Tonight, AISD trustees recognized 70 AISD schools that have earned a total of 205 distinction designations from the Texas Education Agency.
In 2014, 111 AISD schools achieved the state’s highest rating of Met Standard or Met Alternative Standard under the Texas State Accountability System. Campuses that achieved the rating of Met Standard were eligible for distinction designations based on high performance on indicators other than those used to determine accountability ratings.
The TEA awarded distinction designations in seven areas: Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science, Academic Achievement in Social Studies, Top 25 Percent: Student Progress, Top 25 Percent: Closing Performance Gaps, and Postsecondary Readiness. Seventy schools earned at least one distinction designation, 15 schools earned five or more, and nine schools earned every available distinction designation.
High Schools
Anderson
Principal Donna Houser
Distinction Designations: 6
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science, Academic Achievement in Social Studies
Ann Richards
Principal Jeanne Goka-Dubose
Distinction Designations: 6
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science, Academic Achievement in Social Studies
Austin
Principal Sandy Compian
Distinction Designations: 2
- Postsecondary Readiness, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts
Bowie
Principal Stephen Kane
Distinction Designations: 1
- Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps
Crockett
Principal Craig Shapiro
Distinction Designations: 1
- Academic Achievement in Science
Lanier
Interim Principal Ryan Hopkins
Distinction Designations: 2
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps
LASA
Principal Stacia Crescenzi
Distinction Designations: 6
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science, Academic Achievement in Social Studies
McCallum
Principal Michael Garrison
Distinction Designations: 5
- Postsecondary Readiness, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science, Academic Achievement in Social Studies
Rosedale
Principal Elizabeth Dickey
Distinction Designations: 1
- Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps
Middle Schools
Bailey
Principal John Rocha
Distinction Designations: 1
- Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps
Burnet
Principal Dora Molina
Distinction Designations: 2
- Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Social Studies
Covington
Principal Shannon Sellstrom
Distinction Designations: 2
- Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science
Fulmore
Principal Lisa Bush
Distinction Designations: 4
- Postsecondary Readiness, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science, Academic Achievement in Social Studies
Gorzycki
Principal Vickie Bauerle
Distinction Designations: 3
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Science
Kealing
Principal Robin Lowe
Distinction Designations: 6
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science, Academic Achievement in Social Studies
O. Henry
Principal Peter Price
Distinction Designations: 3
- Postsecondary Readiness, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science
Webb
Principal Raul Sanchez
Distinction Designations: 5
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science, Academic Achievement in Social Studies
Area 1 Elementary Schools
Baranoff
Principal Linda Purvis
Distinction Designations: 2
- Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Science
Barton Hills
Principal Kathryn Achtermann
Distinction Designations: 2
- Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science
Blazier
Principal Leti Pena-Wilk
Distinction Designations: 3
- Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Science
Boone
Principal Kathleen Noack
Distinction Designations: 2
- Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Science
Clayton
Principal Dru McGovern-Robinett
Distinction Designations: 5
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Cowan
Principal Deborah Warnken
Distinction Designations: 4
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science
Cunningham
Principal Amy Lloyd
Distinction Designations: 1
- Academic Achievement in Science
Dawson
Principal Tania Jedele
Distinction Designations: 4
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science
Galindo
Principal Kathleen Shaum
Distinction Designations: 1
- Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts
Houston
Principal Elia Diaz-Camarillo
Distinction Designations: 1
- Academic Achievement in Science
Joslin
Principal Jennifer Pace
Distinction Designations: 2
- Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps
Kiker
Principal Lori Schneider
Distinction Designations: 4
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts
Kocurek
Principal Heather Scholl
Distinction Designations: 1
- Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts
Mills
Principal Patricia Butler
Distinction Designations: 2
- Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Science
Oak Hill
Principal Cathryn Mitchell
Distinction Designations: 3
- Postsecondary Readiness, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science
Odom
Principal Sondra McWilliams
Distinction Designations: 1
- Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Ortega
Principal Jennifer Stephens
Distinction Designations: 3
- Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Pleasant Hill
Principal Sharon Lee Stoner
Distinction Designations: 2
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps
St. Elmo
Principal Adriana Gonzales
Distinction Designations: 5
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science
Sunset Valley
Principal Kimberly Placker
Distinction Designations: 2
- Postsecondary Readiness, Academic Achievement in Science
Travis Heights
Principal Lisa Robertson
Distinction Designations: 5
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science
Zavala
Principal Sean Fox
Distinction Designations: 4
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science
Zilker
Principal Randall Thomson
Distinction Designations: 6
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science
Area 2 Elementary Schools
Andrews
Principal Saleem Blevins
Distinction Designations: 1
- Academic Achievement in Science
Blackshear
Principal Betty Jenkins
Distinction Designations: 6
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science
Blanton
Principal Alma Valdez
Distinction Designations: 2
- Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Science
Brentwood
Principal Katherine Williams-Carter
Distinction Designations: 2
- Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science
Bryker Woods
Principal Jane Kronke
Distinction Designations: 3
- Postsecondary Readiness, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science
Casis
Principal Samuel Tinnon
Distinction Designations: 2
- Postsecondary Readiness, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts
Cook
Principal Wendy Mills
Distinction Designations: 3
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts
Davis
Principal Jennifer Daniels
Distinction Designations: 3
- Postsecondary Readiness, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science
Doss
Principal Janna Griffin
Distinction Designations: 3
- Postsecondary Readiness, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science
Graham
Principal Blaine Helwig
Distinction Designations: 6
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science
Guerrero Thompson
Principal La Kesha Drinks
Distinction Designations: 1
- Academic Achievement in Science
Gullett
Principal Janie Ruiz
Distinction Designations: 6
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science
Hart
Principal David Dean
Distinction Designations: 6
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science
Highland Park
Principal Katherine Pená
Distinction Designations: 3
- Postsecondary Readiness, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science
Hill
Principal Beth Ellis
Distinction Designations: 3
- Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science
Lee
Principal John Hewlett
Distinction Designations: 3
- Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science
Maplewood
Principal Vickie Jacobson
Distinction Designations: 1
- Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts
Mathews
Principal Grace Martino-Brewster
Distinction Designations: 3
- Postsecondary Readiness, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science
McBee
Principal Margarita De La Rosa
Distinction Designations: 4
- Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Science
Norman
Floretta Andrews
Distinction Designations: 2
- Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Academic Achievement in Science
Oak Springs
Principal Monica Woods
Distinction Designations: 3
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Science
Overton
Principal Courtney Colvin
Distinction Designations: 1
- Academic Achievement in Science
Pecan Springs
Principal Elaine McKinney
Distinction Designations: 1
- Academic Achievement in Science
Pickle
Interim Principal Claudia Santamaria
Distinction Designations: 1
- Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts
Pillow
Principal Tonya King
Distinction Designations: 4
- Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science
Reilly
Principal Dinorah Bores
Distinction Designations: 6
- Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25 percent: Student Progress, Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science
Summitt
Principal Dedra Standish
Distinction Designations: 2
- Top 25 percent: Closing Performance Gaps, Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts
Walnut Creek
Principal Paul Perez
Distinction Designations: 1
- Academic Achievement in Science
Winn
Principal Cynthia Gonzales
Distinction Designations: 1
- Academic Achievement in Science
Wooten
Principal Angelo San
Distinction Designations: 1
- Academic Achievement in Science