The month of October brought some great opportunities for community, student and parent engagement. We celebrated homecoming, held various campus fall festivals and learned about fire safety amid our normal classroom learning. The Lancaster ISD Communications Department released a new quarterly digital and printed publication titled, We Believe that will share the great happenings in Lancaster ISD. Additionally, Superintendent of Schools Elijah Granger shared the state of Lancaster ISD Schools with the business community.

Lancaster ISD wants to take recognizing teacher excellence a step further. During the Fall Convocation, 40 teachers were inducted as the inaugural Class of 2018 All-STAARS. These educators had outstanding student performance on the most recent State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) with a student pass rate of 80% or above.

The 2018 accountability scores were calculated from tests students took in December, March and May of the 2017-2018 school year. The district received 30 TEA Academic Distinctions—more than any school district or charter school in the Best Southwest area. Every Lancaster ISD school received an academic distinction with seven of the nine rated campuses receiving two or more distinctions.