The Frisco ISD board of trustees approved a resolution during Monday’s board meeting calling on the Texas Legislature to repeal the accountability system that utilizes A-F grades for school districts and campuses. The board first presented the resolution in January after the preliminary A-F ratings were released by the Texas Education Agency. However it decided to table the vote for further discussion. This is the first time the TEA’s A-F rating system has been used, and many school districts across Texas have expressed concern about the new system. FISD is one of more than 500 school districts to have approved a resolution asking the Legislature to repeal the system, FISD Superintendent Jeremy Lyon said. Lyon said the commissioner of education acknowledges the flaws in the system, and there are a select few who can explain how districts are graded within each domain in the system. For further explanation on the A-F rating system, click here. “The sought-after transparency is not there, and our commissioner would be the first to acknowledge that as he continues to try to find solutions,” Lyon said. Trustee Debbie Gillespie said the biggest complaint about the system is that it is still too complicated for parents to comprehend. Gillespie said the resolution is asking the Legislature to develop a community-based accountability system that empowers school districts to design their own internal systems of assessment and accountability.