Lead the Way (This program starts at middle school and has lots
of engineering path ways) Mary Hewett is looking at several possibilities in
this program.

Next Steps:

V Identify the current programs that are offered at each high school and
senior high school and the number of students enrolled.
V Determine which programs offer a certification option. Mary Hewett will
pull this information together for our next meeting.
V Determine whether we should bring UTD into the mix in conjunction with
Collin College.
V Have a conversation with Senator Shapiro about the possibilities and
changes being considered in the legislature.

We will schedule another meeting in late February or early March.

 Williams High School 2011
March 6, 2009

Jeff Bailey welcomed everyone to the meeting and said that we will focus
on possible plans for Williams HS during the high school realignment. We know
a lot more about the state legislature’s plans for the 4 by 4, and it appears we
may have more flexibility.

Jeff asked Cathy Galloway to bring some information today from Clear
Creek HS regarding their early college high school program to see if it might be
something we are interested in. The facility is located on the San Jacinto College
campus and has 300 students enrolled in the program. The students can choose
from any of the programs that San Jacinto College offers. Cathy said the profile
of the early college high school student is very similar to profile of our AVID
students. The Clear Creek program is sponsored by several premier businesses
in the Houston area.

Sara feels the early college high school program is interesting and would
attract a variety of students. Jeff has concerns about whether the program would
work for us since we don’t have a college that could house our students.

Cathy recommended taking a trip to Clear Creek to see the program and
determine whether it is something we are interested in. Several colleges and
school districts in our area are offering an early college high school program
including Richland College, Brookhaven, and UNT Dallas.
Jim Hirsch will follow up with officials from Richiand and Brookhaven and
get information on their early college high school programs and the
funding.

1. How do the colleges make their money by partnering with districts to offer
the early college high school program?
Cathy Galloway will follow up with Clear Creek on the early college high
school program and their funding.
2. Is it feasible to offer a 9-12 early college high school program and house it
at Williams High School or at Piano East Senior High?
Karen McDonald will look at the space arid see how many students it can
house.
3. Consider talking to Toni Jenkins at Collin College about using a wing at
one of their campuses to house an early college high school program.
What courses would we offer? What would the program look like?
Jeff will speak to Toni and invite her to attend our next meeting to discuss
our options.
 Jim Hirsch mentioned the new tech school in Coppell. It is a model that is
9-12 that brings courses together in non-traditional way. Should we make a trip
to Coppell to see their new tech school?

What about T-STEM? Jim & Susan check into that program and report
back at our next meeting.

Our next meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 3 at 9:00 a.m. in the Board
Library Room. Toni Jenkins from Collin College will join us to discuss the early
college high school program.
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April 14, 2009

Toni Jenkins and Brenda Kohl from Collin College joined our group today.
We will look at possibilities for a partnership with Coilin College and determine
whether the Early College High School program will fit at Piano East if we start
the program at Williams HS. We want a four-year program that will be open to
students across the district. Students would apply for admission. The program
would start at Williams in 2011 with a 9 th
grade class the first year, a 10
th
grade
class the second year and a third and fourth year class that moves the students
and program to Piano East. Jeff would like to get information about the early
college high school program. Toni brought some financial information for Jeff to
review. The college cannot charge the high school students tuition in the Early
College High School “ECHS” program. in 2013, students at Clark HS will be
rezoned to PSHS.

There are some concerns about 9

th
grade students taking college classes.
Can we create a college environment with a qualified faculty and a true college
curriculum? Career and Technology programs and STEM are viable options.

Jim Hirsch told the group that there are currently programs in Carrollton
Farmers-Branch and DISD. Cedar Valley College, Mountain View College and
Brookhaven College are also programs. The students in the program will
probably have @ 30 hours of college credit when they graduate from high school.
The students we are hoping to attract to the program are students that want to
accelerate as well as students that might not be candidates for college.

Berkner High School Program: Berkner has a School within a School; like
the Irving Academy.

Concerns: The perception that high school teachers are teaching high
school curriculum as well as college curriculum. Some programs have
professional development for the high school teachers at the college campus.
We want to build in some type of provision like that. They will have to have a
master’s degree in their discipline or master’s degree with 18 hours in the
discipiine.

