This appendix presents comments from focus groups of student leaders, Link Elementary students, and Wells Middle School students. The review team convened a group of high school and middle school class officers and student organization leaders identified by SISD to discuss the district's strengths and weaknesses. SISD has good special programs and a good variety of student activities. On-level, special education, and alternative education classes are not sufficiently challenging.
Schools are overcrowded and facilities for special programs are inadequate.
The district places too much emphasis on football at the expense of other sports. Bathrooms are dirty and in need of improvement. The curriculum is good, but needs to be updated. Computer technology is inadequate. Discipline is uneven.