Six weeks after the start of school, campus principals sat down with the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD board of trustees and laid out their priorities for the coming year.

The overview

District officials reviewed improvement plans for all 21 GCISD schools during a Sept. 23 meeting. Campus improvement plans are required by the Texas Education Code. They outline a plan for improving student performance each year, according to the meeting agenda.

Each campus’s improvement plan is completed by its principal and a Campus Excellence Committee composed of staff, parents and community members. The plan includes a list of identified strengths, areas of needed improvement and key strategic actions for the 2024-25 school year.

In building the plans, officials review data specific to each campus, and they use the information to make action plans in accordance with district priorities, Chief Academic Officer Shiela Shiver said.


“This is where we really see our priority scorecard report come to life,” Shiver said.

At a glance

Presentation of the plans was split up into three different groups based on which priorities the schools were focused on in the coming year. Four priorities were represented:
  • Priority 1: student achievement and post-secondary readiness
  • Priority 2: faculty and staff recruitment, retention and capacity building
  • Priority 3: parents, families and community satisfaction and engagement
  • Priority 4: strong financial stewardship and internal system efficiency
GCISD residents can find a slideshow presentation with accompanying documents that break down each campus’s priorities on the meeting agenda.

Breaking it down


Group 1
  • Priorities 1 and 2
  • Colleyville Elementary School, Grapevine Elementary School, Glenhope Elementary School, Timberline Elementary School, Grapevine Middle School, Colleyville Heritage High School
Group 2
  • Priorities 1 and 3
  • Bransford Elementary School, Cannon Elementary School, OC Taylor Elementary School, Cross Timbers Middle School, Heritage Middle School, Collegiate Academy, iUniversity Prep
Group 3
  • Priorities 1 and 4
  • Bear Creek Elementary School, Dove Elementary School, Heritage Elementary School, Silver Lake Elementary School, Colleyville Middle School, Grapevine High School, Bridges and Vista
A closer look

Each campus highlighted key strategic actions in accordance with one of the selected priorities for the upcoming year. Actions highlighted include further implementation of i-Ready, improving math instruction indicators and improving college readiness indicators.

Officials are also prioritizing efficient operations and community engagement for all GCISD campuses in the coming year, according to the presentation.

Officials plan to send surveys after the first nine weeks and at the end of school to gather feedback from families. The results will be used to establish a satisfaction baseline by June 2025 through the survey results, according to the staff report.