Funding: The district would receive funding from ADA. The college would
receive contact hour reimbursement. Grants are also available for this program.
Bill and Melinda Gates are very active in working with these programs

Current ECHS Programs in the state: Information provided by Cathy

Galloway. Colleges get approximately 37% of their funding from the state. They
also have a lag time in receiving the funding. The funding is set for a three year
period and does not take into consideration the increased funding in years two
and three.

T-STEM program: Jim Wussow thinks that the period to start this program
has already passed. Additionally, there were several restrictions. Jim did not
see what course offerings were available for the current programs. He does not
think that T-Stem as a program does not offer the ability to create an academy
for your schools.

Would students be allowed to participate in extra-curricular activities at the

high school level? We believe they would be able to participate.
Dual credit opportunities are also a viable consideration.

Toni said they do not have the space to start a program on the Spring
Creek campus of Collin College. We would have to implement the program at
Williams HS and PESH.

Every year we lose a number of very bright students to the TAMS program
at UNT. We would like to provide an extra-curricular component for these ECHS
students in order to make the program attractive to the students.

Space at PESH: Karen McDonald feels they will have lots of space
available for this program. They can consider using one building for the ECHS
program.

Next Steps:
• Find out about the transfer vs. freshman entrance requirements.
• Look at the programs currently in place and see what is being offered and
how well the program is doing.
• The population of the program will need to be a mix of all students.
• What do we need to offer in 9 th
and 10
th
grade to attract students to the
program? How do we engage the kids in gth and 10 th
grade before they
move to the SHS campus?
• Offer some unique courses at gth and 10 th
grades to attract students into
the program.
• The program will offer some flexibility
• Find out about the transfer of credits and freshman entrance requirements
from the program to college. Toni & Brenda will look into this.
• Develop the selection process and criteria for the program
• Karen will look into UIL eligibility
• Location of the program (one campus or two)
• How will student textbooks be funded?
• Cathy will find out about grants and funding
Link to the T-STEM site is
http:/Iritter.tea.state.tx.usled initlsec/thsp/TSTEM Academies.html
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July 31, 2009

Attending the meeting were Danny Modisette, Mike Collinsworth, Roxanne

Burleson, Jim Wussow, Susan Modisette, Margie Grounds, Mary Hewett, and
Jim Hirsch

Williams High School is one of our largest 9-10 campuses. What are
some of the things that we want to accomplish at Williams High School by 2011?
- Change the demographics at the campus by attracting other
students. Decide whether we want to maintain the pre-IB program
4- Develop a program exclusive to Williams that will attract students to
the program.
Is there a way that we can create a small learning community at
Williams similar to a pre-IB academy that would develop a special
learning environment?

Mary Hewett brought some data that was discussed at our last meeting.
She feels that the program we develop needs to be for grades 9-12. We will
have to market whatever program we develop.

Possibilities include the following:

V The medical field
V Technology
V Forensic science
V Teaching
V Criminal justice
V Engineering

We would identify areas in these fields that are not currently being taught.
The programs could be designed to provide certifications, dual credit or college
credit. The concept of highly qualified teachers would really come into play if we
implement this concept.

Criteria for the programs might include the following:

To participate in one of these programs, the students would have to be a
part of the general population of Williams High School
> Develop and use an application process for student admission
> Develop a four-year proram
> Start the program with 9 h grade students the first year and add one class
each year there after
> Consider use of flexible scheduling for internships at times other than
during the school day [during the evening].
> Consider creating an electives magnate school. We can offer unique
electives that are exclusive to Williams and they will feed into these new
programs.
 Would the programming at WHS be career or theme oriented? We would
like to provide programs similar to the major studies programs that we had 25
years ago when the senior high school concept was developed. Mary suggested
implementing four new strands/programs at the 9 th
grade level in 2011.

In the past, our focus was on bringing students to Williams, not developing
a program. This will give us an opportunity to make high school more relevant to
our students. We can focus on four strands to develop these programs instead
of offering isolated courses. You might have one strand that is a general
program like we offer at the other schools. What number of students do you
have to have to create a strand?

Staffing:
It will be crucial to staff Williams with the right people; what will our level of
commitment be? Will we publicize this and attract teachers to the program?
Should we ask interested teachers to apply for the program?

We need to start the planning process one year in advance. Steps include
identifying the teachers and staff that will move to McMilIan High School. We can
also consider whether we want to open the hiring process at Williams using an
application. We will then need to relocate the current WHS teachers that do not
apply or that are not hired to other campuses. The district will have to have a full
commitment for the program to succeed.

