Overview
- Third Future Schools, which won a 5-1 vote from Edgewood trustees Tuesday, will run Brentwood Middle School starting next academic year.
- Following Monday’s 5-2 San Antonio ISD vote, the network founded by Mike Miles will also run Tafolla Middle plus Ogden and Hirsch elementaries using a test-driven turnaround playbook.
- The SB 1882 partnerships bring extra state funding and a two-year reprieve from Texas Education Agency action that can include closing a campus or replacing district leadership after years of low ratings.
- All four campuses logged three straight “unacceptable” TEA ratings based largely on STAAR exam results, and Brentwood serves about 600 students with roughly 90% classified as economically disadvantaged.
- Community speakers and one Edgewood trustee criticized a rushed, opaque process and warned about teacher placements and fewer traditional electives, while the operator pledged local outreach and said sports would run if enough students form teams.