Special Message From the Superintendent to Staff

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Dear Aldine Team,

Welcome to the 2025-2026 school year! Whether you’ve already returned — like our incredible ADSY (Additional Days School Year) and ACE campuses — or are preparing to welcome students on Monday, I want you to know how excited I am to see students and staff back in our schools learning.

This year is significant: 2025 marks Aldine ISD’s 90th anniversary as an independent school district. For nearly a century, Aldine has stood as a place of opportunity, resilience, and community. We honor the legacy of those who came before us — the educators, leaders, and community members who laid a strong foundation for our students and schools.

While we honor the past, our focus remains firmly on the future. I’m beginning my eighth year as superintendent, and together with the unwavering support and dedication of our community, we’ve made significant progress that has directly impacted our students, educators, and community. Our achievements are a source of pride and inspiration for us all:

• We created more opportunities for college and career readiness by opening early college high schools, expanding dual credit access, and launching innovative P-TECH (Pathways in Technology Early College High) school programs, and specialized CTE pathways. Through these efforts, we have doubled the percentage of students graduating CCMR (College, Career, and Military Readiness) ready—from 45% in 2021 to over 90% in 2025.
• We implemented the ACE (Accelerating Campus Excellence) model at multiple campuses, investing in high-quality instruction and leadership to drive student success.
• We reimagined literacy instruction across all grade levels, developed pathways for future educators; ensured more families have access to prekindergarten and dual language programs.
• We launched Family and Community University and added parent and family engagement clerks to every campus to strengthen our school-home partnerships.
• The Carnegie Foundation chose Aldine ISD to help redesign the future of high school education, and we have been recognized by organizations across the state and nation for our arts, technology, and CTE programs.

And that’s not all. I challenged each of you last year to reflect on the type of #AldineImpact you wanted to have, and you rose to the occasion. Through an intentional focus on growing every child, every day, our 2025 STAAR (State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness test) results showed growth in several key areas. For the second straight year, our students in high school outgrew or lost less than the state on all five end-of-course (EOC) assessments. Our students in grades 3-8 grew with, outgrew, or lost less than the state on 13 of the 15 STAAR assessments. Our district achieved the largest year-over-year reading gains in grades 3-8 across the Houston region—one of the highest increases in the entire state of Texas. These significant gains have also positively impacted our A-F ratings. In 2023, the district had 21 F-rated campuses. For 2025, we are projected to have zero F-rated elementary schools and zero F-rated high schools. We have reduced our F-rated middle schools by more than 50 percent. This means more of our students are learning in higher-rated schools.

We are accelerating student outcomes; however, there is more work to do. We’ll do this again by continuing to strengthen instruction and supporting the whole child to ensure every student graduates with choices and opportunities.

As we begin this historic 90th year, let’s continue to demonstrate what’s possible for our students. This is our moment, our mission, our #AldineStory.

With Aldine Pride,

Dr. LaTonya M. Goffney
Superintendent
Aldine ISD