Community Reports

2024 Community Report

2023-24 Community Report


2023-2024 Community Report in Written Text

Mission

  • TCAPS educates, inspires, and supports all learners to maximize individual excellence and success.

Vision 

  • An educational community providing opportunities and resources to relentlessly support all learners in achieving their full potential.

District Overview

  • Total Staff: 1,556

  • TCAPS Enrollment:

    • Elementary: 3,761

    • Middle School: 1,954

    • High School: 2,909

  • 16 Schools: 11 elementary, two middle schools and three high schools

Curriculum & Instruction

  • UpNorth Virtual On Demand courses offered with regular mentoring by TCAPS teachers, for on demand students

  • 13 K-8 Instructional Coaches supported teachers across all elementary and middle schools 

  • Investments in curriculum include: secondary health & physical education,  bullying and prevention for elementary, AP social studies, middle school mathematics, and elementary language arts

  • Summer Learning: Over 200 elementary students participated in a six week,  face-to-face learning program; high school summer academy expanded to offer free credit recovery via a new digital  platform called Acellus

  • Central High (CHS) & West Senior High School (WSH) ranked among the nation’s Best High Schools by U.S. News & World Report

  • 13 additional mental health practitioners hired to improve accessibility to services for all students

Technology

  • Full 1:1 Chromebook access for K-12 students
  • Hotspots provided to families without internet service to create online academic equity
  • TCAPS Tech Support had 11,580 help desk calls from staff
    • Staff submitted 5,028 support tickets
  • 2.2 million logins via ClassLink cloud and 4.8 million app launches

Finance & Operations

  • Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for the 19th consecutive year
  • Seven classrooms of Great Start Readiness Program 

Completed Capital Projects include:
 

  • District-wide HVAC and Plumbing Improvements 
  • District-wide Facility Assessments and Pre-bond Planning
  • Print Shop Relocation to Sabin Data Center
  • Traverse Heights Secure Entry/ISD Addition and Walk-in Freezer
  • Transportation Bus Lot Paving and Bus Wash
  • West Middle School Site Lighting
  • TCAPS Montessori Complete and Open for 23/24 School Year
  • WSH Weight Room Expansion
  • West Athletic Fields
  • Innovation and Manufacturing Centers at WSH and CHS
  • Classroom Renovations at East Middle School
  • Northwest Education Services Expansion at CHS and Oak Park
  • Synthetic Turf Conversion/Band Towers at CHS and WSH
  • Tennis Court Upgrades at CHS and WSH

Student Support

  • Nearly 40% of families qualified for free and reduced meals
  • $23,000 received in donations to the Student Support Network
  • Outreach efforts included a holiday shop, a spring pop-up shop, and TCAPS Sunshine Bus 
  • The installation of caring closets and laundry facilities in all buildings, district-wide

Prepared for What Comes Next

  • TRANE performance management across the district
  • Bleacher upgrades at East Middle School, Blair, Courtade, Silver Lake, and Westwoods 
  • Locker upgrades at Blair and Courtade
  • Classroom and cafeteria addition at Traverse Heights
  • Circulation/parking/traffic light alignment at WSH, along with track/tennis ticket booth and restroom renovations in the commons
  • Gym renovations, main office relocation, and wrestling room renovations at CHS
  • Renovations for elementary music facilities
  • Renovations to Sabin to create  TCAPS Administration, Technology, and Data Center
  • Renovations to Central Grade School

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