Alief ISD Superintendent Dr. Anthony Mays on Innovation Campuses, Cell Phone Ban, and Future Plans

New School Year Initiatives

• 💡 Alief ISD is introducing innovation campuses for the 2025-2026 school year, offering expanded choices in STEM pathways and fine arts.
• 🎯 These programs provide a coherent K-12 sequence, allowing students to develop skills in areas like dance, piano, and choir from elementary through high school.
• 🔑 The district surveyed parents, including those who had left the district, to gather feedback for these new programmatic options.

Expanding Educational Choices

• 🚀 Alief ISD is preparing to open its first all-girls school in the 2026-2027 academic year, focusing on art, STEM, and business, supported by a $1 million investment.
• 🏫 This initiative aims to provide diverse educational environments and choices for students within the district.
• 🌟 The district has visited similar schools across Texas to inform the development of its own gender-based campus.

Addressing Enrollment and Competition

• 📈 The district's new programs and initiatives are partly a response to declining enrollment and competition from school vouchers and charter schools.
• 📊 Alief ISD has seen a slowing of enrollment loss and is focusing on marketing its existing robust opportunities to retain and attract students.
• ✅ The district believes its offerings are the best choice for families in the Alief area.

College and Career Readiness

• 📈 Alief ISD has significantly improved its college, career, and military readiness rates, projected to reach 83% from a previous 40%.
• 🛠️ Students can earn industry-based certificates in vocational programs like welding, preparing them for immediate employment upon graduation.
• 🎓 The district has also launched a