Next steps:
Identify some additional people (principals etc.) to explore additional ideas
and develop work groups. We have plenty of time to develop a program like this.

Are there some partnerships that can help us develop the courses that will
make our students attractive to employers? Bring in some partners to identify
these areas.

Danny would like for the group to meet again in about one week.
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August 12, 2009

Attending the meeting were Danny Modisette, Mike Collinsworth, Roxanne

Burleson, Jim Wussow, Susan Modisette, Margie Grounds, Mary Hewett and Jim
Hirsch. Danny spoke to Doug about the thoughts and suggestions discussed at
our last meeting.

Thoughts, ideas and questions resulting from our last meeting:

4- They liked the areas of study that Mary suggested and the fact that all of
the programs have the option of granting a certification
Would the students that are zoned to Williams have the option of taking a
traditional path or would they have to enter into one of these programs in
order to attend Williams? One of the strands for the program might be
a regular course of study, but the school would probably be
restructured
4- Would there be a transfer process for Williams’ students? If so, how
would that work?
4- Would we have extra-curricular activities like football, cheerleaders, clubs
etc? Yes, we would.
4- Would students be able to move from one area of study into another
during the four year plan?

Danny sees us making dramatic changes at Williams HS. He feels that all
of the students attending would be enrolled in one of the three or four large areas
of study.

How will the programs be structured? One suggestion is to blend two or

three elements (courses) together into either a one or two class block. This
would free up some class time for students. Examples might include blending
math, history and English classes together. We can offer traditional and non
traditional electives to form a type of “career magnet school.” Think of this as
“core courses with expanded electives.”

Application process:
> Will students have to apply to the program? An application process
would show some level of student commitment
> If so, what would the process look like?
> How strict would the process be?
> What process will we use to select students if we have too many students
apply?
Other Thoughts and Questions:
4- What other resources and people do we need to include in the
development process?
4- Should we bring in expertise and outside sources that we do not have?
4- Should we set up one or two examples of a program?
4- Restructure how we offer and deliver core courses. (This would free up
time for electives)
4. Develop strands to apply for elective offerings understanding that there
will be some common type of electives
4- Provide more global descriptors of electives (look at the strands) i.e. law
and public service; education and social services.
4. Provide a program with an eye towards offerings that will attract students
across the district.
4- Identify higher education and business partners to assist with the program
4- Include Cathy Galloway in discussions to see if this would affect any of her
programs
4. Discuss the transition process from WHS to PESH combining students
from WHS and McMillan HS. It would be easy for McMilIan students to
opt in to the program. Can a student start the program in 1 li” grade?
4- Establish experiences that students can participate in and be part of i.e.
rotations, internships with business, as well as bring people in as part of
the program

Next Steps:
4 Create our own program and delivery model
4- Mary will create a model in one or two areas for the group to see
4- Bring in the principals to show them the concept
4- Enlarge the development team for the next step in planning (including
teachers)
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Danny asked to set up our next meeting the week of the September He
would like to invite the principals to attend that meeting.
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September 15, 2009

Attending the meeting today were Patty Meyer, Karen McDonald, Susan
Modisette, Jim Wussow, Roxanne Burleson, Margie Grounds, Jim Hirsch &
Danny Modisette. Discussion today will center on planning for Williams High
School when McMillan High School opens in the fall of 2011. We need to outline
our goals and discuss different strategies and implementation of the plan.

Goals
Based on previous discussions, what are our goals for Williams High School and
Piano East Senior High?
• Create unique learning opportunities that will be engaging to Williams High
School students and attractive to other Piano ISD students.
• This can be a “Value-add” for the East Cluster as the feeder realignment is
implemented
• Create an environment that will foster the introduction of new content
integration into programs, instructional practices and student ownership of
learning
• Create a 9-12 continuity for students and staff
• Consider:
1. Early college
2. Career pathways

Strategies
What strategies do we want to explore? What will entice students to become
part of a program that is different from the programming at the other campuses?
• Design strands of study
1. IBCC (international Baccalaureate Career Certificate)
• Research and design course/content integration
• Curriculum development
• Create time and opportunities in student schedules for participation in
strand courses.
• Transition planning: start at &lOth or start only at gth?
• Facility implications
• Staffing
• Professional development
• Students
1. Application process
2. Internships
3. Field studies
4. Lab school concept
 • Partners
1. Higher education
2. Business
3. Public sector
• Marketing
• Flexible scheduling

Next steps:

1. Schedule another meeting with the committee and ask Mary Hewett to
bring detailed information on program possibilities.
2. Begin working on the research, design and structure of the strands and
programs
3. Karen will continue gathering information on the IBCC program
 Williams High School 2011 Meeting
October 1, 2009

Attending today were Jim Hirsch, Mary Hewett, Sara Bonser, Karen
McDonald, Mike Collingsworth, Patty Meyer, Jim Wussow, Susan Modisette,
Cathy Galloway, Danny Modisette and Margie Grounds.

