What is the status of H. Grady Spruce High School?
Despite the best efforts of many dedicated students, staff and parents, Spruce High School has failed to meet state standards on the TAKS test for three consecutive years and will likely be named an academically unacceptable campus for the fourth year by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in August. Schools that are academically unacceptable for five consecutive years face closure by TEA. Recognizing that there has not been significant progress at the school and that it would be virtually impossible to raise achievement levels in one year, the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees voted on June 26 to reassign 10th and 11th grade Spruce students to Lincoln and Madison high schools. Spruce seniors will be provided the option to stay at Spruce. Incoming 9th grade students at Spruce will be given the option to attend one of three new academic pathways at the school: Engineering and Information Technology, Health and Human Services, and Business and Financial Management.