Looking back at the last meeting, what were some of the goals that we
discussed?
4- Will the feeder alignment pattern have any affect on the plan for
Williams High School? Possibly. Changes to the feeder school
alignment are currently being discussed by the feeder alignment
committee. The committee will gather all of the information including
input from the community and make a recommendation to the Board of
Trustees. The Board will outline their criteria at the October 20 Board
Meeting. We anticipate the Board will make a decision sometime in
November.
4- One of our goals is to develop a program at Williams High School that
will be comprehensive, attractive and competitive to all PISD students.
4- The possibilities for Williams High School extend to all ends of the
spectrum including:
#1 Develop a standard high school program at Williams High
School for the general population then have a separate “academy”
where a different program resides.
#2 Create a new program developed specifically for the students in
the Williams High School feeder which will focus on all of the students.
How will the program work when the Williams High School
students move to Piano East? The McMillen students will be on
the standard program and the Williams High School students will
be on the academy program? Karen McDonald feels that Piano East
Senior High can accommodate both the standard program and the
academy.

Possibilities:
4- Develop several large areas of study that might include the following:
1. Medical field programs that are not being taught at other campuses
in the district
2. Teaching major studies
3. Technology programs and sub fields that are not being taught at
other campuses in the district
4. Forensic science and criminal justice programs. (This will have to
be a 9-12 program)
 The selection of teachers for the academy will be different; marketing of
the program will be very important.
Basic high school classes will be included along with dual credit. We will
want to provide on the job training and internships. Community partners for field
experiences will also be a big part of this program.
We will redesign how instruction is delivered in order to free up time for
the classes that focus on the student’s area of specialization. We also anticipate
continuing the lB program at grades 11 and 12. We will not provide the
structured pre-lB program at grades 9 and 10 since our students are currently
receiving that instruction at all of our 9-10 schools.
Williams will be a boundary school and will have a full selection of extra
curricular activities, club, organizations and campus life.

Strategies:
• Research some existing programs rather than building everything from the
ground up.
• Should the Williams program be an application based program? Decide if
we need an application process and what it will be used for. Some see
the application process as an expression of interest or a commitment to
the program.
Definitions and strands of the program; what do we want to include?
• Is there a model that offers three courses in a two-hour block of time?
Would compacted courses be something to consider? Explore ways to
search and find this type of model.
• Consider use of some on-line courses that could be taken during the day.
Develop an on-line dimension to a course that will compact the course.
Should we consider doing this in grades 9-12? Can we put together
some sample schedules to see how much time we will need to compact?
• Include opportunities for students that struggle and may need additional
time
• Make sure we include teacher certification in the mix

We have a lot of work ahead of us. How can we expand this group (to include
teachers, coordinators and others) and at what stage do we engage them to look
at the plan?
1. Identify the initiatives that we want to pursue.
2. Find ways to compact classes and use on-line classes
3. Focus on the strands; how do we assess what those will be?
4. What will the decision making process look like?
5. Identify possible partners (Collin College; Medical Center Piano,
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Texas Instruments)
6. Look at the listing of curricular and non-curricular clubs and
organizations to see what areas our students are interested in.
Organize our Avenues
• Consider Corporate, Municipal and higher educational partners
• Develop a concept document put together our thoughts, capture them in
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written form
[Danny asked that Karen McDonald, Sarah Bonser, Cathy Galloway,
Susan Modisette and Jim Wussow work together on the concept
document]
• Next identify the strands (Achieve Texas has some good programs)
• Next develop a team to look at the strands

Other issues to discuss:

4- Transportation for students to travel to their internships or bring the
interns to the campus.
4- Identify the types of jobs that will be needed in the future. The
Texas Workforce Commission has done some studies on this.
4 Is the Piano Chamber of Commerce a possible source of
information?